Apple M1 Mac Review: Time to Recalibrate!

Summary by Krater

MKBHD reviews the new Apple M1 MacBook Pro after using it daily for a week, testing battery life, app compatibility, and performance against Intel Macs.

From the video

Answers: Is the M1 MacBook Pro worth buying and how does its performance and battery life hold up?

• Apple M1 MacBook Pro review
• M1 chip performance benchmarks
• macOS Big Sur app compatibility
• Apple Silicon battery life testing
• Geekbench CPU benchmark comparison

What it concludes

• The M1 MacBook Pro doubles the useful battery life compared to previous models without changing battery size, lasting over 10 hours of mixed use with 17 percent remaining after four days.
• Geekbench single-core and multi-core scores for the M1 chip outperform most previous Intel MacBook models, achieving 1744 on single-core and 7628 on multi-core.
• File transfer speeds on the M1 MacBook Pro exceed 3000 MB/s write and 2500 MB/s read, showing faster read and write speeds than the 16-inch MacBook Pro.
• App compatibility is generally good with optimized apps running extremely well, non-optimized apps running smoothly through Rosetta 2, and iOS/iPadOS apps running natively on macOS Big Sur.
• Everyday users and beginning creators can immediately buy the M1 MacBook Pro, while professional creators with established workflows relying on non-optimized critical apps should wait.