FACEBOOK FOR MACBOOK PRO UPDATE
Update March 20th, 9PM ET: Added Intel’s confirmation that it was a compositing error.Ĭorrection: Shrout tweeted on Saturday, not Sunday, because it is not Sunday yet.
FACEBOOK FOR MACBOOK PRO PRO
(So far, Intel has only produced cherry-picked benchmarks to try and hit back at the M1.) And by trying to dunk on the MacBook Pro, Intel is also, in a way, dunking on itself, since it still provides chips for some models of the Apple laptop.Īnd seriously, doesn’t that all-screen MacBook Pro just look good? My previous laptop was a 2014 MacBook Pro Retina which was starting to show its age because it was lacking in power and the battery was overdue for servicing. I purchased my new M1 MacBook Pro at the end of last year which was December 2020, and it arrived in January 2021. None of Intel’s four new commercials demonstrate how Intel’s chips can compete with the MacBook Pro’s real advantage: Apple’s speedy and battery-efficient M1 chip. A Developers perspective on the M1 MacBook Pro after 5 months of usage. These ads, in my opinion, are also kind of missing the point. (If you look at the image from the second ad, you can also see some kind of blackish-haze applied over the screen, which probably wouldn’t be there in reality.) We recorded using the current shipping M1-based machines.- Ryan Shrout March 20, 2021 It was a rush job, apparently, and they made a mistake when compositing.Īlso, the composite on the Macs made the bezels look smaller than they should be, another mistake in composite due to time.
However, Intel’s Ryan Shrout confirmed a likely theory on Saturday: Intel changed the look of the MacBook Pros’ screens in post-production, which had the happenstance effect of making their screens look better than they do in real life. Intel did confirm to The Verge on Friday that it used real MacBook Pros with an M1 chip in the commercials, but the company wouldn’t initially say what it may or may not have changed about them: “With respect to filming and showcasing details, we’re not commenting at this time,” an Intel spokesperson said. Look at that Mac - all screen! Image: Intel In addition to those USB-C ports being the future of connectivity, they can also charge your computer. It’s also in this ad, which attempts to ding the MacBook Pro for not being a 2-in-1. The new MacBook Pro has a very cool trick you may not be aware of. Bummer.)īut Intel’s fabled all-screen MacBook Pro didn’t make just one appearance. In addition, facebook and all other websites are able to load on other devices on my home internet (desktops, laptops, iPad, iPod). Furthermore, when I brought my MacBook Pro out-of-town facebook worked fine on a different internet source. I’d love it if my MacBook’s bezels were this thin! (Though Intel’s version of a MacBook Pro doesn’t have a webcam. My internet connection is fine for all other websites other than facebook.
I’ll spoil it for you: Intel’s version of the MacBook Pro has much thinner screen bezels, making it a nearly edge-to-edge display.