2 ms·

Also commenting on single monitor support - a key note I missed from original reviews and maybe a reason to wait till more pro models come out?

• chipotle_coyote 5y ago
  If it's important to you, I'd say wait. Something that's been missed a lot, I think, is that the Intel-based 13" MacBook Pro actually came in two versions -- a two-port one with a less-capable, low-power processor and a lot of limitations that made it more like a juiced-up Air, and a four-port one which was much more like the 15" MBP. The current M1-based MBP is direct replacement for that two-port model, and is now absolutely just a juiced-up Air; there's very little that the M1 MBP does that the M1 Air doesn't. And, yes, the Intel version of the MacBook Pro But Really Juiced-Up Air, or MBPBRUJUA for short, could run two external 4K displays or one external 5K display, while the M1 MBPBRUJUA can only run one external display (although for the ones and ones of you out there with 6K displays, good news!). I would presume Apple knows this is a regression and plans to address it, at least when they update the four-port MBPs. Personally, I'm not convinced the MBPBRUJUA is going to stay around past this product cycle; it's always struck me as a laptop in sort of a weird middle space, too big to make people who really want an Air happy but not "pro" enough to make, well, actual pros happy, and the shift to Apple Silicon brings the Air and the MBPBRUJUA so close together the only material difference is the case design. I can't help but suspect that the only reason we have an M1-based MBPBRUJUA is so Apple could tick off the "shipped an ARM-based laptop with a MacBook Pro nameplate in 2020" box.
  • mypalmike 5y ago
    Given that it's basically the same machine in a larger case, the Pro should be renamed the Air since it actually contains more air.