Savings on Apple products are few and far between, so when they do arrive, they cause much excitement. Usually we’re confined to small savings of up to 10% at best, but right now on Amazon you can save up to 17% (and a minimum of 11%) on the four 2021 14-inch MacBook Pro M1 Pros.
Said 14-inch MacBook Pros are the now-older 2021 model (Apple updated the range recently with the arrival of the M2 Pro & M2 Max chips) but they still make for powerful machines, complete with a screen size that many deem to be perfect. You can find out our full thoughts in our in-depth MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021) review.
The biggest saving of 17% (or AU$596) is on the silver edition of the top-of-the-range model, complete with 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU and 1TB SSD.
If you don't want to spend close to the AU$3,000 mark, then you can pick up the slightly lesser-spec model, with 8-core CPU and 512GB SSD for AU$2,547 (both Silver and Space Grey), representing an 11% (AU$300) saving.
Don’t be put off by the fact these are 2021 models have now been replaced by a new 2023 MacBook Pro, as the M1 Pro chip powering this machine is still unbelievably capable and will be able to easily handle anything you can think of throwing at it. Whether it be video encoding, carrying out complex image processing or even just producing multiple documents, Apple’s portable powerhouse will gobble it all up with ease.
And as for battery life, which can often be a chink the armour of many a machine, Apple is certainly onto a winner here. In our testing, we managed to get just over 14 hours from a single charge, which eclipsed the closest competition.
Spending more than AU$2,000 on a laptop is still an investment that needs consideration, but for us, when you consider what you’re getting in return in this instance, it’s a decision that shouldn’t require much mulling over.
