The Apple Macbook Pro 2021 has a taste of nostalgia for including MagSafe, HDMI, and SD Card slot port to their new lineup of MacBooks.
The new Macbook Pro by Apple has been out for some time. The new Macbook pro 14 inches is an excellent device for a creator. The design and the other things that have been included in the machine after a long time and the most usable ports were missing in the older MacBooks.
The lightweight of the Apple MacBook 2021 makes it easy to travel with and the new display with a small notch may be irritating or obnoxious at times but the quality of the display can make you forget about the flaws of the notch display.
The MacBook laptop has brought joy to a lot of people over the years but for quite some time they were making bad judgments about the MacBook line ups but now everybody has a nostalgic feeling about the new MagSafe charging port including the new lineup of Macbooks. The new add ons Macbook are HDMI port, SD card port, and the huge jump on display technology for the MacBook lineups, with mini, LED displays that support Apple 120 Hz “Promotion” technology which allows for faster refresh rates.
Apple Macbook Pro 2021 Specs
Here are the Apple Macbook Pro 2021 Specifications
| Apple M1 Chip | Apple M1 Pro Chip | |
| CHIP | 8-core CPU with 6 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores 14-core GPU 200GB/s memory bandwidth 16-core Neural Engine Media engine Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW Video decode engine ProRes encode and decode engine | 10-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 2 efficiency cores 16-core GPU 200GB/s memory bandwidth 16-core Neural Engine Media engine Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW Video decode engine ProRes encode and decode engine |
| DISPLAY | Liquid Retina XDR display Liquid Retina XDR display 3024×1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range) Up to 1,000 nits sustained (full-screen) brightness, 1,600 nits peak brightness 10,00,000:1 contrast ratio 1 billion colors ProMotion technology for adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz | |
| MEMORY | 16GB unified memory 32GB (M1 Pro or M1 Max) or 64GB (M1 Max) | |
| CHARGING AND EXPANSION | SDXC card slot HDMI port 3.5 mm headphone jack MagSafe 3 port Three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports with support for charging, display port, thunderbolt port, and USB 4 port as well. | |
| VIDEO SUPPORT | Supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors (M1 Pro) or Up to three external displays with up to 6K resolution and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors (M1 Max) Thunderbolt 4 digital video output Native DisplayPort output over USB-C VGA, HDMI, DVI, and Thunderbolt 2 output are supported using adapters (sold separately) HDMI digital video output Support for one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz DVI output using HDMI to DVI Adapter (sold separately). |
Apple Macbook Pro 2021 Display
The “ProMotion” display was first used in iPad Pro 2018 with its first 120 Hz refresh rate display. The technology changed the experience of using the iPad. The people wanted the same technology in phones as well as the MacBook lineups and now it’s here. The display is excellent for color correction and for streaming as well.
The “Promotion” is capable of adaptive response time and refresh rates. The screen can dynamically change its refresh rate to accustom to the content or app. The refresh rate drops when a still image or near static content is on display, The refresh rate drops from 120Hz to 60Hz to 24Hz depending on the work of the display.
The new Mini LED screens are brighter and offer 1000 nits of sustained brightness with 1600 peak brightness and a 1 million to 1 contrast ratio, the same Liquid Retina XDR Display that they used in their PRo Display XDR 5K monitor. The resolution 14 inches Macbook is 3023 x 1964 and it comes with a 14.2-inch display.
The 16 inch MacBook Pro has a 16.2-inch display with a 3456 x 2234 resolution with Liquid Retina XDR Display at 254 pixels per inch. The XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range) Display has a brightness range of 1,000 nits which peaks at 1,600 nits at the full screen which has a 10,00,000:1 contrast ratio.
The screen has got true tone technology, 1 billion colors with a wide color gamut. The refresh rate of the Macbook pro 16inch has Promotion technology for adaptive refresh rate as well which rates up to 120 Hz.
Apple Macbook Pro 2021 Processor
The CPU in M1 Pro and M1 Max delivers 68% faster CPU performances than the last generation M1 chip. The tasks to compile a project on Xcode are faster than ever. The GPU in MacBook Pro is up to 2x faster than M1 chips and the M1 Max is up to 4x faster than the last-gen M1.
The M1 Max helps create the most demanding graphics workflows. M1 Pro and M1 Max introduce a system-on-a-chip (soc) architecture to pro systems for the first time and the chips feature fast unified memory, industry-leading performance per watt, and incredible power efficiency, with increased memory bandwidth and capacity.
M1 Pro Processor offers up to 200GB/s of memory bandwidth with support for up to 32 GB of unified memory. M1 max delivers up to 400 GB/s of memory bandwidth – 2x that of M1 pro and 6x that’s of M1 chipsets. The latest MacBook top out at 16 GB of graphics memory so the huge amount of memory enables creators to render a huge amount of graphics-intensive works previously unimaginable on a laptop.
Apple Macbook Pro 2021 Battery
The 14-inch Mackbook pro comes with better battery life than the older generation. This time the machine is much more powerful than its predecessor so it needs more juice for better output results.
Apple claims that the 14-inch Macbook pro lasts for 17 hours straight when playing fullscreen videos. But after a few test runs the result is very near to the real numbers. the result we got was around 15 hours and 45 mins which is very impressive.
This jump in battery life is what was expected from such a powerful machine as it will be used by content creators for better and faster outputs. Apple has obviously worked hard to improve the efficiency of their new chipsets, the M1 pro, and the M11 Max.
The 16-inch Macbook Pro has got a bigger battery and apple says that it lasts 14 hours after a single charge but we tested it as well and we got better results it lasted more than 14 hrs and this shows how much work has been done by Apple to improve their battery life for the lineup of Macbook’s. Thus a powerful workstation needs a bigger battery for better performance and experience.
14inch and 16-inch Macbook Pro’s are powerful workstation laptops that we can work on and still have batteries left at the end of the day. The 16inch Macbook also supports fast charging via MagSafe. Apple’s promise of being able to charge the MacBook Pro from critical charge to 50 % charge in 30 minutes is true.
The Macbook can also be charged via Thunderbolt 4/USB4 ports but the USB ports don’t support fast charging. If you chose to buy a 14-inch Macbook pro with an M1 pro and an 8-core CPU then the laptop will ship a 67W USB-c power adapter and when configured M1 pro with a 10-core CPU or M1, Max, it ships with a 96W USB-C. Macbook pro-14-inch is capable of fast charge only with a 96W USB-C power adapter. The 16-inch Macbook Pro is shaped with a 140W USB-C power adapter which is capable of fast charging the new MacBook Pro 16-inch.
Apple Macbook Pro 2021 Storage
The 14-inch Macbook pro-M1 Pro 8 core CPU comes with 512GB and the M1 Pro 10 core CPU Comes with 1TB at the base model and is configurable from 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, or 8TB. The 16-inch Macbook pro With M1 Pro 10 cores CPU comes with 512GB and 1TB respectively and the M1 Max comes with 1TB as well at the base model. The 16-inch MacBook Pro is configurable up to 1TB, 2TB,4Tb, or 8TB.
Apple Macbook Pro 2021 Performance
Here are the Apple Macbook Pro 2021 Performance numbers
| Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit | 1694 Points |
| Cinebench R15 Open GL 64Bit | 95 FPS |
| Blackmagic Raw Speed Test (12:1) 8K | 203 FPS |
| 3D Mark Performance | 88 Points |
| Shadow of Tomb Raider (highest Preset) | 88 FPS |
Apple Macbook Pro 2021 Verdict
The last year’s Macbook Pro Apple 2021 version with M1 Pro and M1 Max was a beast of a machine to use. The new ports, display, and the Magsafe really will make people change their minds about buying this year’s Macbook Pro 2022 as well. Feeling Nostalgic.
That’s all folks!
