The ASUS VivoBook Flip 14 and the Apple MacBook Pro 16 are very different laptops. The MacBook Pro provides a better user experience and performs better for the most part, but its battery doesn’t last as long, and it gets hotter and louder under load. The Apple MacBook Pro 16 is a premium-feeling laptop that runs macOS, whereas the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex is a 360-degree 2-in-1 with a touchscreen.
- We didn’t have a problem with the butterfly keyboard introduced with the 2016 MacBook Pro — but it wasn’t a favorite of ours.
- But unfortunately, not all laptops are ideal to travel with.
- The laptops are banned from both the cargo hold, and from being brought on board into the actual cabin.
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- The 100% recycled aluminum chassis has a flatter lid than its predecessor, with vents carved out of either side in service of an improved cooling solution and a redesigned 6-speaker sound system inside.
Our idle measurements show similar results to the previous MacBook Pro 16 with SDR contents, but there can be peaks of up to 30 W when you consume HDR contents. We determine slightly more than 50 W under load on average and up to 90 W during the stress test, which means the MBP 16 is once again much more efficient than the Windows competition. The 140 W power adapter is almost too powerful for the base model of the MBP 16 and we are a bit surprised that Apple does not save money and only ships it with the 96W power adapter.
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la tente des glaneurs lille The Magic Keyboard offers sturdy keys with plenty of travel distance and extremely sturdy switches, and it uses an ambient light sensor to automatically adjust backlight intensity. The trackpad on the 16-inch model maintains its enormous size—it’s far larger than the one on the new 14-inch MacBook Pro. It has generous proportions and offers a uniform clicking sensation thanks to haptic feedback, no matter where your fingertip is located.
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The MacBook Pro 16″ has, of course, a 16″ display, with a resolution of 3072×1920. The MacBook Pro 13″ has a 13″ display with a resolution 2560×1600. That gives the both essentially identical display densities of 226 pixels per inch on the 16″ model, and 227 pixels per inch on the 13″ model.
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The more unified memory you choose, the more apps you can run simultaneously with a higher rate of performance. If you travel a few times a year at all then the 14″ will suit you better. IMHO – The 16″ has become a full-on desktop replacement that you lug from work to home from time to time and can use an iPad when traveling. The 14″ is the better balanced device for those that occasionally need to be mobile with their laptop rather than an iPad Pro. Though 16″ is still very portable – there are a LOT of bigger and heavier laptops out there.
Still, if I did need to replace my MBP with this one, I would be happy to. As much as I don’t care for the keys using the butterfly mechanism I would love to upgrade, but I think I”ll wait for WIFI 6 and LPDDR4 to be included before I upgrade again. With a 11-hour battery, we’re not sure why you’d want to string a power cord along a transit route anyway. If you’re that concerned about it, buy a USB-PD battery and keep it next to your computer.
The difference is similarly stark when it comes to graphics performance. The MacBook Pro 13″ uses integrated Intel Iris graphics, which are capable enough for lots of work, but don’t include proper dedicated VRAM, and can’t really be considered ‘pro’. Despite the similarities, there are seemingly small differences in the design, and potentially big differences in the power, that could be the decider for creative pros when working out which of the two laptops to buy. The new MacBook Pro 16 is a very fast multimedia laptop and all tasks are executed very quickly and without noticeable delays. You can also use Intel apps thanks to Rosetta 2, and it works well, but you will notice a performance difference when you use complex applications like Photoshop or Premiere Pro, where the M1 versions are much snappier. We have included PugetBench results, but they are not really representative because they only run with the emulated Intel versions of the Adobe apps.
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Its backlight comprises Mini LEDs spread across 2554 local dimming zones. This allows for a very high maximum brightness and an exceptional contrast ratio for true HDR content. Let’s put this aside, and focus on something more positive though – the touchpad.
If you have full-size USB cables for other peripherals, you’ll have to keep living that dongle life. Based on our lab testing, the 16-inch MacBook Pro’s screen can reproduce 113.9% of the sRGB color gamut, which is good. However, the OLED and non-OLED version of the XPS 15 scored 239% and 210%, respectively. True pros will appreciate the ability to change the refresh rate on the display. This is important for editors who want the refresh rate to match the frame rate of their content.
Either way, both are far more spacious than the 128GB or 256GB SSDs the MacBook Pro 13 models start with, which is very welcome. This isn’t the first time you’ve been able to get an Intel i9 processor in a MacBook Pro. Before it morphed into the 16-inch version you see now, the MacBook Pro 15 could be configured to have an i9 chip. However, it was severely throttled due to the insufficient cooling system, meaning you paid through the nose for lackluster performance. The biggest laptop you can legally include in a laptop is 100-watt-hours. And that’s exactly what you get with the 16-inch MacBook Pro.
