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Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023, M2 Max)

Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023, M2 Max)
$2,499.00
Brand: Apple
Category: MacBook
  • Processor Apple M2 Max
  • Display 16.2 inch Liquid Retina XDR display
  • RAM 32GB unified memory, configurable up to 96GB
  • Storage 1TB SSD, configurable up to 8TB(Terabytes)
  • Web Cam 1080p FaceTime HD camera
  • OS Mac OS Ventura
Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023, M2 Max)
Apple MacBook Pro 16 inch 2023 M2 Max Specifications

Product Brand: Apple

Editor's Rating:
10

Pros

  • High-quality display with excellent color accuracy and brightness
  • Robust build quality and attractive design
  • Extremely powerful processors and graphics for demanding tasks
  • Incredibly long battery life
  • Efficient and user-friendly OS with seamless integration with other Apple devices
  • Wide range of software available, including exclusive Apple applications
  • Strong resale value
  • Loads of video editing power
  • Speakers are loud, with good bass

Cons

  • Very expensive
  • Heavy
  • High cost compared to many other laptops on the market
  • Limited upgradability due to the soldered-on components
  • Fewer ports than some users may prefer
  • Limited options for gaming due to the macOS operating system
  • Some users may prefer a touch screen or 2-in-1 design
  • No UHS-III speeds for SD card
  • No Face ID
  • Slower SSD speeds on base models
  • Camera notch still available
  • 1080p camera without Center Stage

On January 24, 2023, Apple released the newest addition to its MacBook Pro lineup, the MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2023 which featured its in-house chips; Apple M2 Pro or M2 Max.

Like every latest MacBook or device from Apple, the MacBook Pro 16-inch 2023 with M2 Pro or M2 Max is the most powerful, super-efficient and expensive Macbook yet.

The MacBook Pro 16-inch 2023 with the M2 Max chip is a powerful laptop that’s tailor-made for creative professionals. However, with its steep asking price, it may not be suited for everyday users. That said, it’s a fantastic workstation laptop with a bright and colour-accurate display, superb performance levels, and phenomenal battery life.

Both the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with M2 Pro and M2 Max chips offer incredible power and long-lasting battery life, making them some of the best laptops on the market. They also feature best-in-class speakers and gorgeous Mini-LED screens. However, they come with a high price tag, so you’ll need to be willing to pay for their top-of-the-line features.

If you’re looking for a powerful machine that can handle intermediate video editing and other creator-centric workloads, the M2 Pro MacBook Pro should suffice. It also offers better battery life on both the 14-inch and 16-inch models.

The MacBook Pro 16-inch with M2 Pro or M2 Max CPU is a media creation and gaming powerhouse that marries a proven and immaculate design with fierce power. It even lasted nearly 27 hours on a battery test, which is impressive.

Compared to most Windows laptops, the MacBook Pro 16-inch is far ahead in areas like screen quality, audio, touchpad size, and build. It also eliminates many of the compromises that Windows workstations demand, such as battery life, efficiency, noise, and heat. If you’re lucky enough to get your hands on one of these 16-inch MacBooks, you just won’t have to worry about any of those issues anymore.

The M2 Pro MacBook Pro is a successful follow-up to the M1 Pro model, making it worth upgrading from an Intel-based MacBook Pro. Even M1 Pro MacBook Pro owners may be tempted to invest in the HDMI 2.1, Wi-fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3 upgrades.

Although this year’s MacBook Pro refresh may not be a necessary upgrade for most, it’s still an absolute triumph for creatives. It offers a modest performance boost with the M2 Pro, while a maxed-out M2 Max with 96GB unified memory takes things to another level, which will be appealing to a niche of high-level users. The MacBook Pro 16-inch is untouchable in terms of performance, thanks to Apple’s silicon and architecture. It’s perfect for professionals.

If you already have the last-generation MacBook Pro 16, you may not feel the need to upgrade unless you need every little speed increase you can get.

However, if you haven’t yet jumped on the Apple Silicon bandwagon and don’t rely on any applications that only run on Intel processors, it’s probably smart to consider the upgrade this time around.

Full Technical Specifications

General

Device Type Laptop Computer
Announced 17 January, 2023
Released 24 January, 2023
Status Available
Predecessor MacBook Pro 16 inch 2021
External Buttons and Connectors SDXC card slot
HDMI port
3.5 mm headphone jack
MagSafe 3 port
Three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports

Processor (CPU)

Processor Type Apple M2 Max
Processor Speed 3.5 GHz
Processor Cores Dodeca Core
Base frequency 3.5 GHz
Threads 12
Fabrication process 5 nm
64-bit Computing
Processor Details Apple M2 Max chip

12-core CPU with 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores
38-core GPU
16-core Neural Engine
400GB/s memory bandwidth
Media engine
Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW
Video decode engine
Two Video encode engines
Two ProRes encode and decode engines

Memory (RAM)

RAM 32GB
64GB
96GB
RAM Type LPDDR5 SDRAM
RAM Speed 6400 MHz
RAM Max upto 96 GB
User Upgradable No
Channels 4x4 GB

Storage

Storage Type Solid State Drive (SSD)
Storage Capacity 1024GB (1 Terabyte)
2048GB (2 Terabytes)
4096GB (4 Terabytes)
8192GB (8 Terabytes)
Technology PCIe
Channels 1x512 GB
User Upgradable No

Display Info

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor) Liquid Retina XDR display
Size 16.2-inch (diagonal)
Resolution 3456 x 2234 native resolution
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others. 1 billion colours
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality. 254 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz
Aspect Ratio 16:10
Contrast 504000:1
sRGB color space 100%
Adobe RGB profile 88.5%
DCI-P3 color gamut 99%
Response time 63 ms
Max. brightness 500 nits
Extras HDR support – Yes, Dolby Vision
Touchscreen – No
Coating – Glossy (Anti-reflective)
Wide colour (P3)
True Tone technology
XDR (Extreme Dynamic Range)

Case

Height 0.66 inch (1.68 cm)
Width 14.01 inches (35.57 cm)
Depth 9.77 inches (24.81 cm)
Weight 4.8 pounds (2.16 kg)
Colors Silver
Space Gray
Area 882 cm2 (136.8 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~86.2%
Side bezels 3.4 mm
Opening angle 135°
Transformer No
Touch Screen No
Cooling system Active

Graphics Card

GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. Apple M2 Max GPU (up to 38-core)
GPU Type Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm
GPU base clock 450 MHz
GPU boost clock 1398 MHz
FLOPS 13.6 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory type LPDDR5
Memory bus 512 bit
Memory speed 6.4 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 4864
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 304
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 152

Operating System

Operating System OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device. Mac OS

Battery or Power Info

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium. Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer)
Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions. 100 Wh
Placement Non-removable
Weight of AC adapter 353 grams
Cable length 2 meters
Charge power 140 W
Charging port position Left, Right
USB Power Delivery Yes
Fast charging Yes
Full charging time 2:30 hr

Multimedia Features

Audio Features High-fidelity six-speaker sound system with force-cancelling woofers
Wide stereo sound
Support for Spatial Audio when playing music or video with Dolby Atmos on built-in speakers
Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking when using AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max
Studio-quality three-mic array with high signal-to-noise ratio and directional beamforming
3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
HDMI port supports multichannel audio output
Audio File Formats Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, and Dolby Atmos
Video File Formats Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, and ProRes
HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG
Display Support Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:

Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt, or one external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI

One external display supported at 8K resolution at 60Hz or one external display at 4K resolution at 240Hz over HDMI
Speakers 4.2
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness 86.1 dB
Microphone 3

Connectivity Info

Bluetooth Features Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. Version 5.3
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. v6E
Fingerprint Yes
Optical drive No
Infrared Infrared connectivity is an old wireless technology used to connect two electronic devices. It uses a beam of infrared light to transmit information and so requires direct line of sight and operates only at close range. No

Input and Output

Keyboard and Trackpad Backlit Magic Keyboard with:

78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys including 12 full-height function keys and 4 arrow keys in an inverted-T arrangement
Touch ID
Ambient light sensor
Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures
USB-A No
USB Type-C 3x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
HDMI HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transferring uncompressed video data and compressed or uncompressed digital audio data from a HDMI-compliant source device to a compatible computer monitor, video projector, digital television, or digital audio device. 1x HDMI 2.1
3.5mm Audio jack Yes
Display Port No
VGA No
Ethernet (RJ45) No
SD card reader Yes
Proprietary charging port Yes
Keyboard type Island
Numpad No
Backlight Yes

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