Apple new macbook pro 2023 review năm 2024

The Apple MacBook Pro 14 looks exactly like its predecessor, the Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021). It has a premium design with a full-aluminum chassis, thin bezels, and a gigantic glass touchpad. The notch is a matter of personal taste; you can hide it if it bothers you, though you'd lose the space beside it, which now houses the menu bar. There are vents on the bottom and at the back. It's available in two colors: Space Gray and Silver.

The Apple MacBook Pro 14 feels exceptionally well-built. It has a sturdy aluminum chassis that exhibits little to no flex on the lid, keyboard deck, and display. The finish doesn't easily scratch or smudge. The hinges, feet, and glass touchpad also feel solid. The device feels hefty, with evenly distributed weight. The only common complaint from user feedback is that the keycaps pick up oil and smudges very easily and develop a shine within only a few months of regular use, which is disappointing for such a premium device.

Range 135°

Stability Good

One Finger Lift Yes

The hinge is outstanding. It feels smooth when opening and closing the lid, with just the right amount of resistance to provide stability while allowing for a one-handed lift. There's almost no wobble when typing aggressively.

Size 14"

Thickness 0.6" (1.6 cm)

Width 12.3" (31.3 cm)

Depth 8.7" (22.1 cm)

Volume 67.5 in³ (1,106.8 cm³)

Weight 3.5 lbs (1.6 kg)

Charger Size 9.6 in³ (157.5 cm³)

Charger Weight 0.7 lbs (0.3 kg)

The Apple MacBook Pro 14 2023 has a fingerprint sensor built into the power button. You can use it to log in quickly, authorize purchases in the Apple App Store, use Apple Pay, and auto-fill saved passwords on supported websites.

The 2023 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models aren't too different from the 2021 versions, so I'll largely be focusing on the changes the new processors introduce, specifically the performance and battery life of the M2 Max on the 16-inch MacBook Pro, which is what I'm testing. Either way, if you're chasing power on the go and you have a large budget, these machines are some of the best around.

Power and Freedom

Photograph: Apple

The M2 Max sees Apple’s top laptop chip move up from a 10-core CPU and a 32-core GPU on the M1 Max to 12-cores and 38-cores, respectively. What this change doesn’t represent is a move from a 5-nanometer process to 3 nm for the silicon—this is expected to happen with the M3 Pro and M3 Max next year. With a smaller, more efficient chip, it should bring a more sizable boost in both performance and battery life, but that doesn't mean the improvements in the second-gen chipsets aren't impressive.

My test unit configuration is the 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M2 Max—the 12-core CPU, 38-core GPU version—with 64 GB of unified memory and a 2-terabyte SSD. This will cost you an eye-watering $4,299 (£4,549), and you can still spend more to upgrade it to 96 GB of unified memory and a 4- or 8-TB SSD. Wild. At these fully kitted-out levels, it still can’t quite reach the heights of the best laptop processors and graphics cards for raw performance. But it comes close and occasionally surpasses the competition in real-world tasks—and, I must emphasize, even on battery.

I've tested a lot of laptops in my time, and few have induced an audible “wow” as frequently as the MacBook Pro does. It draws less power than rivals, ultimately achieving better battery life across the board—from productivity to intense creative workloads—as well as producing far less noise and heat. The M2 Max model doesn’t reach the listed 15 hours of wireless web browsing that Apple claims; it settled closer to 12 hours. But crucially, during intensive work, it handily beats rivals that typically hit a maximum of two hours by an extra hour or two. When the time comes to top up, the 140-watt MagSafe charger will get you back to 100 percent in under 90 minutes.

The M2 Max laughs in the face of titanic productivity workloads. It’s a tab hoarder's dream. But, that’s really not what this chip is for. I enlisted the help of experienced editor and WIRED creative development manager Anna O'Donohue to take our review model for a spin. We added a combination of 4K footage, image files, and 3D effects to a project in Adobe Premiere Pro. The M2 Max reacted breathlessly. Anna noted the smooth playback—she'd expected to have to lower the quality of the footage to avoid stutters. We were left with a speedy export time too.

This chipset is made for tackling intensive graphically demanding production work, though it may have more horsepower than most video creators even need. I'd argue the M2 Pro is a better pick for the intermediate photo or video editor, as well as for anyone that doesn't require lots of graphical power (like for music production).

Is the MacBook Pro 2023 worth it?

The Bottom Line Apple's 2023 14-inch MacBook Pro strikes a winning balance between premium design and M3 Pro-powered performance, for a compact mobile workstation that trounces similarly priced Windows machines.

Will there be a new MacBook Pro in 2023?

Announced in October 2023, the MacBook Pro Models are still new, so now is the best possible time to buy a new MacBook Pro. The entry-level 14-inch M3 MacBook Pro is priced starting at $1,599, while the M3 Pro chip version is priced starting at $1,999.

What is the difference between the MacBook Pro 2023 and 2021?

The Apple MacBook Pro 14 (M2, 2023) is a newer version of the Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021). The 2023 model is slightly better due to some upgrades, including newer and faster M2 SoCs, increased memory support (up to 96GB), and HDMI 2.1.

Is MacBook Pro 14 worth buying?

As configured, the MacBook Pro 14 isn't powerful enough do anything really but play back HDR content. In other words, there's really no "pro" in the cheapest model, any more than the M3 iMac is for pros. It's a price-performance configuration, and one that only an enterprise buyer who doesn't have to use it could love.