Over the past five years, Apple has embraced the whole idea that the Mac should be different, whether in the Mac or many of their other product categories, it’s defined by giving consumers what they want without having to Make it more trouble than it needs to be.
The latest MacBook Pro design certainly bears this out, as does the Pro Display XDR and HomePod Mini. Consumers have long demanded the ability to get a larger display without paying the thousands of dollars required to buy the MacBook Pro 16. “Okay,” says Apple — a design for a 15-inch version of the existing MacBook Air.
That’s exactly what happened. There are the same four colors, the same M2 dies (we mentioned that earlier), the same core Liquid Retinal display at 15.3 inches which is 2880×1864 at 224 ppi (roughly the same as the smaller 13 inches), and about 18 Hours of media playback for roughly the same battery life.
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Some may wish for better battery life than the smaller model. This makes sense, since Apple and other companies usually leave room for larger batteries in larger chassis, but here Apple chose to balance a larger battery with more display, with battery life longer than the What you see on the Windows side is much better, and we’re often willing to forgive that.
You’ll find the same two Thunderbolt 3 ports, MagSafe charging with color-coordinated cables, and the same ability to go from 8GB to 24GB of RAM and 256GB of space to 2TB.
You’ll have to shell out an extra £200 for the bigger display, but the comparison is a bit unfair since the standard 15in already has a 10-core GPU. Instead, you should compare the slightly more expensive 13in Air to the £1400 15in, which has a slightly larger SSD, compared to £1400 for the 15in – it’s more expensive, but worth remembering.
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The experience was amazing, to say the least. With so much screen real estate in a chassis that’s 1.15cm thick and weighs just 1.51kg is incredible, it’s easy to imagine this becoming a very popular laptop among students and those who appreciate the extra space.
We recommend that you review theOur review of the 13-inch Pro versionReview, because it reviews Apple’s M2 wafer, but if you’ve been waiting for a way to get more space for the tasks you need to do with your laptop every day, there really aren’t any unpleasant surprises here. Apple gave people what they wanted, and they did it well.
