I regret buying M1 Max instead of M1 Pro... Here's why

2 months after the release of the new M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pros and I'm starting to have second thoughts about my decision to spend nearly 4 thousand dollars on a top of the line M1 Max MacBook Pro 16 inch. In today's video I'll examine why I don't think I made a smart buying decision by comparing the M1 Max to comparable windows laptops and other Macs with superior value!
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[@lukemiani]

So many comments from people who just didn’t watch the video… nowhere in here did I say that apple silicon or the new MacBooks are bad, the entire premise of this is my regrets buying upgrades that were not necessary for me, and I suspect others as well. The takeaway that I intended is that the M1 Pro base model has a better value proposition than spending over $1200 on upgrades. Watch the video before angrily commenting

[@audiovid.]

This is so called deep fanboyism, resulting from the fact of spending extraordinary money on ordinary equipment of people lurking the internet for any info assuring themselves that they bought the best computer ever.

[@priestlygarments4004]

Bro please buy me a MACBOOK air

[@TheJoBlackos]

I guess this is coming from the fact that most of the users does not see some of the point you pointed out as “flaws”, or some of those are irrelevant for them. I do not agree for example on your analysis around the CPU landscape and the place Apple has and will have in the future. I comment on the video and you can see why. I do agree on the fact that very few people will need a M1 max CPU, I got the M1 Pro with 10 CPU cores, I do not see the need for more GPU regarding the usage I will do with this laptop. So yeah, most of the people know exactly why they are buying those chips and it is exactly what they are looking for :)

[@SuAmigoAlex]

Another great video Luke, your analysis is right on point, I have a MacBook Air M1 that I bought more than a year ago at BestBuy as an open box, I think i paid $750 for it, I think Apple have this kind of "Tourist Traps" which I always try to scape, but some people can't and those are the people that usually try to justify their "overpriced" purchases.

[@luckyduck1985]

I agree that few people need that much horsepower from the M1 Max. My only critiques of videos like this (and I love your channel) is: 1) The focus always on power, power, power. I am a professional video editor and don’t need the power of the M1 Max. But I bought a 14” M1 Max. Why? I need 3 external displays. I also appreciate the modularity of this device so I don’t need a desktop AND a laptop (which you miss in your analysis of the price comparison of this and the rumored Mac Mini Pro). 2) Clickbait titles, which this borders on. Otherwise super love your channel. Keep up the good work.

[@adrianosbrandao]

Luke doesn’t regret anything. It’s just clickbait.

[@TomasRamoska]

Thanks for that saved me from watching

[@BLTDFRNT]

Thank you

[@Cccoast]

Thank you for saving me from another Apple Bot fan boy….. why I just can’t switch from windows and android 😢

[@willowhoot]

Thank you.

[@lawrencecastillo7358]

Thank you

[@TA7928]

The way Luke keeps flip-flopping between recommendations and condemnations really reduces any trust I have in his opinion. Just feels like clickbait all the time now rather than genuine reporting and advice.

[@the_7th_knight207]

Agree. Still not that bad than Max Tech YT-Channel, but getting closer. Clickbaiting seems to be the only way for KZbinrs to grow from a certain level onwards. Don‘t like that development. Usually, I cancel the subscription as soon as this behaviour starts.

[@anthony8890]

@@the_7th_knight207 exactly that, if nobody watches, then there is no money to be made. But there are so many great channels that don't only review Apple products and they are the best ones to watch for a genuine unbiased opinion on new machines. I tend to buy them and return them after making up my own opinion on wether the computer will suit my needs, real world use is far better than someone else's opinion. Its a shame we can get a trial of a computer before we get to make the decision to shell out so much money on them

[@the_7th_knight207]

@@anthony8890 True. On the other hand, if you are not a (semi-)professional video editor or somehow earning your money with these devices, even the lowest spec mac (with Apple silicon) offers you more performance than you need. That means, it was never so easy to buy a computer you can use for many years. Compare that with the old Core i3 MB Air. This one was to weak for anything.

[@anthony8890]

@@the_7th_knight207 YES! exactly, single core performance is the snappiness people feel navigating around the OS, multi core is for work based tasks. Ive got a 12 core machine and its not as snappy as my quad core i3 for browsing etc.

[@chrisalexthomas]

I was about to comment the same thing. One day it's the most amazing super uber cool machine ever!!! The next day it's filled with regret and guilt because it's not worth the money. Then mentioning Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA who only match performance levels when plugged in with 100W of power, unplug them and those machines dramatically drop performance. But it's the constant flip flopping, it's ridiculous

[@jasoncoffee]

Interesting points. Though I don’t regret my purchase even a little, it’s fast with everything I throw at it (ya mostly video editing) and probably the absolute best MacBook I’ve ever owned since I bought my first one in 2003.

[@HamRadioCrashCourse]

I’ve been a FCP user since X came out. 16” Max is my new workhorse.

[@martialartsunlimited01]

I upgraded from a 2015 15" MacBook Pro and now my 16" MacBook Pro M1 Max. I made that choice as I don't want to upgrade fpr a while so I feel as I move into 4k video edits and maybe even 8k in a few years.

[@OnlySerbia94]

@@martialartsunlimited01 i am editing huge 4k and 6k videos on macbook air m1 and i have never noticed any lags or anything ,everything is instant and rendering is faster than my amd 5700xt in pc with i9 processor and 32gb of ram...16inch M1 max is an overkill for editing 4k videos...

[@martialartsunlimited01]

@@OnlySerbia94 most likely, yet I intend on this being my editing machine for the foreseeable future and I wanted to be somewhat future proof too. With the 26" no thermal throttling, and with the bigger cou and gpu I should be ok with effect and such for years to come.

[@OnlySerbia94]

@@martialartsunlimited01 I doubt you would ever experience thermal throttling with m1 air just by editing 4k videos. I also do some a bit more advanced 3D stuff on it in Blender and i still havent noticed any thermal throttling. Also pros of air m1 ,much lighter ,much thinner and no fans ,so no dust intake which can prolong the device life and there is less possibility of some chipset malfunction caused by dust or particles.

[@LaxmiKantaforeverlaxmikanta]

@@OnlySerbia94 I am thinking of getting macbook air 8gb version. Can I edit 2 to 3 layers of 4k 30fps smoothly on fcp?

[@edwardnelson3413]

Finally someone on KZbin finally acknowledged that not all "Mac Users" are content creators..

[@SunIsLost]

Yes

[@transitengineer]

True, all of my Apple desktops since 1997, each can input and edit video. However, I have never been able to get someone to sit down with me and, just show me some simple skills to edit a video.

[@fitchmultz]

Any other laptop won't perform as well on battery power. Any other laptop will be hotter and fans much louder.

[@Carnage8]

fanless laptops be like

[@geoffstrickler]

@@Carnage8 fanless x86 laptops are much, much slower, chips are severely throttled.

[@gmd9767]

This is one of the main reasons as to why I have dumped my MBP i9 for a MBP M1 Max, the fans and heat. I even went to the extent of purchasing an eGPU for the MBP i9 so that offloaded the GPU to cutdown the fan noise. The MBP i9 in terms of being a l-a-p-t-o-p was shocking but it did keep me warm in winter :-).

[@gerismbougou9326]

Yes. It's not just an horse power question I think... But for desktops, it will be a other story. We will see if Apple can continue to stand out on this particular market.

[@2strokerc5782]

Any other laptop will be able to run whatever you feel like running including AAA games 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wiryantirta]

The battery life on the M1 Max is unreal. I do visual design work on my couch for 5 hours straight and my thighs aren't on fire and 65% battery life left.

[@lewisoates5689]

It gets hot mate your legs would be on fire

[@davidmeyer2586]

I just upgraded from the base MacBook Air M1 to the base 14" MacBook Pro, WOW the Air was great but this Pro is amazing ! I do not regret upgrading, I was beating up the Air with heavy multi-tasking, the 14" Pro is smooth like butter !!

[@Love_Sharma_]

What are the specs of your 14” Mac?

[@ilvinai5561]

Do you sometimes wish you went for the 16" instead?

[@davidmeyer2586]

@@ilvinai5561 never I love my 14” MacBook Pro as it is the perfect balance between power and size, still light enough to use on my laptop or in bed.

[@macalatus]

The problem with spec-ed up computers is that the diminishing return tend to be steeper. For example, a 999 USD Macbook Air outclasses previous MBPs from just a couple of years ago and costing 3x as much. For me, I future proof “just enough” to last a few years but not to the point I put down thousands of dollars for an item that would be made obsolete by something costing less in the future.

[@cemsengul16]

You are a smart customer.

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

Thank you. Gamer's Nexus did a video on a similar topic a few years ago to demonstrate that buying a GPU higher than an NVIDIA xx80Ti level card every 3 years is probably not as good of a use of money as buying an xx70 every 2 years.

[@mariogpx2990]

Exactly !

[@ValVolfson]

Agreed. I picked up my M1 Max second hand and saved over $2300 USD sometime you can find those really nice items someone bought without thinking and now have to sell.

[@notsure1135]

^^^ This ^^^

[@guyjordan8201]

Regret is disingenuous Luke. You bought a bunch of Macbook Pros for evaluation. You will keep what works for you and sell (or give away) what doesn't. The Max (awful naming) is more than most people need but not more than what most people want... price and priorities will be the only pain points.

[@TruenorthmtGod]

I’m still using a Mac Pro 5,1 lol and don’t need more.

[@emilsecker7881]

@@TruenorthmtGod time to upgrade. That thing is ancient

[@harrisonkelly]

@@emilsecker7881 notice how they put “and don’t need more”

[@emilsecker7881]

@@harrisonkelly it’s unsupported

[@harrisonkelly]

@@emilsecker7881 yet again notice the “don’t need more” they’re clearly happy with what they’re using

[@fitch8363]

I bought the 16" M1 Pro with 32GB RAM and a 1TB SSD because I saw no benefit to the Max for someone who doesn't edit video. Having had the 16" M1 Pro since the first week in December, I like it better and better each day and find it the perfect choice for me. Is the M1 Max worth it's price tag? No rational way to give a broad based answer to that question. For me, it wasn't. It all depends on what the user needs. There are horses for courses. Pick yer pony, take yer ride.

[@suntzu1409]

"no rational way to give a broad based answer to that" Yes there is. M1 Max is absolutely worth it if and only if the answer to the question "Do you really really really really need the efficiency of M1 Max and the mini led screen?" is "f-ing yes". You should look at gaming laptop like Legion 7 and Alienware X17 or 13" Macbook Air if the answer to the question i said is "maybe", "idk" or "no".

[@ericguizzetti]

I agree with everything you just said but one terabyte is not enough for me anyway

[@bunningssnag6647]

just curious, why would you need 32GB of memory if you don't do any kind of video editing?

[@fitch8363]

@@bunningssnag6647 I have a bunch of apps open on at the same time on five or six desktops. One of the reasons I migrated to the Apple ecosystem was because of how well MacOS handles multiple desktops. I configure the apps and desktops and apps to be the same on all my Macs. Between iCloud and DropBox I have local and cloud storage of all my data on each Mac. Multiple desktops are a huge feature, especially on a laptop where extra monitors wrench it's portability. None of them are video editing but together with the apps Apple opens they occupy around 20GB of RAM. Sometimes more. Now and then a photo app joins them, but it's rare. My 27" 2019 iMac 5K has 64GB of RAM. I've never had more than 46GB in use. 'The way I use my Macs I need RAM more than I need GPUs.

[@Andromedaxterr]

The 32 gb Pro m1 will cost almost as much as the m1 max. Especially with 1 tb ssd.

[@lancehoward3990]

If the M1 MacBook Pro came with 4 thunderbolt ports instead of 2, it'd be the best deal in town. 2 ports is so limiting.

[@lukemiani]

This is what it needs to differentiate from the Air for sure

[@a9udn9u]

How about using a thunderbolt docking station?

[@madebybela]

There was weird rumors that the M1 MBP would get an M2 update as well. 4TB/the better speakers/2 fans is the only thing I could think of that would justify it still existing in the lineup.

[@JohnRiskyBoltz]

@tanis burt is ur 2012 super slow mine is very slow now

[@cemsengul16]

Apple and their stupid lack of ports! I can plug everything on my Razer Blade Advanced 2021 and I have an OLED display.

[@Karlchen-]

I tested the M1 13", as well as the 14" Pro and Max. Ok, of course the 14" Max is absolutely great. After 14 days of testing, I stayed with the 13" normal M1. For me the perfect form factor, I also like the touch bar. I'm not a professional video producer, so the M1 easily suffices. It's probably different for you and others. However, price/performance/size was the deciding factor for me. Thanks for the great videos and test. Stay healthy. Greetings from Austria

[@Karlchen-]

@@KK-lg8uz you can't answer that easily. that would be like asking if the tires are also suitable for winter use. the question is, where do you drive, how fast do you drive, how much snow is on the road, etc. so yes, you can definitely do video editing, probably much better than with more expensive macbooks, which are a few years old. But the question is, what exactly do you want to do? professional video editing for youtube in 4k etc, or home editing

[@Karlchen-]

@@KK-lg8uz in that case i would take an m1pro (16 cores) or m2 pro, because you should take at least 16gb of RAM. you will enjoy it for longer.

[@SpedSpedding]

Great video Luke! Watched it all. 🔥🙌🏻

[@carson2646]

I don't think this is anything new for apple though. At the higher end they have never been a very good value. We used to know that going in but with the M1 it changed our thinking a bit and we now look for value in a Mac that has never been there when we're talking performance for money spent

[@WISEYOUN]

It is sad that you are disappointed by the M1 MacBook Pro 16” Max. You want the fastest, bestest, sleekest, cheapest, and problem-free computer. That is like wanting a perfect wife. You probably won’t find the perfect Mac and you will continue to be disappointed. My advice? Love your Mac and be satisfied. All computers are delicate balances of technologies, features, and prices. I love my 2020 M1 MacBook Air. So far, I don’t have the slightest desire to buy the 14”, the 16”, the “pro”, or “max”. That is true satisfaction for you. Do I want a better camera, a bigger screen, backup storage, and more ports? Of course but I can easily add these to the M1 Macbook Air for a few hundred dollars. Do I want more speed? Not really. My 2020 M1 MacBook Air is more than fast enough. I can easily live with it for few more years. I loaded my M1 MacBook Air with 16 Gb RAM and 2 Tb SSD for a total cost of $2200. I bought a 26” LG monitor for $270 and use my old iPad Pro 12.9” as second and third monitors. I got a $179 OWC dongle to expand my two Thunderbolt 4 ports and to add a high speed 4Tb SSD backup. When I travel, I carry my M1 MacBook Air, M1 iPad Pro 11” as a second monitor, and iPhone 11 as a WiFi hotspot to connect to Internet. I use a light 100W GaN charger to charge my Mac, iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and 20,000 mAh battery at nights. All this fits in a medium size shoulder bag.

[@carson2646]

@@WISEYOUN I also have a M1 Air. I don't have a Pro because the air is the best value and does everything I need it to do with ease

[@sharonb.9128]

Not true. ONLY Macs exist at the HIGHEST end of personal computing. There is no PC version of the $10-35k Mac Pro.

[@stiknpoke]

@@WISEYOUN Thank you for this super helpful comment. What kind of work do you do, may I ask? If I understand correctly are you in content creation? If so, do you do edit in Prores 422 or internal m.264 / m.265 by chance -- or both? This is where I'm getting stuck on what to buy. Dropping frames aside (which *is* a concern) for regular / non-theatrical / just for web projects, I'll shoot internally in h.264. But for theatrical, I want to edit the footage I shoot on my Ninja V in Prores 422 4k codec without having to transcode, i.e. ideally cut the footage in the same Prores 422 4k as-shot [thereby maximimise image quality and minimise quality loss in delivery]. I also have no interest in spending more than I need to. But *can* spend if I have to. That said, I also have no problem waiting longer for rendering out a file or film, as I try to get off my a** as often as I can between edits -- with sitting being the new smoking n' all... : ) So.. may I ask, what would you recommend for a filmmaker who makes narrative content, simple edits, who has no problem with external dongles etc if required and speed not being an issue... and just might want to *finally* upgrade from their mid-2012 MacBook Pro haha?

[@pbrigham]

Yes, you can, but the problem is that "ALL" those laptops only work connected to a power wall, the M1max DO NOT need to be connected to the wall to work at its full potential.

[@pbrigham]

@@ThemePro24 Absolutely, if it has to be plugged in, I will use a Desktop computer, even all these NEW chips announced on CES will ONLY work if the Laptop is connected to the wall. They will never be able to overcome this because x86 will ALWAYS need the power to perform. ARM architecture does NOT need much power.

[@cheese186]

@@pbrigham Plugged in and with a fair amount of fan noise the moment it starts doing anything somewhat intensive.

[@eddhibyassine]

@@pbrigham Stop being a fanboy, computer are not phones, when you need to work, you need a desk, a good chair and one or two external monitors, no other way if you want to work for 8h so plugging the laptop or not won't matter, and over using your battery will kill it much faster. only idiots will over use their batteries when thet don't need in the first place and the damn thing will cost a small fortune to replace!

[@GreenCinco12Official]

@@eddhibyassine I think you can't imagine how often I work "on the go" without wanting to have a powercord with me or a power wall near me.. And with "on the go" I mean just going into another room / to a colleague or something else or even have to switch between rooms very often while doing stuff. Besides that you point with the battery doesn't make sense. When you charge a battery 24/7 (like you said would be better) you will kill the battery way faster. With the M1 Max you can easily use the battery from 80% to 20% and then recharge it to 80% without loosing computing power.

[@GreenCinco12Official]

@@ThemePro24 Also the comparison with the M1 Max Mac mini for under 3k.. While that's cool I don't think he knows what the advantage from a laptop over a Desktop is, because a mac mini is not portable..

[@kamil4151]

You know what Luke, you might actually be right about this one. I am one of those who cashed in hard into original 16'' and even though I love this laptop, I want to try the M1 world. I was waiting for the new 16, but trying it out at the apple store did not really convince me. The M1 13'' might exactly what I want - including the Touchbar which I actually am a fan of. Thanks for mentioning this, it did not even occur to me as an option for some reason.

[@paolotomassetti2995]

I agree with your thoughts Luke, thanks for taking time for the video! I wish you the best, have a good work :)

[@thetheoryguy5544]

So happy I opted to buy the base 14" Not too deeply invested and got plenty of power for my needs and all the new bells and whistles.

[@heartmommyinpa]

Yes!

[@codyl1992]

My first instinct when I bought mine was to get the $2699 model. Then I figured, well I’m paying $2700 which is a lot already, may as well get the $3500 model. I figured I didn’t want to be looking at it in 2-3 years realizing the 16gb ram was holding it way back. Plus if some games somehow start coming to mac, which I’m not really expecting, but if, then I’ll be happy to have had the extra gpu cores.

[@jeffhale1189]

Thanks for sharing. You made great points. Blessings on your day.

[@KordTaylor]

Thanks for the great video. Really thorough. 👏🏻

[@Screaming-Trees]

Single. Core. Performance. Say it again! Most people think they need something like the M1 Max. But they don't. This is why the M1 is so compelling. It gives you the M1 Max level of single core performance but at a much lower price point. The Intel/AMD comparisons are kind of irrelevant though. Vertical integration vs modularity makes this completely pointless. Either you believe in the whole vertical integration concept or you don't. If you don't the PC world might be more your speed. Yeah you can find PC laptops that are more "powerful" as you say but this is kind of an unfinished statement. There are no PC laptops that offer better single core performance than the M1. And that is what most users need. Combined with the unified memory which makes latency almost imperceptible the M1 is simply unbeatable for most users. Most users don't need 10 cores in their laptop. The M1 clearly demonstrates what can be done with just 4 fast cores (the M1 beats out my fully loaded 2020 iMac for example in almost everything). The other thing worth mentioning is the blatant ripping off that Apple suffers when it comes to industrial design. Almost every PC vendor has stolen its aesthetics. That and the OS design are another couple of reasons why the whole Intel/AMD comparison just doesn't matter.

[@Bloooo95]

It depends on your use case. For my workflow, I need large amounts of RAM so I opted for the 24 core GPU Max just so I could go for the 64GB of RAM. But yes. Most people won’t need the GPU cores and 32 GB of RAM is more than enough for most.

[@chrisalexthomas]

You're missing the point about people who run a lot of software side by side. Not every measure of performance is about how fast you run a single app. Sometimes it's about how fast you run 150 apps side by side. Think about docker containers. They're servers running side by side. Each app needs only a little, but I need to run a lot of them side by side without dragging my machine into the mud and making it unusable as a desktop at the same time. Also, what Bloo95 said, all those containers need RAM. So I went for 64GB of it cause in 5 years time, I can imagine using it all

[@piotrd.4850]

@@chrisalexthomas Dude, docker on macOS is a dud - license wise, performance wise. Bug with abbysmaly slow read speed from attached volumes is still not worked out, apparently. YAGNI. If you "develop" by building cloud locally - good luck to you. For amount of M1 Max, you can furnish yourself with beast of AMD setup 16c/32t, 128 GB of RAM and specialized card with multiple SSDs (Gigabyte). Especially, that you DON'T need monster of GPU.

[@chrisalexthomas]

@@piotrd.4850 I do develop on that, but why is develop in quotes? Is it because it doesn’t count as real development or something? That’s confusing. But license wise it’s not relevant to me and volume wise isn’t that much of a big deal either, although more speed wouldn’t kill to have. But I bought a laptop because I can take my machine with me, something I can’t do with the monster machine you mentioned. Also I wouldn’t have macOS which is far superior as a Unix desktop than windows is and linux on the desktop is a dud, despite having 30 years to get their act together (I was around when gnome was little more than a toolkit wrapper around GTk)

[@chrisalexthomas]

@@piotrd.4850 but I don’t want the max because of the gpu, I want it because of the 64GB of ram. And macOS had much better system resource management than windows or linux. So I run a huge amount of things side by side that a linux or windows machine would crap it’s pants attempting. I’ve tried it, was painful

[@scogginsscoggins]

For 99 percent of the world's computer users, the M1 Max is just too expensive. Money counts and the MBA does the job that most people are looking for. Great video.

[@liamprice134]

Very interesting follow up review, I’m currently saving for one of the new m1 mbp’s to give me a portable replacement to my 2010 Mac Pro (which I’m not sure I can upgrade much further) for my studio but also so I can take my music production with me with a pair of headphones. I’ve easily maxed out a 1tb ssd with samples and files I regularly use with Logic and I often go over 16 gb memory when I check out the activity monitor so I figured I’m best going for 32gb ram and 2tb ssd to keep myself future proofed. Then at only an extra £200 to go 24gpu I thought why not go max incase I ever wanted to add a third (or fourth) external screen. Being as I use Logic I’m already pretty invested in the Apple eco system, would you say my circumstances justify going for the max?

[@keithpennock]

Thank you for your honesty & honest comparison on value for money at various price points.

[@shadowsplinter1]

Thermals, Battery life, and Fan noise are still going to be deal breakers for me personally. I have the 16" m1 pro chip and it seems to be the sweet spot because even Apples own m1 Max heats up and kicks the fans in more often, I know everyone has their own perspective, expectations, and needs in these variations but for me personally I'm glad Apple has the throttling where it is to avoid heat and fans even though using something like Blender does get affected with weaker performance. I use the m1 pro 13" for out of the house portability and the m1 pro 16" for home portability.

[@jessechow5059]

So the fans on your M1 Pro don't kick on but the ones on your M1 Max do when given the same workload?

[@stevenvarner9806]

I thought about all this *very* carefully after they came out and bought the 16" M1 Pro 10/16. I payed about the same amount that I did in 2013 for my previous MBP.

[@StormOracle]

Thank you for your review, Luke. I have an online show and do video editing. My 2015 Macbook Pro is having issues and costing too much to repair. So I bought the Macbook Pro M1 16" because that's all that was available right now. I have been back and forth about returning it and waiting until the Max or just the PRO 32 was available. You're review helped me decide to keep it. I'll let you know what I think. Thanks again. C

[@jamncat92]

I've been really wanting the newest models of the MacBook Pros, but have no real need for one since I upgraded to the M1 chip MacBook Pro back in March. This just made me feel happy with what I have. Love your videos!

[@speedyg123.]

My reasoning for getting the base 14in are thus. I need a fan, 512gb, and 16gb. A M1 MBP with those specs would be $1700. For an extra $300, i get more performance (sometimes 2x in my python code compared to M1), better display, more ports (HDMI), etc. It’s a no brainer although I do miss the touch bar. :/ scrubbing through youtube videos, autocorrect on words, and various other shortcuts I miss even a month later.

[@TheSONICclub1]

Couldn’t agree more, I’d finally ditched Chrome in favor of Safari back when Big Sur was rereleased, and actually having functionality on the Touch Bar is amazing, literally if only for the emojis I’d say it’s worth it, I’ll be a sad boy when it comes time to upgrade in a few years

[@ikamy]

I'm torn between 16 inch and 14 inch and I'm a web developer and designer, I have second monitor tho, I tell to myself If the laptop is just going to sit on my desk most of the time, is it better I get 16 instead of 14 ??

[@japanstation1]

@@ikamy Have you actually visited a store and checked them out? The reason I ask is because when I finally checked them out yesterday, I was surprised that the 16" was not as big as I thought it was going to be. The 14" really reminded me of the old iBook (kinda cute). From a work perspective, I think that 16" is going to help you get more done. I say this as a developer myself, and I have also been looking at these. I'm still asking myself should I get a 16" M1 Pro or a Max? Although the Max costs more, if I get 5 years out of it, it's probably better - then again, the CPU of the Pro and Max are the same, and I don't do video editing. First world problems...

[@ikamy]

@@japanstation1 Thanks very helpful, I'm a designer using most adobe applications and UX applications, but not gonna use video or crazy 3d, so for me 16 inches m1 pro and 32gb ram and 2tb is way to go, I'm a music producer as well but with those crazy plugins with real-time high demanding performance, I'm pretty sure m1 pro is enough for me

[@teo6655]

These are exactly the same arguments that made me order the M1 pro 14inch. I find this video basically useless with pointless conclusions, he just bought something that's not built for him, that's all

[@Profato]

I agree with you. I did expect intel, AMD and Nvidia to hit hard this year in the mobile space. Which is the reason I got the "base" 16 inch with 1TB. I wanted the great portable experience MacBooks give, for as little as possible. Sticking with spending money on desktops for "real" performance.

[@timothy2204]

true, but you trade in user interface, apple’s eco system and optimization

[@luckyduck1985]

A few thoughts: 1) Power is one factor in all of this. What you are missing in the price point of the M1 Max MacBook Pro is the MODULARITY of this device. And that modularity has made it well worth the $4100 I spent on my 14" M1 Max. I am a professional video editor. In the past, I've had to choose between either desktops or laptops, and desktops have always won my hard-earned dollars for performance and external displays (I need 3 external displays when I am editing; two computer monitors, one client monitor). I personally cannot justify having two computers since a laptop would simply be for word-processing and emails, and my iPad will suffice. So I have been without a laptop for 10 years. Then these MacBook Pros came out, and not only do they have desktop class performance, but can power 4 (!!!) external displays? When you say the MacMini Pro will be under $3000 for similarly priced specs? You're right... but that is ONLY a desktop. I can't take that with me. For $1000 more, I get a computer that can function as a desktop when I am editing at my home office AND a computer that can function as a laptop when I am on the road. And in COVID times, the idea I can take my high-performance editing computer on the road with me without compromising specs is AMAZING and well worth the $4100 price point. If I got both a Mac Mini for $3000-ish dollars AND wanted a laptop? I would likely go with the M1 MacBook Air, and the total cost would be the SAME PRICE as just the M1 Max I bought, but I would have to sacrifice performance and monitors while on the road and keep two computers up to date. 2) I love your channel... but boy am I sick of these click-baity titles from tech reviewers... It's gone into overdrive with these MacBook Pros.

[@stephenhall3515]

I agree with you entirely. Luke can do better than this.

[@WorldvsTruth]

All the considerations and evaluations you've shared in your comment make 100% sense to me. At the moment I don't require anywhere near the power provided by the MacBook Pro with an M1 Max. However, I am ready for an overhaul upgrade, having done all my music, light video editing, using a MacPro 3,1 and MacBook Pro late 2011 (recently met its demise). After much contemplation, my most sensible and practical course could be to have 2 laptops (1 being a MacBook Air for the silent operation recording voiceover), and after I get settled into new accommodation, a 4k monitor. While the money you spent/invested is a fair chunk of change, it's very reasonable considering what you are now able to accomplish - at whatever time, ANYWHERE. As you put it: "... the idea I can take my high-performance editing computer on the road with me without compromising specs is AMAZING and well worth the $4100 price point."

[@luckyduck1985]

@@WorldvsTruth I really don't think you need two laptops if one is a MacBook Pro. the fans almost never speed up, especially with audio. You either need to be exporting or REALLY pushing some super graphics elements to get them to go. And even then, they're not that loud. Recording VO should be no problem. You'd be better saving the money on a M1 MacBook Air and getting a higher end computer or peripherals.

[@AnnaStefaniPh]

Best reply ever. All amazing points.

[@chromaticvisuelle]

Modularity LOL ProArt with Ryzen 9 5900X | 64GB | 2TB | RTX 3070 | 120HZ | 100% P3 | Full size SD Express 7 | upgradable RAM/SSD, HDMI 2.1 | 2 USB C | 2 USB A for 2399$. Much better value.

[@pablo.station]

Thank you for this video! I was literally about to buy a 14 inch m1 pro today (and I'm a life long PC user). I produce music and my PC laptop is struggling now. But you reminded me about CES, with intel and AMD's new hardware. I will wait to see those comparisons. If the m1 is still the best option after the AMD 6000 and 12 Gen intel stuff, then I will prob make the transition to apple.

[@thewheelchairone]

The key is you maxed it out for diminishing returns. You should have researched the benefits of incremental spec bumps versus your specific use case. In my opinion.

[@JeremyBolanos]

I have many qualms about spending $4k on a computer. I guess my needs don't warrant it.

[@transitengineer]

Have been using Apple computers since 1997, and learned decades ago that, most models (desktops and laptops) are best purchased years after they have been discontinued at much lower used prices (smile...smile).

[@JanbluTheDerg]

I was about to say that Apple probably wont care but then I remembered that they take great pride in having powerful chips so they might actually fight.

[@alvallac2171]

*won't *care, but *chips, so

[@bmwjs1]

I’m now subscribed with the bell because it is video. Because being honest means I can trust you. As well your input we need people like you really Informing the people about their dollar.

[@stopthefomo]

Yep skewed towards DaVinci Resolve editors and it kills my water cooled $6,000 RTX3090

[@EZBOT_]

What do you mean? I am genuinely interested

[@rorywalters1614]

It’s also questionable if Intel could actually deliver what they claimed.

[@williamscott850]

Well, they certainly delivered with the desktop Adler Lake skus. I have a new PC with a i9-12900K and it's shocking how much faster it is than my 2-year old iMac with a i9-10910. I don't have much doubt their mobile SKUs will deliver accordingly. It's really amazing how far Intel has come in 20-mos.

[@liamsz]

@@williamscott850 the main problem with alder lake isn’t really the performance but the thermals, I’m not sure it’s going to be great on a laptop but I hope I’m wrong

[@liwenchang3260]

@@liamsz well, comparing a brand new desktop with a two year old laptop, I think I would be "shocked" too...

[@TheNanofiber]

@@williamscott850 It's much easier to deliver on a desktop when you don't have to worry about power and battery that much.

[@MEBoisv]

and if they can deliver on performance, what will the power consumption and overheating be like?

[@CoderGuyMan]

When I went to Mac years ago, I still needed to do Windows specific stuff. Part of the appeal was that I could run Windows on the Mac (usually faster than a native Windows machine). When I upgraded to the M1 MBA (which I still love), I lost that capability and ended up having to buy an ASUS M16 for my Windows specific stuff. So now I have both, and both do excellent at what I need them for, and both together are still cheaper than the M1 Max 16", but I have to carry 2 laptops around.

[@transitengineer]

This is why for myself, I still prefer Apple desktops and laptops with Intel processors which are great for running Mac OS, Windows, and Linux (smile...smile).

[@andrupka8749]

@@transitengineer I use bootcamp on external Samsung T5 drive on my iMac 2019 4K

[@slamcrank]

Why not just run windows in parallels or Fusion? Both work here on my M1 and still run windows better than most windows machines.

[@clcl18cl18]

@@slamcrank …because it’s a Windows ARM Version ….Good luck finding the software you need ….

[@CoderGuyMan]

@@slamcrank I need the Intel version of Windows not ARM

[@ABM-mz5pb]

@7.50: It's a fair point that the MBPs are optimised for video editing. This played directly to KZbinrs' natural workflows, so that's what they tested and naturally were blown away. But yes, what about other heavy tasks such as 3D rendering, animation creation and other heavy programming? Good point.

[@donquantum1615]

Good work as always Luke. Easy to keep a great computer or upgrade with no fomo after listening to your advice.

[@arisym7797]

You've made great points, Luke, but... there were some serious debts Apple had with the musicians that it sorted out with all these new models: no fan noise! Of course, the 13" M1s are best for live performance due to battery life, but the 14" & 16" offer the ports that are also a must for connecting controllers and projector (without dongles). In these regards -and considering Apple's build quality, as you pointed out-, these laptops are unique in today's market.

[@PeterbFree]

As soon as the M1 came out I wanted to know what they could do for a desktop chip in a desktop computer. It looks to me like Apple have not planned this properly, they were supposed to pull ahead and then pull out an unassailable lead. It was supposed to be a be complete overkill in terms of performance, especially graphics performance

[@sunonymous1]

I think this was a great video. I understood completely. 😉 Keep up the good work!

[@ademiravdic]

Very well put together video. Nice work Luke

[@ActionReaction..]

ryzen 5900h has similar (or better on some things) performance than the m1 pro, also the price is alot cheaper and u can still get over 10 hours of battery with those. + easy diy repairs and upgrades

[@LorandPalfalvi]

appreciate the honesty!

[@chrispowder2713]

Yep, I got my MacBook 16 before I saw this video and decided to go for the M1 Pro 10c CPU, 16c GPU, 16 GB RAM with 1 TB SSD and I knew it will be the sweet spot as I ordered it. I love it.

[@MikeBlissett]

Great video, Luke. I completely agree, the new MBP 16" is an absolute beast, but in a competitive and innovative marketplace with the new chips coming out, it's overpriced. I'm a huge Apple fan, but don't believe they'll change their strategy. They chose to position themselves near the top of the market and are (I believe) quite happy to continue with the legendary Apple tax. I was in the market to upgrade my 2015 MBP but have instead decided to wait and see what comes next with the MacBook Air. Let's see.

[@TheMash84]

@Nathaniel Walker M1 is the base CPU though. Did you mean M1 base model or M1 PRO and MAX? Because these two get close, or even destroy some desktop GPUs and CPUs.

[@Boodieman72]

The problem with the non Macbooks, they run Windows.

[@heartmommyinpa]

Yep

[@johannbauermeister3916]

Great to get some honesty and integrity in this space. So many 'reviews' out there are self-serving promotional pieces for manufacturers...

[@flushjackson9545]

I'm still rocking a decked-out 2013 MBP and this is the version I'm finally moving to. 9 years of heavy daily usage, only had to replace the battery 1.5 years ago. I wanted the display support the 2021 MBP now rocks 9 years ago, but here we are.

[@r4n85]

Agreed that the mid tier pro 10/16 is the best value. Also of course there are MUCH faster options in the PC space. I don't think that will ever change. Its not been often that apple has ever held the performance crown for long. I'd argue though that even with its performance issues the overall package of the M1 pro still makes it good value. I use a LOT of different brands in my job, and nothing has ever compared to the mac for small things that make an extremely important difference in day to day usage. Trackpad Speakers Battery Life. No one seems to be able to keep up with apple on those three fronts.

[@lukey333]

i bought the m1 max mbp 16” (then returned for the 14” m1 pro) and then also ended up returning it because i really couldn’t justify the price over the regular m1 air that is so amazing

[@anthony8890]

That's a great point, there is no way you can justify the price increase right? the M1 pro is a great machine. And you can pick up the base model new for less than 1000 now. and it will be good for another 4/5 years at least.

[@lukey333]

@@anthony8890 exactly!! the single core performance is exactly the same so for most basic tasks it’ll feel the exact same for like less than half the price! I do music production and it’s been more than enough atill and maybe 4/5 years down the line if i’ll need something more powerful, i’ll probably get an imac as it’ll still be great with basic tasks for another 4-5 years after that!

[@anthony8890]

@@lukey333 Yes. always get more ram is rule one, But everything else is fine for a long time, and if you run out of memory, get an external ssd. They're super cheap now days. easy...

[@barryobrien1890]

Great review. As always going maxed out is expensive with any platform, with less improvements. I am considering switching my fanless Asus switch alpha to a M1 macbook air, but i would miss the touch screen. I use an M1 mini as a streaming machine over 10g to a pc so i can switch between apps and share monitors and keyboards. I really miss the ability to run windows as a vm on Mac. Some day it will get better but there is always a work around.

[@northislandnow8858]

My question to you Luke is, for FCPX and FCP users, what laptop would you recommend when editing with Multicam edits. I see lots of people buying the 16 inch M1 Max with 32gb of ram and putting in the 4tb internal Hard drive.

[@DaveSchulze]

I'm lookin at Max 24/32GB/4TB just to have the most room to grow. Overkill, probably, but the possibilities are endless. $1200 premium over the Pro 16/16GB/1-2TB that most people recommend.

[@tonyburzio4107]

The problem with the Macs is compatibility. They just can't run the Viruses and Ransomware that IT departments require to keep their departments fully staffed. Terror is great to keep the corporate funding flow wide open.

[@Ozzie-xi6di]

Well thought out video Luke. However, I think we should be careful about comparing chips that haven’t been tested in the real world yet. It’s easy to make a graph that is skewed to favour your own product. Apple’s big advantage is optimisation - they make the chips, hardware, operating system and a good few of the most popular apps, so being able to optimise everything to work together adds to the overall package. Intel and AMD don’t have that on real-world systems, which leads to more compromises, particularly with battery life. Will be interesting to see what happens. Competition is good and I agree that the Apple Silicon lifecycle seems too long currently.

[@suntzu1409]

Another advantage apple has it always has the latest TSMC nodes.

[@olesyal.9481]

Apple do NOT make chips. M1 are not their own chips

[@mbb3817]

I agree, apple controls the who ecosystem in which their chips will be performing which is a huge advantage. I do think they will need more engineers to defect from the competition's camp to theirs to be able to keep up in the future though. I think it will be hard to compete with companies solely focused on speed and efficiency in mind who have been in the chip game for decades.

[@bdhaliwal24]

Luke thanks for a very objective video which was also entertaining to watch

[@pizzaforlunch]

Good points! Speaking of monitors what would you recommend for someone who’s mostly doing productivity and photo/video editing on the side for the M1 Pro? Open to 27” and up?

[@schrum9613]

Luke: i'm totally fine with spending $4,000 on this. (proceeds to complain about price.)

[@JLP-333]

That's not how he said it.

[@KandiMan]

The 16" MBP M1 Pro 16GB 1TB is the best choice. It's got all of the 16" benefits + best battery life of all the MBPs and comparable/identical performance to the Max for most things people care about. No overpriced options means you can recoup a bigger percentage of your cost, and a lower price overall means you're less committed and more willing to upgrade sooner (selling sooner also reduces your depreciation losses). I did the max-out-to-eke-out-5-years thing, and you still end up with a "slow" machine about 3 years in with overpriced options that have little to no resale value. Never again.

[@arvinsim]

I also did "future proofing" with my 2019 16" 64GB/1TB Intel MBP. Never making that mistake again.

[@KandiMan]

@@arvinsim Yep. Biggest problem with the approach is you’re buying today’s tech at today’s prices for tomorrow’s (hypothetical) needs. Tech always gets cheaper, so why would one ever buy ahead? Makes no sense. Example - 16GB upgrade is $400 today; what do you think that’ll cost in 2-3 years when you project actually needing it? $200? $100? $0 (included with base config)? Plus, bolting an extra 16GB to a 3 year old CPU+GPU for a premium makes no sense. This is all before one even considers inflation. That’s just insult added to injury. Buy for today and put the “future-proofing” money towards your next machine in 2-3 years. Works a lot better since you’ll be getting newer hardware sooner and spending inflated 2025 dollars on it instead of 2022 dollars.

[@shingod700]

I just bought a barely used MacBook Pro 16 512GB for 1550USD, still 9 month left of warranty, it is in pristine condition. Very happy with my purchase.

[@fishingthepnwwithdave7833]

At 8:00 you say "youtubers are video editors and that is where this thing really really good". I'm a video editor and that's what brought me here. So glad I caught that blurb because as a KZbinr and video editor, this is the kind of machine I'm looking for. I would have liked to see more content in this video talking to the video editors, but thanks, good vid.

[@trackvegeta8716]

For me the best value/price is the mini m1 16/512, powerful, several ports and no noise

[@kenf3539]

As soon as there is an M2 Mini with 16/512, I am ordering one. Hopefully they will announce it in the next few weeks (with an expected M1 Pro Mini).

[@MrProximace]

Great video Luke. I absolutely agree with your argument about value proposition and diminishing returns for such a specification. Over time, it has been shown that the M1 Max configuration with 32 GPU cores and 64 gigs of RAM is overkill for almost everyone and most certainly overpriced for the price-to-performance that system delivers. I am a developer and I recently ordered the 24 GPU core variant with 32 GB of RAM, 1TB of harddisk space for just under 3k (figured some discounts). Trust me, your video knocked some sense back in to me and made me think hard about what I actually need, and make my purchase decision ( I was going to go crazy and get the 64 Gig 2 TB 32 GPU cores variant). There is a need for the max chip where people have workflows or requirements which could use that, e.g. support for more than 2 external displays and more video encoders. Additonally, many applications now a days including web browsers and IDEs use hardware acceleration for rendering. All that said, this does not require any more than 16-20 GBs of RAM actively at any given time. But considering that I intend to keep my laptop for a good 4-5 years, this configuration made sense. But thanks, you made me question my vanity and be pragmatic about this purchase!

[@tusharchandra1992]

I don't know what kind of developer you are so take my comment with skepticism. But as an Android developer, I compared M1 Pro 32GB with M1 Max 64GB and I saw at significant diffreence with app compile times. Another observation was that with 1 Android IDE and 1 IntelliJ, my 32GB mac would always be at the limit. with 29GB, 30GB usage of RAM. With this one, it stays stable at 43-44GB. Which made it clear that in 2 years timeline, my development workflow will grow to take up the extra RAM. For ex, in 2019 my workflow would work fine even on a 16GB mac, but in 3 years it already is way behind.

[@MrProximace]

​@@tusharchandra1992 You will see that difference between M1 Pro with 32Gigs and M1 Max with 32 Gigs too because of the memory bandwidth. Additionally, many JB products use hardware acceleration so any sort of decoders or GPU gains it gets, it will take. With my daily use I jump in and out of CLion, PyCharm, IntelliJ, VS Code, Rider, NeoVim and Sublime, Xcode and a few more with about a dozen terminal tabs and some debuggers. I also teach so I do 2-3 hour long sessions with screen sharing switched on, and Brave as my main browser. I also run a few other electron based apps. I am yet to choke my system. Plus my battery life is great so I don’t want anything extra that might drain my battery for things I am not using. I never said that all developers need only 32 Gigs. There are certain use cases where I would absolutely want more than 64, but for most things that I do on my personal machine, price to performance ratio for me plateaus at 32 Gigs of M1 Max and 24 GPU Cores with the 16" form factor. With lower physical memory, RAM memory compression is also more aggressive which allows for lower battery consumption too. The SSDs and the Unified RAM are fast enough and most likely will be fast enough for at least the next 2-3 years as Dual channel LPDDR5 and PCIE4 devices roll out. The idea is that just throwing more hardware at the problem does not make things fast and that most certainly is true with the M1 series chips. I do not want to battle inefficient plugins and extensions with $1200 of my own money in the form of RAM and GPU upgrades; I simply don't use them. All that said, Android studio is said to be resource hungry and if you use a lot of plugins with JB apps, they will eat all available memory and then some. So I use them with caution. But your use case may well justify 64 gigs Cheers :) !

[@DoubleAAnime]

Thank you so much. Your review was so needed! After going through countless reviews. I’d say yours was the most relevant.

[@alexamickey]

Wow thanks so much! You just made me feel soooo good about recently buying the exact pro model you recommended haha

[@tonbii]

I bought one with 64GB ram, and later thought 32gb was adequate. But, actually my M1 Max mac is currently using almost 20GB ram just with browsing internet with 20+ tabs, terminals, and some software dev tools. I bought it for ML/DL which uses GPU with 8-16+ GB GPU memory. Yeah it's expensive and many software tools do not run directly on M1 yet -- Apple needs to work hard to make M1 Max mac works faster as they promised. If it's slower than Intel+nvidia pc, it's not worse to spend the money. maybe I was wrong, but despite the price and the limitations I really like the M1 Max mac so far.

[@skjoldgames]

The only reason for me to have an M1 Max is to do game development for the Mac and iOS platforms. Just wish it was as good of a value as the original M1 was.

[@CarlosHernandez.RentaHouse]

I am a graphic and multimedia designer, I usually work with design programs such as: photoshop, illustrator, adobe premier and after effects, it is likely that I will also start using blender or cinema 4D, would be fine If I buy a 14” with M1 pro chip, 8-Core CPU, 14-Core GPU, 16GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage?

[@skjoldgames]

@@CarlosHernandez.RentaHouse I've been using my M1 Max for about a month now for Blender and Unreal Engine 4. It's been running better than my 2020 iMac with the 10-core intel i9 and Radeon 5700xt 16GB, but I'm also aware there are PCs with superior performance. This is especially the case regarding Lumens and Nanite in UE5. But for basic 3D model work and Eevee rendering in Blender, it's very good. Rendering in Cycles is not as good as a high end PC, but that will change as the Metal API becomes supported by the Cycles render engine in Blender. For strictly 3D art/design like ArchVis, animation and game asset creation, it's good enough, if not the cheapest option. For full stack game development using Unreal Engine, it's not so great, although if you are developing for the MacOS/iOS platforms, it's the best you can get. All that said, I think the M1 architecture is going to keep getting better as more programs continue to adopt it and Apple develops it, but it still has a ways to go before its a 100% PC replacement. I still find myself using my PC quite a bit for certain game dev tasks that the Mac simply refuses to do or can't run as quickly, especially for older projects of mine. I do not have any experience with other software like Cinema4D or Unity, but I've heard good things. I don't regret buying the Mac. I like the potential that the M1 brings to tech, I like the Apple ecosystem. I like that there are very few AAA games for Mac, making it a much less competitive market, and I overall just like the vibe of the Mac. I'm willing to live with the short comings Apple and the new MacBook have and I'm also willing to pay the high price tag. For somebody simply looking for the best machine at the best price to do the work, that person should get a PC unless their workflow requires developing on a Mac for MacOS/iOS. I hope that helps. Feel free to email me or hit me up on Discord if you need anything else. I'm always happy to help anyone trying to make a living in the creative space. It's a tough gig. Discord: The Grey Wizard#4631

[@rickeutsler3814]

Good video.. I have a 5-year contract for video editing. My workflow has always been Mac-based. I moved to PC over the last 18 months because of hardware issues (mac died, almost lost everything without a way to recover my data). I'm looking at getting some equipment specifically for this project. I don't want to learn Adobe, so it's back to final cut. Would you say that for this specific purpose, the 4K MacBook pro m1 max is worth it? Thanks Rick

[@Applecompuser]

Really love your videos. They are very helpful, honest, and of topics that are of interest and relevant to me. I must say that I prefer the larger screen and would even consider a 17 inch screen. I have the 16 inch MBP with the intel chip. I hope to use it for about 4 years or more. I scratch my head when people say the 16 inch is too big or heavy. For very casual use in HS or college, perhaps that is true (or maybe the complaints are expected). But, this is for pros who need and or prefer the performance. The other thing you get with Apple is the incredible support on the phone by a human being who, I can understand and is also courti. I cannot tell you how much value that has to me. Best to you and the channel. PS I love the design of the MBP. It can eve be thicker for better air flow for me.

[@helmi5045]

Well yes they have an excuse for Blender. The standard version of Blender doesn't have Metal support yet meaning the test will run on the CPU. The newest alpha build has metal support and shows much better results

[@chidorirasenganz]

Plus it’s not even fully optimized yet. It’s only the first alpha build

[@wail3]

According to MAX Tech, the latest Blender alpha build with metal and GPU rendering support is much slower than Nvidia cards, with 3080 in Razer Blade 15 being 3-4 times faster than M1 Max kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6SUgJuentmUoa8

[@Madrrrrrrrrrrr]

Luke is off here. 5:30 in and all i hear is stretching video time with stuff we already know, to make me i watch till the end. He bought them all for his channel. Not like he serious going to use them. So this review is not from a real user. And we knew that upfront because he is not doing real heavy video/animation/music stuff. So why you need all those features in the first place? And it's not only the gpu. It's the extra cores and the extra memory. Which he doesn't need.

[@chidorirasenganz]

@@wail3 actually if you watch the video he points out that it’s only the first alpha build so it can be further optimized. Also the 3080 is on par with the M1 Max for the most part. Only with the raytracing acceleration did the gap widen. But keep in mind the M2 Max will be 50% faster in gpu performance.

[@midnightsnack1306]

I love it that Apple, AMD, and Intel are now starting to leap frog each other in CPU performance. Like in the old days.

[@asianstud7]

Apple wasn't in the game in the old days. 😂

[@ankitneupane5282]

@@asianstud7 the power pc days,yeah they were not comptition those day due power consumption and per

[@tejmatronic]

I've been waiting and waiting for the Mac Mini Pro and Max, as it would be ideal to pair with my 4K monitor. I have been wavering and almost gave in to get the M1 Max laptop until Luke put me back on track with a plausible, reasoned argument to wait. Thanks Luke this is just what I needed to hear right now. Subscribed as of now!

[@oamclean]

Happy now? 😄

[@tejmatronic]

@@oamclean Yep... my Studio Max arrives on Friday!

[@Chrisss98]

my 2018 MBP, bought in august 2019 has no issues with the keyboard so far, looking to upgrade to a m1 max or m2 in the future

[@scottlott3794]

I also got an almost maxed out M1 Max MacBook Pro. After seeing benchmarks and hearing about other people's experience, I think I would have gotten the M1 Pro with 32GB instead. I still love MacOS and the stability of Apple software, and I'm sure this laptop will last me years.

[@SeanRosairo]

I did the same! I got the binned chip, 32gb of ram and a 2TB drive. It's fast enough for the editing and music I do, but saved a bunch of money! Luke, Max Tech, and Linus basically showed that the Max, the Pro and the binned pro doesn't have a massive difference in relation to the price

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

Nah … if you got 32gb, it’s only a $200-400 upgrade for extra media encoder and 400gb/s bw and extra gpu cores Hardly a bad deal. The only bad deal is if you FOMO and got 32gb just to get the max model. Then yes that’s not a good value prop. (Extra $600-$800) M1max will give you better resale value so evens out at the end

[@teemuvesala9575]

@@RunForPeace-hk1cu i definitely agree there. if you plan on getting m1 pro, just stick with 16gb ram. with m1 max 32gb ram makes lot more sense (hence why apple sells m1 max with 32gb ram as base model).

[@SeanRosairo]

@@RunForPeace-hk1cu So the upgrade would have been $650 (cad) to go from the binned Pro to the binned Max. I I know that it would be way more useful to have 2TB internally so I upgraded to that instead. (I'm not always in locations I want to be working off an SSD dangling off the side). I would be fine with even just the regular M1 chip, but I know 16 GB of ram would be the bottleneck. You're totally right about the FOMO though. I was like " What if it is miles faster" and it really is for encoding video, but since my videos are like 2min to 10 min, the difference is ok for me. Wayyyyyy better than my old Intel i5 at any rate lol

[@RunForPeace-hk1cu]

@@SeanRosairo if you need 2TB you need 2TB. Shouldn’t conflate storage with compute and gpu upgrade decision

[@waynerm002]

We really don't know what the name of the chip will be, they could change it. I like that Intel and AMD are introducing better mobile processors and GPUs, we have to wait until the products are released to see how they perform overall. Years ago, I thought laptops would be at a stage where you can really use them unplugged and get great performance along with long battery life. If AMD and Intel can pull this off, then it really will end up being who can produce a powerful, relatively light, laptop with great battery life, in an attractive package. Apply has been stingy with their SSD space while charging a big premium for an upgrade. Personally, I feel the larger MacBook Pros should come with 2TB at a minimum. With camera files getting larger as the resolutions go up, the Pro version of their machine should also come with a higher capacity drive. I would like to see a 15" Air, with the M1 Pro (or M1+ with say 14 GPU cores) inside. The render times aren't too bad on the Air now so improving it a bit would be great, while keeping a fanless design, to keep the weight down a bit. The wider chassis would allow for more battery and allow space for better heat management. If they have to put a fan in it, just one should suffice.

[@BlizzardWind99]

honestly would be better m1 pro and m1 max be called as m1x and m1z instead

[@chillhoplofi]

@Luke Miani Really appreciate your insight in this video!! Newbie here and I have a question... Is it necessary to invest in the (+$200) 10 core vs the default 8 core M1 Pro if I'm just doing lots of chrome tabs + slack + excel + photoshop + spotify + logic pro + PopSQL?

[@dannytso768]

Great content!

[@mizshellytee]

I switched to Mac from Windows last month with a 14" M1 Pro (just-above base model; I went with the unbinned chip and upped to 1 TB storage and had FCP pre-installed). No regret here. As for you, as mentioned in another comment, you purposely bought four MBPs so you could benchmark and do comparisons, so _of course_ you came to understand the M1 Max is way more than you need for what what you do.

[@vishaldube425]

This vid aged surprisingly well given the Mac Studio announcement today.

[@harshaalapati4435]

Say I purchase the maxed out m1 macbook pro max with 64 ram, would it overheat and ruin the chip if I do not use the laptop to its extreme capacity? For example as a student who uses a lot of applications which run even on 8 ram, and medium end drawing software, would the chip slowly ruin itself over time?

[@adrianbalasa4039]

Hi, I am a financial advisor and I need to change my mac. What do you recommend? I mainly use for work, so few programs that i run checking clients details, etc , and also by time to time watch movies, but nothing crazy. I would like probably a 14” because 16” I think is too big for me. Which version should I choose? I usually tend to keep my laptop for 5-6 years before I decide to change. Thanks

[@zumuvtuber]

Interesting take. While the new MBPs are definitely designed more towards video editors, I have to ask you the following: how do the other laptops in that price range compare in terms of thermals, noise, battery life and performance while only on battery though? Despite that, I do agree with you that competition is great for consumers. I really hope the future of Intel, AMD and NVIDIA is bright, because that also means Apple will have to work harder to be successful in this chip market.

[@Lacrom23]

Yeah, performance on battery is a big question for them

[@alanmay7929]

@@Lacrom23 yeah because they don’t have 5nm chips like Apple. Apple and Qualcomm have basically saturated all the 5nm chip production from TSMC intel is still at 10nm, Nvidia 8nm….. hopefully intel and Samsung and tsmc will expand their production to make more 5/4nm chips in the future.

[@saileshrachapudi8486]

@@alanmay7929 Intel’s 10 nm is denser than TSMC’s 7 nm

[@alanmay7929]

@@saileshrachapudi8486 nope it’s barely close to AMD/tsmc old 7nm chip node. Btw apppeamd Qualcomm are already using tsmc revised 5nm node.

[@saileshrachapudi8486]

@@alanmay7929 Not everything is because of Node Alan, ARM and x86 are fundamentally different

[@alandworsky8926]

For a do-everything machine I still really love my 16’ intel Mac. It’s still got a great display/speakers for watching movies/shows in bed with the wife or while traveling etc. it’s got amazing audio for listening to music. It’s got great mics for haphazard audio recording or zoom. It’s got windows for gaming on the go (runs pretty much everything if at lower settings). And still has Mac OS for productivity etc. oh also four thunderbolt ports for interfacing with tons of stuff for on the go audio recording stuff. I get it that there are downsides like worse battery life than the m1, but honestly for my use cases it’s amazing. Apple silicon is still crap for running even basic games smoothly, and still has compatibility issues with lots of audio recording hardware. Just flagging that while the transition is going on, many of us would rather stick with intel for now.

[@bielakbeats]

My MacBook Pro M1 pro 16 runs counter strike on the highest setting with ease. Complete beast man

[@AlejandroLZuvic]

@@bielakbeats Counter-Strike isn't really a demanding title. I mean, I enjoy playing it, but I wouldn't use it as an "look how great games run on macOS" example.

[@bielakbeats]

@@AlejandroLZuvic I didn't use it as a "look how great games run on Mac OS" example...... he mentioned that "Apple silicon is still crap for running even basic games smoothly" Counterstrike is considered a basic game.... that runs smoothy lol :)

[@alandworsky8926]

@@bielakbeats it’s also just compatibility headaches. Windows runs everything without issue and most games run smoothly on my hardware in the 16 pro. 5500m 8gb and 6 core 12 thread intel chip. Sure it’s not a beast, but it’s a workhorse and never really stumbles. New game just came out and I’m traveling. Hey I can install and play it no problem at all. It’s stuff like that. I’ll admit I really love the idea of Apple silicon, and tbh I love tinkering, but for a daily driver - do everything machine, I love my intel Mac for being a Swiss Army knife.

[@kikiwora]

It is so slow... I've used 2019 16-inch top-speck MacBook Pro and oh boy, it is so slow when compiling Xcode projects... M1 (even the basic one) is much much much faster and quite. The difference is real.

[@lloi9843]

Pretty good video. thanks Luke. Now, what would be a good option for musicians, who use lots of plugins running at the same time, which need a good RAM....would be better a 32 unified memory?..., in the option you said, M1 PRO 1 TB BUT with 32 ?

[@oo7jbond]

HI Luke, thank you for your 2cents on the new MBP, I couldn't agree more. Currently I'm using a 2017 iMac Pro base configuration, 32gig RAM 1TB storage, 3.2GHZ 8 core, VEGA 56 with 8gig ram, can you please do a comparison video between this unit and the new MBP's and even the M1 16 gig ram 1tb configuration?, I'm also using a 2013 15 inch base model MBP for my mobile computing and editing. I want to know if it would be more beneficial for me to retain the iMac Pro for my desktop editing and just buy the 16gig ram 1TB Mac Air M1 or sell both my iMac Pro and 2013 MBP and get a 15 inch MBP 16 gig ram 16 core GPU 1 TB storage?

[@andicui]

Re: The Intel figures. I don't think they can deliver what they promised. The performance characteristics of the 12gen i9 desktop is well documented by now, and a mobile chip isn't going to beat that with the same node. Re: The Blender performance vs Nvidia. If I understand it correctly, it comes down to OptiX and CUDA. Lack of Apple equivalent API of these "special" use cases (GPU Compute and ray casting acceleration) doesn't make Apple's entire GPU performance claim nil, but is at the same time a huge problem and an area to improve for Apple. End of the day, it's good to see the competition heats up, it's usually good for everyone.

[@defytheeye4988]

The M1 Max using the Blender 3.1a experimental cycles GPU renderer actually finishes the BMW demo in around 40 seconds. Apple is working with Blender and other software companies to increase compatibility with Metal.

[@robertsondunn]

That’s more like it. I heard 3 minutes and thought “that’s extremely wrong”. Sigh...if someone is going to use stats to prove a point then they should make sure the information they are providing is not incredibly wrong.

[@arvinsim]

@@robertsondunn Stil 4 times as long as the 10seconds result from RTX.

[@robertsondunn]

@@arvinsim I agree with you and most of Luke’s points. I just think he needs to be a bit more thorough when citing stats to prove his point. He should have known better. He’s using alpha software to prove his point and he didn’t even have the settings right. 3 minutes is not 40 seconds. I’ve got an M1 13” MBP and do most my everyday stuff on it. However, If I’m gaming or rendering something(in blender) I am doing it on my windows desktop with my trusty gtx 1080. Not the most modern setup, but still blows the doors off my laptop.

[@creativecityis]

have purchased the max 32gb 32gpu specifically for learning blender. I can still return it for a refund, but I think it’s the best choice for me. Mainly due to fan noise and full power on battery. Blenders full version for apple silicone is coming out in march, and I recon it will complete with the noisy computers (while they are plugged in) they might even out class them when on battery power

[@reggietelly]

See my comment above

[@CapeFrank57]

Mr. Luke… Question I am 65 years old I only use my computer to watch videos that I make on my mavic pro drone And of course surf the web eBay craigslist marketplace etc. because of my vision I need a large screen, that’s what happens when you get older what computer would you recommend that I purchase? Thanks Frank

[@WilliamInniss]

Excellent video, and spot on opinion. Cheers man.

[@movdqa]

I got the M1 PRO and no regrets. It's the best laptop I've ever owned or used. It is more CPU and GPU than I need so a 16-inch Air would have been more suitable for me but this gets the job done. Go on an Acela (Amtrak Business Class) train and look at what everyone is using for a laptop.

[@teemuvesala9575]

as full time investor myself, I have to say that most finance people do use iPhones and Macs.

[@shaunaaron]

As someone who edits 4k/6k and Lightroom I purchased the 14' 16gb 1TB 10/16 and it was the best choice. The Max is complete overkill in my opinion and for what you could build in PC for that kind of money you could launch space shuttles with the PC. Props on ya for not toting the the line "greatest ever"

[@saric1993]

On PC you cannot buy better mashine for that money (for video editing).

[@rachel_c4558]

I too am leaning towards a 14 with the 10/16 M1 Pro, 16GB RAM, and 512GB SSD. As a Travel Photographer, I need powerful portability to edit all my Photos while I'm on the go. I had thoughts of upgrading to a 1TB SSD, but I'll be storing all my edited Photos externally regardless.

[@saric1993]

@@rachel_c4558 Don’t even think about 512gb. 1tb is way to go believe me, also version with 1tb is actually faster (ssd is faster) you can check that on yt. I had 3 projects working at the same time directly on internal ssd and after that I stored files on hdd, you won’t need any external drives (external drives slows down these macs) and if you are on the move don’t think about 512, only 1tb and above. Cheers

[@shaunaaron]

@@rachel_c4558 I've had mine for 10 months now. It eats everything I throw at it. I highly recommend getting 1TB though. I also edit externally on drives but 512 fills up fast.

[@rachel_c4558]

@@shaunaaron so here's an Update: I finally pulled the trigger on a Refurbished 2021 14in 10/16 M1 Pro, 16 GB RAM, and the 1TB SSD. No regrets whatsoever and the size and screen resolution feels right for me for future travel endeavors.

[@DaniNunezRivera]

Great video, thanks!

[@aw1091]

Thank you for your truthfulness great video.

[@energiam880]

As a long-term Window's user, I was incredibly tempted to order a 16-inch Macbook pro. Undoubtedly it's hard to beat as a complete hardware + software package for the layperson. I just don't like Window's laptops anymore. For example, if you wanted a window machine with a similar screen quality, you'd end up spending more than the price of an entire MBP for the monitor alone. After M1, I think it's incredibly difficult for companies to compete with apple's pricing. MBP is eye-watering expensive, but you're getting an incredibly polished product that's almost unrivaled for its target audience, and actually pretty good value. The issue for someone like me is that target audience. I'm an engineer/scientist professionally, and an avid 3D modeler in my spare time. I live/work in 5 countries across 4 continents. I need a machine that I can take everywhere without much effort. Something I can work on as well as use recreationally (gaming). The problem with MacBooks is it literally has 0 use for me. I don't use my personal laptop for scientific/engineering simulations & modeling (i have my office for that). But I'd expect it to at least run some mainstream software of that sort, considering how Apple brags about its massive computing power, and how it's relevant in all industries (it clearly isn't). I can't do 3D modeling that well either, other than Blender, the only 3D modeling app properly optimized for M1 so far. But why learn Blender which is clunky and inefficient for the sort of modeling I do when I can run Rhino (something I have over a decade of experience in) on a windows machine with much more powerful graphical horsepower. Because Rhino never worked that well on Macs, even in the i7/i9 days. Even on Blender, MacBooks simply can't compete with RTX laptops when it comes to rendering speeds, particularly with complex lighting effects. This is what happens when your target audience is primarily KZbinrs and other forms of visual arts professionals (video/photo editing type). You make a product extremely well optimized for a particular niche market while being almost irrelevant and alienating to everyone else. I'd love to tap into that amazing M1 computing power for some of my scientific work (computational fluid dynamics and phase-field modeling) and 3D modeling, but I can't. And neither can I game on it for recreation. I'm really glad I didn't purchase it. I'll keep on using my Ipad pro for light mobile work (typing), and build an ITX RTX 3080 equipped desktop machine, and then figure out how I can haul it around 5 countries. But at least it's not a really expensive typewriter. Because MS office is probably the only use I'll ever get out of a MacBook

[@ravenclawgamer6367]

Perfectly stated. If you're a video editor, Macbooks are the thing to beat. But if you render stuff in 3D or game, Macbooks loose to much cheaper PC easily.

[@jeffyeung6103]

I disagree. It's not only just a target demographic of Video Content creators but also Software Dev. A majority of the industry mainly use Macs for Software Dev (Mobile, Front end, Backend, running VMs etc.) Just having the ability to use Bash in your terminal is way better than WSL which comes with its come issues (folder location and general bugginess.) Overall, I find that MacOS finds the balance between having the fuctionality of Linux (terminal) and usability of Windows (GUI).

[@suntzu1409]

"if you wanted a windows machine with similar screen quality, you'd end up spending more than an entire MBP for the monitor alone." Yes, but 1) that monitor is not tied to you laptop 2) the screen is significantly bigger and practical (and can probably double up as a TV and gaming monitor) 3) the most expensive consumer monitor that i remember is one that costs $2000-3000, and most consumer monitors dont cross $1000, which is significantly less than the cost of highest end Macbook Pros. For $2000 or more, you get professional-class monitors, which are way better and practical than the ones in Macbook Pros. Ultimately, while monitors can cost $1000 or more, you get what you pay for. Other than that, as always, the most logical and true comment is the least upvoted one.

[@tulsavol6653]

You buy for your use cases which is smart. The rest of us buy for ours. There must be a lot of users that think integrated Apple products fit their needs since we all paid for their "space ship" :)