Apple MacBook Pro 16 2021 M1 Pro in Review - The best Multimedia Laptop for Content Creators?

[LL]

Another misleading score from Notebookcheck, so 100% for gaming?

[brain recyclement]

the subject is trackpad size/dimensions.!!!

since the keyboard layout dimensions are the same both for the 16 & 14, and also one's hands size when using either, in the 16 fits the 14 trackpad & your wrists...do you agree...if not ask tim, or whoever is steve's & tim's replacement???!

screen aspect ratio:
163:100 >> MacBook, iMac, Pro Display
163:77 >> iPhone
163:123 >> iPad, Watch

The large touchpad works fine

that touchpad size is so enormous, one can fit steve's & tim's brains together inside of it !?!?!?!

Apple uses the same palm rejection algorithm from the iPad onto the large trackpad. Meaning it works really well in macOS. Not so much if you're bootcamping Windows on the MBP.

Also the large trackpad on the 15/16" MBP uses two touch controllers to make sure touch, gesture and palm are precisely detected.

[Jose]

I was wondering if the Mini led panel is based on IPS or VA tech and if the same applies to the ipad pro Mini led.

[Igniam]

Great review as always. But its interesting to not that you have not included an AMD CPU in your performance graphs...but great and detailed review nonetheless.

[Markus]

This is a great review! Congratulations ... ;-)
I would like to double-check the PWM rate. According to the review it's 14.880 Hz. However, the entry-level MacBook Air seems to have a PWM rate of 118.000 Hz. I guess that a higher frequency is better, because it should reduce the likelihood of the human eye detecting it.
If that is the case, I am wondering why the high-end MacBook Pro has a display with a lower PWM rate than the entry-level Air. Could someone explain, pls?

[jay why]

I noticed that the binned m1 pro chip says there are 16 "pipelines" vs "8 pipelines" on the unbinned chips.  does anyone know what this is, and how much it affects performance?

[Frodo]

I agree that the gaming performance is a 100%. The hardware is incredibly fast. The M1 Ultra (which can't be had in a MacBook) is almost as fast as a desktop RTX 3090 when it comes to gaming performance. Of course, that performance can only be achieved when a game is highly optimised for Apple Silicon, including metal support. Unfortunately very few games are optimised yet. Let's hope that changes as more new Macs are sold.