MacBook Pro 16" vs 14" real estate and notch | M1 Pro and M1 Max

A playful comparison of the new 2021 MacBook Pros (mostly) for developers. We look at Parallels and VSCode, how much space there is by default and how the notch effects things.
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[@jmpersic]

So funny. I'm really glad there's a developer-focused reviewer out there for the rest of us who aren't doing video editing!

[@daa589]

Annnnd web browsing, Netflix and emails

[@pqsk]

Amen to that!

[@devorexminn9699]

sooooo trueeee

[@boldureans]

Ok we can't nominate Alex for Oscar, but perhaps let's give him an audience award 🙌

[@stavrosfil]

Thanks for actually focusing on all these details that nobody else bothers with! Keep it up man :)

[@chiroyce]

I loved the ending where the 2019 guy feels confused about N95 masks and the new Windows 😂

[@laminbarrow]

That is super creative. Great story telling. Is that what they call a sense of humour!. Great content and please kept em coming. No such thing as a “video encoding performance “ over here. :)

[@linuxedohere]

I don't comment a lot but I can't resist. You deserve more for being developer focused without loosing the sense of humour.

[@RushabhShahclwarrior]

Amazing sense of humour. I can't wait to see more of your tests before buying it for myself. Thanks for such content as it helps developer like us.

[@axa993]

Thank you, we need developer-focused stuff

[@Danielddiniz]

Congratulations! The video idea 💡 of calling yourself from the future was amazing! And your focus on code 👨🏽‍💻 dev it’s a relief 😅 because everyone just use this to do video editing. Can you do videos about virtualization and docker instances?

[@marguisil]

Buy 100 thousand worth of Shiba Inu, whenever they create it 😂😂

[@norules7142]

That's really funny 😅 btw 47 to 55 line is great but it isn't that much worth the weight 😁 instead of that i will carry 14inch with a external 15.6 inch portable monitor in portrait mode . That will fit more lines for sure 😅😅

[@theboywholovedkappapuzhukk]

Was expecting it to be a cliche tech video. But the storytelling was funny. Good one :D

[@chris9352]

Dude you are legend, lol. This actually was a really good story line concept you explored here.

Very creative video Alexander! Your content quality is improving a lot each new video! Been following you since those early M1 vs Intel comparisons.

[@kenhew4641]

I have to say I enjoyed this more than I expected. I think you're the first to use the "future you calling the current you" parody concept to highlight features of the 2021 MBP and it totally works. Funny, relatable and absolutely spot on all at the same time!

[@padeiroPorAmor]

good video idea alexander, keep it up friend, we don't have much reviews of mac about dev, you helping a lot, thanks.

[@informaticapowercentertuto7209]

I love my new m3 max 14 “ macbook pro. Its the perfect combo of size and power

[@LuisCruz-yg6rs]

I love this type of video review / preview approach.

[@theencryptedpartition4633]

The into was amazing, seems like a simple idea, yet very well played! Prodalzhai v tom zhe duhe bro!

[@Lucas-cn9xz]

Love that garage black keys like music on the background

[@ricosrealm]

Developer focused. You got my sub

[@FelipeViaud]

Hey, Alexander! That was very funny! Thanks for the video. Some people said that there are some applications that already deal with the notch, allowing for the app to go "real full screen". Does this behavior occur with other applications? I wonder if there's any "notch aware" applications out there.

[@nipunmeegoda4744]

A video for my question in the live stream. Thanks for the details♥️♥️♥️

[@madisonfayem]

Oh my gosh I died when future-you came out. Give this man an Oscar!

[@TacEsk8]

Been watching you for a while and I dont do anything related to coding but this one was awesome

[@eieiei649]

This is the review I need. Thank you!

[@kalyankarumudi2343]

Nice work...!! Keep doing great job

[@AZisk]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@Mynames1234]

This is pure gold!!! Keep up the great work

[@SicksomniA]

Really well made! Thank you!

[@DarkSideReviewer]

Do you know why you are best? DEVELOPER FOCUSED !!! I am not interested in rendering tests, but definitely compile tests, makes my job easier.

[@fixrfret5167]

I'm going to college for computer science. Should I get a 14 or 16?? I kinda want a machine that's easy to carry around.

[@recursion.]

Go with m1 air dude I did the same seeing theres not much advantage of new m1 pros

[@thenldn]

Awesome idea! Keep up the good work!

[@HaneezHaroon]

Funny but I love it. I’m fed up of watching the same unboxing and test suites

[@grandpriy]

A for effort on the time elements.. enjoyed it 😀

[@Denieru1982]

Really well done mate.. duper funny video.. hope u do one screen real estate comparison for final cut pro.

[@melmartinez7002]

I _ALWAYS_ set the Dock to auto-hide. Have for ages. Love the Dock, but no need to have it on screen unless I need it.

[@paulecampbell]

This was great Alex!! Please let me know how you call back to the past and how far back I can call. I promise I won't mess up the timeline 😌

[@melmartinez7002]

Great vid, Alex. I love how you combine artistic, fun creativity with factual delivery of useful information.

[@corgikun2579]

It's my first video of yours and it was really funny, cheers

[@abdushmul]

A laptop with a missing bit of a screen, wow, so innovative.

[@Shreenivas_Karanam_V]

Hey, that’s really creative and fun way of creating a review 👌👏👏👏 And thanks for reviewing the screen real estate comparison which I was particularly interested to know being a developer.

[@cinetic81]

Exactly the kind of review I want to see! Thank you!

[@filipeholanda8001]

Tooop great creative! Please, launch video of performance compile / execution Intellj / VSCode comparation i9 vs m1 pro 14' / 16' 2021.

[@MrSoopah]

Great video!

[@minhtetoo80]

Can you compare it with 13 in macbook on how much lines of code we can see?

[@gurdeep.saluja]

awesomely funny and still informative!

[@gayanperera7273]

Thats a great video 👍

[@victorassis9113]

Great videos, I'm following them all! Does this window behavior not climb to the top also happen with Apple apps? Maybe it's something that future versions of Visual Studio Code can implement to prevent notch from covering any information.

[@anotter_one]

Lol, this was both silly and awesome. Definitely steered me towards the 16 inch mbp, thanks a lot!

[@person6171]

I always put my dock on the right and enable auto hide. So much screen to work with on my new 16

[@matusmodern3586]

Great video. I was curious about Parallels. That notch and the thickness make this thing look like a tank. :)

[@raufin201]

told ya, this guy is awesome!

[@Олексій-о8ц]

Awesome dude!

[@rossgeography]

very well done

[@alexhoxley]

Hey, nice video! And how does Xcode react on full screen?

[@AbrahamLaria]

I really appreciate you and your channel. Thanks for the work you do for us software developers. I would really like to see some other reviewers to focus on something else other than video editing. It is like the whole pupulation of the world were video editors. There are so many other things to test those machines against like digital art creation, 3d modeling, machine learning, mapping just to name a few.

[@fahidsarker4858]

Great video man! I was looking for something like this. However, still kind of confused if I can use an emulator and still see good amount of code in the editor opened side by side on the 14". I would be greatful if anyone can confirm that. Getting an external monitor is not an option for me.

[@EricBishard]

Hey Alex, is that the hoodie I sent you? Love it! Hope you have enough of them to last a few more years. Love the videos...

[@AZisk]

Hey Eric! Fancy seeing you here :) that is indeed the NativeScript hoodie (one of them) that you sent! Thanks 🙏

[@AZisk]

BTW, just had two videos on installing Homebrew and setting up Node with nvm last week on this channel. Did you see those? Thought they might be up your alley. Cheers!

[@remixisthis]

Do you use Rectangle? It allows you to snap windows to right-half, left-half, Etc. using keyboard shortcuts

[@Imboredas]

You should’ve included how many columns each screen could show, with and without the left panels. Most developers use split screen for their code, so that’s an important thing to test.

[@asshurimlarita4019]

Hi, Loved your videos, You can also try to hide the dock for more real estates

[@tayloratheo]

Nice! How about one with Xcode where you have all the panes open including the previews

[@Iliaspap80]

Great video :) Apple should make an option to disable the notch in non-full-screen mode.. or at least a black status bar... something so we don't have to stare at that notch..

[@varunmotiyani7684]

Awesome video

[@chetankharel4435]

Alex is time traveling 😂

[@kesogonzaga2671]

Just curious, what happens if the items on the menu don't fit on the left side? will they be displayed to right of the notch?

[@AZisk]

Depends if the software respects safe areas

[@ilyakhalizov308]

“I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet"

[@AZisk]

We don’t have 1.21jigawatts yet

[@zayR6]

I was wondering if we have the same issue with other IDES like phpstorn or android studio

[@dikamilo]

One thing that I miss here is comparison to old 16" MacBook Pro in terms of number of visible code lines because in new MacBook Pro area under notch is still 16" or 14" because display is actually slightly bigger than 16" and 14".

[@AZisk]

Good idea 👍

[@waldo3035]

Could you test connecting multiple monitors and closing the macbook in clamshell mode, putting to sleep and waking up the monitors with keyboard/mouse? That was a big issue on the m1, most monitors wouldn't wake back up.

[@gabrielrazvan3147]

Always love the other Alexander from other temporal dimension

[@asama7y]

Either from system preferences or by right clicking on the dock you can hide it to gain more screen space.

[@Exiarc]

Would love to see if you can compare windows side by side and see how that would work for a developer workflow like having StackOverflow and VSCode/IntelliJ between the two sizes

[@ZhuJo99]

Could you show us also comparison of something with more characters per line so one can see how much fits horizontally? Like some PHP code or Javascript. Ideally also to see how such longer line is broke into multiple ones.

[@agilekm2491]

Only one test you have missed. It's Durability Test.

[@AZisk]

Lol

[@guipo2581]

Nice video

[@franjoeric4017]

Great idea, great video. great creativity. Now, can you tell us what Alex from 2023 have to say? 😇

[@pasza]

15.6" MBP - getting only 45½ lines of code x_x full screen, default scale, fresh VSCode install

[@garrettmineo]

Nice, but you really should have given the stock tip…then you could afford a loaded 16 inch MacBook Pro Max when you get to 2021.

[@AdrianoVieiraDev]

iPhone X had a notch in 2017

[@CountDain7]

This is very entertaining.

[@SonyxSpace]

Could you check the displays for ghosting? Thanks!!

[@SonyxSpace]

There´s a LOT of ghosting in my 16 inch

[@ellandill]

I guess it's not yet compiled against the newest sdk, let's wait a few days I believe soon we'll forget about this

[@andrewgremlich]

You sketches are awesome!!! 😂

[@progtom7585]

you from the future haha... thanks for the videos mate

[@carloshuarcaya4227]

Please test docker M1 pro max vs i9.

[@DavidSmith-ef4eh]

Someone put some weird black tape in the middle of your screen... maybe remove it next time before making the video

[@AnAmiC]

Put that dock to the left or right of the screen. This is the way

[@albukrek]

Very nice so funny... and good for programmers

[@vikasrh]

Good one 🙂

[@karthikbalu5824]

glad a developer reviewing finally, tired off with those bunch of video editors blabbering same shit

[@karlmichael8968]

Got me laughing a couple of time. That's was unexpected but good. "waiting for the iPhone 9." Big ups ✌🏾

[@swisdt4265]

iPhone X is released in 2017 right? So by 2019, there's actually a bunch of devices with a notch.

[@AZisk]

I messed up. That date was supposed to say 2016.

[@ziyan964]

Exactly what I needed to know, thanks! Finally not a video about video editing 🤣

[@JohnSmith-zl8rz]

buy the 16, the 14 is too small for code, design and more

[@SandalTolk]

Can we please stop bitching about the notch? I don't get it what is the problem. You can just set it as if it is not there and loose the screen real estate. If you take it you gain some and a part of the menu bar is missing which is normally empty anyways.

[@theencryptedpartition4633]

nothing has changed in your studio in 2021, I guess you've been trying to solve that bug for quite some time lol

[@AZisk]

Good catch :)

[@abul1]

This guy knows about the auto hide menu bar but not about auto hide dock? 😳

[@AZisk]

who’s got two thumbs and knows about auto hide. Abul!

[@abul1]

@@AZisk you!? 😱

[@AZisk]

@@abul1 no you!

[@abul1]

@@AZisk Omg ya 🥹

[@milosmisic3879]

Yeah fuck that notch. That's some bullshit compromise.

[@hazelnuts23]

Background hasn’t change

[@hazelnuts23]

Cringe