the new macbook pro keyboard is ruining my life

The new design definitely gives the machine a much boxier look! As Jason Snell observed, it’s almost reminiscent of the Titanium PowerBook G4. I’m currently in a video-only phase on the photography side (using only my iPhone for still photos), and I shoot onto an external SSD, so have no need of the SD card slot either.Īesthetically, the new ports do make the machine look a little less tidy, but I know others value the ports, so I can’t complain at that. My monitor is connected via a single USB-C cable, so I have no use for the HDMI port.

I’ve noted before that the new ports are pretty much irrelevant to me. But even with almost 3TB of data, the migration from a Time Machine backup wasn’t too bad: around seven hours from a 7200rpm spinning metal drive over USB3. With just a few days of macOS Monterey before my new machine arrived, I didn’t bother to update my old one (I never do Mac betas!), so that may be the reason why the M1 Mac didn’t recognise the Intel one when connected via a Thunderbolt cable. The reasoning for the rest you can read in my previous piece. However, when it turned out that the M1 Max offered literally twice the performance of the M1 Pro, then I found it impossible to resist. If I were going to replace Macs every three years, that would make it tougher to justify the premium for a top-spec model, as you never recover the price difference on resale. I’ve historically maxed-out my Macs on the basis of maximizing the useful life of the machine, before reliability concerns led me to re-second-guess that approach. When it came to buying it, I did hesitate a little on the spec, before opting for an almost maxed-out model.

I haven’t used it for anything too taxing as yet, so this piece covers what I think of the design, the screen – including that infamous notch – the heat management, and an early look at real-world battery life …

My shiny new Mac arrived on Friday, so after a couple of days of fairly extensive use, it’s time to give my M1 Max 16-inch MacBook Pro first impressions.

The new macbook pro keyboard is ruining my life