My husband tells me that real Apple users, however, don’t ever fullscreen programs. Putting applications into fullscreen actually leaves a full black bar at the top of the screen which thereby negates the notch itself.

The aforementioned HD front-facing camera is always noticeable thanks to a visible notch that surrounds it, with menu items running on either side of the cutout as needed (they stick to the left-hand side if not). While a Touch Bar is out of the mix - and frankly, I always fell into the camp of not understanding why it was needed in the first place - a key off in the top-right corner of the keyboard handles biometrics. The unit also sports three USB-C ports, an HDMI out, SDXC card reader, 3.5mm headphone jack and a MagSafe 3 charging point alongside a 1080p front-facing camera and a six-speaker sound system that supports Dolby Atmos and Apple’s own Spatial Audio ( more on that hear… erm, here). The unit I was provided to test with is a 14″ inch M1 Pro, complete with a 10-core CPU, 24-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine, 32 GB of RAM and 400Gpbs memory bandwidth. The 2022 MacBook Pro is another of Apple’s relatively new System on a Chip (SoC) releases, using Apple Silicon to produce some pretty powerful performance. That small caveat? It’s simply because I’m unsure if there will be enough buy-in to sustain that latter channel. I’ve had the chance to put the new MacBook Pro M1 Max unit through its paces, and it’s impeccable on both the work and gaming fronts… under the right conditions. Simply put, Apple’s new silicon-based hardware has created a stable of beasts. The question is: are you ready to take that risk?

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