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ItвЂ™s not often that input and output ports are a headline feature on a laptop, but itвЂ™s certainly the case with the new MacBook Pro. Thunderbolt 4 and More: Ports and Slots Get a Reshuffle So letвЂ™s save talk of performance for the end of this review, and instead take a look at the 14-inch MacBook ProвЂ™s new ancillary features.

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While you might assume that performance differs between the two, since the larger laptop naturally has the design potential for a more capable thermal-management system to keep the M1 Pro or M1 Max chips running at their peak for more sustained periods, that actually turns out not to be the case for the majority of workflows youвЂ™re likely to perform. Both also offer you a choice of Space Gray or Silver color schemes, following in the footsteps of countless Apple products that have gone before. Even the camera notch in the top portion of the screen, one of the most controversial features of the new design, is identical between the two. Put aside the size differences, though, and the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros both share nearly identical physical features: the ports, the keyboards, the display technology, even the choice of Apple M1 Pro or M1 Max processors. They are really geared more toward basic productivity than serious content creation. But these machines offer nowhere near the power that the M1 Pro or M1 Max processors in the 2021 MacBook Pros provide.

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Yes, there are many 14-inch Windows laptops that do qualify as ultraportable, including our favorite business laptop, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9. The 14-inch MacBook Pro is also more compact than most of its direct Windows competitors, which tend to be bulky 15-inch mobile workstation laptops that also weigh 4 pounds or more.

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On the other hand, the 14-incher is significantly more portable than the 16-incher, which measures 0.66 by 14 by 9.8 inches and weighs 4.8 pounds. That takes it above the 3-pound limit we typically use to delineate whether or not a laptop is in the вЂњultraportableвЂќ category, to which the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the MacBook Air undoubtedly belong. The 14-inch MacBook Pro is 0.61 by 12.3 by 8.7 inches (HWD) and weighs 3.5 pounds. For everyone else, letвЂ™s continue by comparing the physical differences of the two models. If the opposite is true, skip the rest of this review and head on over to our analysis of the 16-inch model-you canвЂ™t go wrong with that one if youвЂ™ve got a roomy budget and stronger shoulders.

ThatвЂ™s why weвЂ™re giving the 14-inch model reviewed here the EditorsвЂ™ Choice award. But if youвЂ™re like many pros looking for a blend of portability and power, we suspect these compromises might turn you off, especially if youвЂ™ve already got a more powerful desktop at home or the office to do most of your heavy rendering and compiling.

If you can stomach spending a lot of extra dough and carrying around a significantly bulkier and heavier chassis for two additional inches of screen real estate, the 16-incher will satisfy. Your choice really comes down to size, weight, and price. (At this writing, Apple continues to sell it without having updated it from the plain-M1 configuration announced last year.)ДЄpple's online configurator for its new-for-2021 MacBook Pros are flexible and a bit confusing, to be sure, but most of the standard and optional features are identical across the 14-inch and 16-inch screen sizes. You can safely leave the 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro model off the list.

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The new 14-inch MacBook Pro has so many advantages over the 13-inch model that, if you are a professional user bound to macOS, and with the cash to invest in a seriously capable workhorse, your decision really comes down to whether you should buy the 14-inch or the 16-inch model. 14-Inch MacBook Pro or 16-Incher: Which Should I Buy?

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It gains an Editors' Choice award as a seriously powerful tool for Mac creatives that, unlike most workstation-grade laptops, retains reasonable portability. Debuting a new screen size for Apple laptops, this MacBook Pro is the notebook that Mac-minded creative professionals have been waiting for, with a much-more-powerful Apple chip (the M1 Pro), an extensive selection of ports (including some old essentials returning), and revolutionary screen technology to justify its considerably higher price. Apple now changes the equation-and opens up the Pro to a wider swath of content pros-with the 14-inch MacBook Pro (starts at $1,999 $2,899 as tested). At the time, the 13-inch MacBook Pro rang up as the lesser value, since it cost more but used the same M1 processor that the MacBook Air did. AppleвЂ™s M1 silicon debuted to great fanfare a year ago, infusing the entry-level 2020 MacBook Air with extraordinary computing power for a laptop of its size and price.

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