M1 Pro Max is only $200 more. I'm tempted, but do we think it will be more power...

awill · on Oct 18, 2021

The full-blown Max they talked about is an $800 upgrade. https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch It's combined with double RAM (32GB), double GPU (32-core).

The $200 upgrade is called 'Max', but is still 16GB RAM, and 'only' 24 core GPU.

HunterWare · on Oct 18, 2021

Nah, 200-400 more and memory size is an independent thing.

alex504 · on Oct 18, 2021

On Apple's website, see the notes below the battery consumption claims.

https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro-14-and-16/#footnote-23

They are using the m1 pro to get their battery claim numbers.

I ordered an M1 Pro based on the slightly lower price and my assumption that it will be less power hungry. If it is only 200 dollars cheaper why else would they even offer the M1 Pro? The extra performance of he max seems like overkill for my needs so if it has worse power consumption I don't want it. I could probably get away with an M1 but I need the 16" screen.

We will find out in a few weeks when there are benchmarks posted by 3rd party reviewers, but by that time who knows how long it will take to order one.