MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch

Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by notatoad on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:48PM (#28909731)

i'm guessing it has to do with the new M1 chips and their great power efficiency. back with the intel chips, an SD card slot or HDMI port consumed valuable internal real estate that could have been filled with battery instead, and filling it with battery was a better trade-off for most people.

with the new chips, they can comfortably sacrifice some battery size.

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by eugeniub on Monday October 18, 2021 @10:50PM (#28914348)

Disagree. 2016 15" MBP was 4.0 pounds. 2019 16" MBP was 4.3 pounds. New 16" MBP is 4.5 pounds. Apple simply decided in 2016 to shrink the size and weight by removing ports and other things, and then to increase the size and weight by bringing them back.

Personally I'm surprised they didn't decide to keep the same weight by shrinking the battery. Not that many people absolutely need a 21 hour battery life, though it is nice.

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by martinald on Monday October 18, 2021 @08:01PM (#28913394)

Pretty sure the batteries are bigger in the new ones vs the Intel ones, at least in capacity (6000mAh vs 5000mAh). I imagine they are the same physical size; if not bigger.

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by brookside on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @11:58AM (#28919589)

Apple isn't sacrificing any battery size on the 16" at least. 100-watt-hour is the standard max size for TSA.

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