After all, it has the same display size as the 13-inch MacBook Pro and has the M1 chip, but it costs less. If you're looking for an upgrade, you may also be eyeing the MacBook Air with M1. Macbook Air M1 (Image credit: Daniel Bader / Android Central) This is important to remember if you need a MacBook for more graphics-intensive work, like video editing. With the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1, you get an 8-core GPU even in the base model, whereas the MacBook Air only starts with a 7-core GPU. There are other important things to note when comparing the M1 chip in the MacBook Pro to the one in the MacBook Air. For the most part, though, your apps should run completely fine on the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1 chip, but you can always double-check if a necessary program is compatible. However, this also depends on whether or not the software has been updated to work natively with the M1 chip - those that aren't optimized may vary in performance since they are being 'translated' through Rosetta 2, though there are some limitations. And once apps are up and running, they tend to be snappier and run smoother for longer amounts of time. When Lory Gil reviewed the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1, she said she could literally go two full work days before needing to plug it in for a charge.Īs far as performance goes, there is pretty much zero wait time when loading up apps, even the most resource-intensive ones.

In fact, Apple has the 13-inch MacBook Pro with M1 battery life listed as up to 17 hours with just web browsing, or around 20 hours for video playback. This means you'll get the absolute best blazing fast performance while still being incredibly energy efficient. With the M1 chip in the 13-inch MacBook Pro (late-2020), you have an 8-core CPU with four cores for performance and another four efficiency cores. The M1 is a complete system-on-a-chip (SoC) that Apple makes. Macbook Pro With M1 Chip showing that Parallels is not supported (Image credit: iMore)

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