It gets very dim at the lowest brightness setting, providing a more comfortable dark room viewing experience as it causes less eye strain. There's more brightness variation in HDR, but even the dimmest windows are well over 1100 cd/m², more than bright enough for a true HDR experience. Its brightness is also very consistent across different content, with only a slight dip in the 2% windows, which is barely noticeable. The Apple MacBook Pro 14 gets bright enough to combat glare, even in a sunny environment. You can upgrade the memory up to 32GB or 64GB, but the latter is only available on M1 Max models. The M1 Max chip also has more media encoders to improve performance in applications that can benefit from hardware acceleration, like video editing software. However, graphical performance will increase significantly if you go up to an M1 Max with 24 or 32 GPU cores. In terms of CPU performance, upgrading to an M1 Pro or M1 Max with 10 CPU cores will only increase multi-thread performance slightly. Our Apple MacBook Pro 14 has an M1 Pro SoC with 8 CPU cores and 14 GPU cores, 16GB of memory, and 512GB of storage. Unfortunately, the only user-replaceable part is the battery, so there's no way to upgrade any components later on.

The keyboard feels comfortable and doesn't cause fatigue over time, its haptic touchpad is large and responsive, and the webcam's video quality is outstanding. Apple's M1 Pro and M1 Max SoCs can handle demanding workloads like video editing and 3D animation, and thanks to their incredible power efficiency, the battery lasts over 12 hours of light productivity and 9 hours of video playback. It also has a wide color gamut, making it suitable for content creators. Its sharp Mini LED display can ramp up the refresh rate adaptively up to 120Hz to make motion appear smoother, and it can produce deep blacks and bright highlights to deliver a fantastic HDR experience. It looks nearly identical to its bigger brother, the Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2021), and it feels equally well-built with a full aluminum chassis. The Apple MacBook Pro 14 (2021) is a premium laptop available with Apple's M1 Pro and M1 Max SoCs (System on a Chip).

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