So which M1 is right for you?
From what we’ve talked about already, it may seem like going for an M1 Max-powered MacBook is a no-brainer. However, you should actually think carefully about splashing out on an M1 Max. Why? For a start, the price leap between an M1 Pro MacBook and an M1 Max MacBook is around £500 – a not insubstantial price for an upgrade. Before you put down that kind of money, you need to be certain that you’ll be making the most of the extra power it offers you compared to the M1 Pro. In fact, the biggest obstacle to us recommending people go out and buy an M1 Max-powered Mac is because the M1 Pro is just so darn good itself.
Sure, the M1 Max dominates it in seriously intensive graphical workloads, but when it comes to computational power, which will drive the bulk of many people’s day-to-day use, the two chips are
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