
And in the case of MacBook Pro 16 M2 Max, the price is the actual cost ($2,699 starting, $5,299 as reviewed). But not so fast - there’s always a price. In short, the MacBook Pro 16 is a relentless beast. In addition to the powerful chipset, you get powerful audio, but the cherry on top is the battery life, which is nearly 19 hours, which will serve on-the-go creators well.

It shames competitors while putting a clear gulf between its predecessors.” When you add a roomy, responsive keyboard, and a captivating 16-inch Liquid Retina XDR display (3024 x 1964 pixels, 254ppi), the MacBook Pro M2 Max is leagues beyond the competition, so much so a special in-the-field report is in the works to see how it handles when pushed to its limits. If there is a video editing deity, this is the laptop they would use because it is powerful, and, remarkably, 18 hours and 56 minutes of battery life are unmatched by the competition.Īs our reviewer stated, “the company’s proprietary M2 Max chip.


Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac Studio. Pre‑release Final Cut Pro 10.6.2 tested using a 1‑minute picture-in-picture project with 18 streams of Apple ProRes 422 video at 8192x4320 resolution and 30 frames per second, as well as a 1‑minute picture-in-picture project with 56 streams of Apple ProRes 422 video at 3840x2160 resolution and 29.97 frames per second. Testing conducted by Apple in February 2022 using pre‑production Mac Studio systems with Apple M1 Ultra, 20-core CPU, 64-core GPU, 128GB of RAM and 8TB SSD.
