M2 Max MacBook Pro Review: Back to Bumps! 

That robot intro ❤

The production quality has gone up and up and up and doesn't stop. Great work Marques and team!

Looks like your production quality is also increasing incrementally by 20% every year, it's awesome to see you and your team expressing your passion!

I am impressed by this man's ability to present tech products.. That intro felt like an apple event. Great job MKBHD team!.

Sleek video editing quality, but also the review feels more grounded unlike those usual company-style reviews. Great vid, Marques and the team!

I purchased the M2 Pro without knowing it had just come out and I am blown away. I've had two MBPs prior to this, a 2010 MBP that lasted 7ish years (still runs) and a 2017 MBP that was plagued with issues (many many keyboard replacements) until the SSD died. I almost switched to a Linux build but Apple's OS and the tools I've come to appreciate are just too practical for daily non-nerd stuff. (shoutout Raycast for a beautiful spotlight alternative). Anyways, this addressed all the hardware shortcomings and complaints I had, and with it being second-generation silicon that has had time to mature the ecosystem is excellent. Couldn't recommend it enough, this thing rips.

Man these intros are super crazy! Kudos to the team for hours if not days of planning and execution to render out the finest of intros!!

Man, congratulations on your superb production quality. You set the standard so high for the rest of tech BRvidrs!

You and your team makes such great videos. Full of info while still be very entertaining. Thank you.

I just love how much production went into you showing us the same gray box we've been getting for quite some time now.

Still one of my favorite tech channels!

Bro, you knock every video out of the ball park. Making tech specs fun to watch. Always happy for your success.

That intro felt like an apple event. Great job MKBHD team!

I really want to say just how much I respect what you do and your approach man. You deserve all the success and more for raising the bar and showing just how good BRvid can be.

Would be interested to see the new Macbook Pro M2 Max stacked up against a current equivalent value windows laptop. The new apple silicon is so freaking good, would be interesting to see if intel/AMD laptops have made any gains.

You kill it with the only product reviews that I actually believe. Thanks, Marques.

Man, the visual effects and videography are so freaking good. I love this channel.

I have a M1 MBP from $work and I’ve called it “beta hardware”. It takes a while to get packer to build an x86 image (because servers are still x86 - this was improving, but beta hardware would). I’ve also run into path issues with things like terraformer etc. The chip is solid, but it’ll take another year or so for it not to get in my way.

The production quality of this videos is the reason why I watch every single video from MKBHD, even the ones about stuff I don't care that much. It's amazing to watch the awesome work they all do with every single aspect of the video from start to finish.

The quality is so good that you wonder why other tech channels even try 😂 I've been watching for over 8 years so it's crazy to see the growth. Great review, I am hesitating between the M1 and M2 and this helped a lot.

I had a 2012 MBP that cost me $2,900 fully spec’d out in 2012… I just upgraded to a $1,099 M2 Air… insane how much faster it is, and how far it’s come.

Your reviews always gear me up for my new Apple purchases. I’ll be going into the M1 series soon. Thank you MKBHD.

I just made my purchase of the Power M2 Max which will be an upgrade from my current 20216 machines. Super excited to see the difference as honestly and this is truly saying, my current 6yr old MacBook pro 15.4 is still running well and without any issues other than the obvious ones such as being a little slow. But overall, 6yrs and still amazing is a statement that speaks with facts.

I've needed a new computer since my mid 2014 Macbook Pro, and this might be one of the greatest upgrade with the tech differences. Still chugging along on an i7 4 core CPU with 16GB RAM. Last Mac before my current one had its GPU throttled I needed a replacement card after 3 years (cause I burned it out after some hefty After Effects renders lmao). With my current Mac being about 9 years old, I predict that I could probably get two decades out of an M2 Chip if it didn't lose compatibility with new OSes first.

The team at MKBHD is killing it again. The quality of the reviews keep going up and up.

Thanks for the review. I have a 2015 mac which I love but the screen no longer works without a monitor. I'm hopefully going to upgrade to this year. It's good to know that the new one looks like the 2015 one with the magsafe 2 lead and the SD card slot and other ports. Also good to know that M1 or M2 will be good for me and perhaps I can get a deal for an M1.

The craziest part is that we haven't seen full software optimization of the new silicon yet. Once the software catches up, we are going to see even more dramatic improvements in performance and power consumption.

Bro your videos are amazing, always informative yet entertaining and you’re the best speaker on BRvid 🙌 Also the production quality is incredible - really on par with Netflix and Hollywood productions! Your team is doing some God’s work, keep it coming

I really like how he pointed out to the people that "should" be waiting for the next M3 chips. You'll be waiting forever, but also miss out on some great deals on the older M1 that'll appear and you'll just waste your time and money by the time you're tired of waiting.

Im still rocking my M1 16GB MBA, so I won't upgrade anytime soon, but man this M2 MBP is a monster! Nice work as always Marques!

Those intros are getting more and more fun each video. Like literally every intros and title screens are unique to the product it showcases. As if it was having fun and yet still feels professional. Kinda somewhat reminds me of the classic intros of you used to have.

Love the honest and unbiased review from Marques!

Marques is excellent, and I have huge respect for his reviews .Well presented, and he channel is definitely best on BRvid

still can't get over how clean that intro was, probably the best they've had

Great review. I really wish their baseline for storage at this point was 1tb. I really don't want to spend an additional $200 to upgrade from 512gb to 1tb.

I've been waiting soooo eagerly for this machine. I'm on a 2015 15" Macbook Pro, almost maxed out in spec. I have constantly maxed that machine out since new, but with the saga of the butterfly keyboards, removal of magsafe, etc etc... I had to wait so damn long for a replacement. Apple Silicon was an amazing swap, but I've also had to wait for the devs of the specific applications to support them. Now that is the case, I can look at finally get a workstation level machine in a laptop that can run Final Cut and astrophotography software.

It's an honor to have grown up together following tech and watching your videos. They just keep getting better and better

I love my M1 Macbook Air, but as I get further into my degree, the code I will be writing will give this thing some struggles. I do some football pxp analytics but filtering out 10 years of data takes over a minute. Some more power would definitely be ideal, and the Air not having many ports (I use a second monitor) is tough too. I have a bit of wire Jenga going on between my console, monitor, chargers, etc. An HDMI and more than 2 USB-C ports would go a long way for me in a new MBP.

Mad respect for Marquees. I dont fail to watch your reviews before buying these products

Well I’m a new subscriber and love your presentation of what users want. I’m not video editing (yet) but since I’m old enough to have been exposed to magnetic punch tape programming and other ancient slow things I’m all about spending the money for long term service. You’ve convinced me to invest in an m2 max 16” MacBook with at least 64gb ram and maybe the 96gb I need space so I’ll go with 4TB ssd. I was thinking only a Mac mini but I want the ability to be portable Nothing more frustrating when you want to carry your computer with you and you can’t because you chose to save a few thousand. It’s only a 1 time purchase so it’s important to spend right.

I am impressed by this man's ability to present tech products.

I'm new here, welcome me to the Mac family guys 😅! Your review was concise yet more informative than others I've watched. I'll be following for more tips and tricks. great content

There's absolutely no one does this level of production on tech videos on BRvid, mad props!!🙌🏼

I really want one of these, but I have no real need to upgrade my 13" M1 (besides wanting a slightly larger screen). A 14/16" is very tempting though!

Really excited for the Mac Mini review! In my opinion it is affordable and powerful, and it is the product which will push the Apple Silicon series up the market.

I can confirm that they where planed way earlier. The Devices where showing up in Partner Buy Portals around October or even September but had no prices. Usally they show up around 4 weeks before launch according to my Suppliers. Maybe they had issues producing enough units to start selling them

Many thanks for making this video! Been reading and watching video reviews on the new Mac. I'm one of the ones who has an older mac (2012 here lol) but watching your video and Andres Vidoza's review have helped tremendously on my decision

Converting over from PC to macbook air 2015 (about 15 months ago) which has seen it's last software update I caught a really good deal on a used 14" macbook pro m2 1tb that I think I am going to really enjoy. Small learning curve but got my podcasting, video editing and photography I think I made the right choice vs going with the m1.

Man these intros feels from a different universe altogether. What production guys!

Imagine if there would be dynamic island for the upcoming MacBooks. Its gonna be soo good!!

Thank you for giving such a detailed review. I’m in the market for a laptop and this helps!

How does this dude get 3 million views within two days? This dude is the best tech reviewer on BRvid. I wish we would review TVs more often though. As far as the new MacBook goes, it looks dope; but I wish they didn't get rid of the Touch Bar. I have 2020 16 inch MacBook Pro and I love the Touch Bar. Also, adding the notch on top was unnecessary.

8:34 The new Mac mini interested me too. I won’t be getting one (I have the M1 Max Mac Studio and LOVE IT) but it’s interesting to see the M2 Pro in a Mac mini. That being said… they should’ve made the M2 Pro variety in Space Gray. That’s a way better look for the mini, and I’m disappointed the Mac Studio didn’t also get that darker color.

Just a comment on the chart topping single core cinebench score. Saw 1700 for m2 max, but I recall getting around 1600 on my 5800x. I think the 13th gen Intel and 7000 series and chips hit over 2000. M2 max looking great nonetheless :)

You know a video is so good that people are commenting about the quality of the video instead of the product the video is about. Kudos to the whole team. Nailing it every single time.

As for the M3, I know that Apple had a working Ray-tracing engine in their A-Series lineup planned and tested. But thermals in a phone form factor bombed it out. But what if that Ray-Tracing Engine were to be in the M3. Moving to a 3nm process node may give them the real estate to implement it in the laptop thermal envelope.

I'm over here rocking an M1 MacBook Air, and desperately looking for a reason to upgrade. But...I can't! Literally, this has been the best laptop I've ever owned. I'll probably have it another three years and it'll run dependably because Apple did SUCH a knockout job. They really hit the ground running!

M1 on the second hand market right now is amazing value. Just picked one up with only 20 power cycles and a 100% battery in perfect condition for £600.

snagged the base model M1 Macbook pro on sale for $1500 and while I feel like that was a killer deal, the tech consumer in me wants the newest and best thing lol. But I'm sure the base M1 pro will still cruise through music production and other basic needs.

Just got mine last week to replace my 2015 fully specced out macbook pro 15" and it is better in every way except I still like the 2015's keyboard more and trackpad 2. Still the performance is mindblowing for a laptop. I also have a Mac Studio for my work (mostly maxed out). The new M2 laptop is for on the go most of the time and it rocks so far. Still use the 2015 MB mostly at home so the M2 can stay in the office on the charger for the next day. Such lovely machines.

It's crazy, Marques' videos are the only videos I watch full without skipping a bit. And when a video is out, I cannot wait to sit down and watch it ! Props to your hard work Marques! 🙏

Great video as always, love your work. I have to say I have always been a PC person, I mainly was into gaming in my spare time as I grew up. My brother was the sports ball guy, I was the tech gaming enthusiast. We had MACs growing up and PCs, I always gravitated towards the PCs. My new job had the option to go PC or Macbook. I do a lot of data processing and the PC was what I thought I would need to help flow better. there are still things I can do on a PC with MS suite better. I do have to say though, I have really come around to the Macbook. I have an older intel chip one, I believe a 2020. I really love the built in fingerprint scanner, I've really liked the touch bar for quick access on some stuff. I do dual boot windows with bootcamp if I need a windows application that isnt on Mac like Access. My only complaints about this system are 1 post ventura update, my mac will randomly shut down during sleep due to an error. 2 doing multiple monitors on this macbook was hell and I had to buy expensive special hardware for it (I need multi screens on my working set up) and I can only have two additional monitors even with the special hardware I have. The new upgrade sounds nice, but I am pretty sure you cannot dual boot windows on it. Also I would miss the touch bar, I dont use it all the time but man when I do I love it and kind of want one on my next PC laptop.

Great content. Informative buy. I am really looking forward to the M3!

Loved the intro, the transition was so smooth. Amazing work!

I was considering getting either the M2 Pro or the M2 Max, and as far as I can tell the only real difference is that the M2 Pro can be upgraded to 32GB RAM and the M2 Max can be upgraded to the 96GB RAM. However I I have only just found out that although these computers are capable of being upgraded at the time of purchase you cannot upgrade them at a later date as you could with the older Macs, So I couldn't get a M2 Max today with 32GB Ram and upgrade it in 5 years to 96GB, they only come in the form you buy them at.This Sucks. Then again im still using my Mac I bought in 2012 with a Intel Core I7 Quad 2.3ghz, with 16GB Ram and 3TB HDD, and its still going strong, and I take this everywhere, on boats, on holidays abroad, etc and still on the same battery, so if a £3000 computer lasted me 12 Years maybe its worth paying the extra for another 12 years. What are your thoughts? 😕🤣

Hey Bro, love yer work. Any thoughts on how hot that big boy M2Max is getting on the heftier workloads. I’ve held out for so long to upgrade my MBP and feeling like the time is right with these new configs. I just don’t want to experience the same heat problems I’ve had with my 2011 model (lap blisters, screen melting etc).

I loved the real world example shown of screenflow. that's the stuff that actually matters

Great review(as usual)...I have the first gen 16" and I could use a bump ...considering it..

I’d have an M1 Pro 16” MacBook Pro already if it still had a Touch Bar. I don’t think the Touch Bar was an issue, but rather a huge feature that third parties neglected. The new MacBook Pros needed to have a physical function row AND a Touch Bar, which solves both issues.

Be great to hear your thoughts on apple taking away the M1 pro / max laptops and now have their baseline pro laptop i.e the m2 pro £200 more expensive. Feels like a bit of a money grab. The M1 Pro is more than enough power for most pro apps not that I’m against an upgrade of power. Just a shame they’re essentially raising the price of a pro model by £200 for something no one was asking for. Will the m5 be £1k more expensive?

5:06 I actually didn’t know the new MacBook Pros had mini-LED. Before I bought my M2 iPad Pro (12.9”) I would’ve been interested in that… but the mini-LEDs of this iPad’s screen are the worst part of the device. I upgraded my TV last year from a typical LED to an LG NanoCell and hated it because of the local dimming zones. I exchanged it for an OLED, and obviously that’s superior. But honestly, if OLED didn’t exist… I’d have a typical LED TV. As much as the fully backlit panel isn’t great for contrast, at least it was consistent. The blocks of lit pixels around lit areas in contrast to the true black areas away from those light areas makes the device honestly look defective. Knowing that mini-LED has the same issue as those NanoCell TVs (albeit slightly improved) kills my interest… this iPad has vignetting all the time and at night the local dimming of the mini-LEDs is hideous. It’d make me miss my A12X iPad Pro from 2018 if the rest of the M2 one wasn’t so great.

Thinking of getting one of these but I am wondering about the performance when it’s connected to an external display. Does anyone know if it slows down?

That was a sick intro. This is literally why I watch these, for the sheer production quality.

I decided to stop waiting for a M2 Pro when I wanted to upgrade from my 13 M1 MBP in November when all things combined (welcome offer on a new credit card, cash back on that card, it being on sale, being able to sell my original M1) it came out to just under 2 grand before selling my M1 MBP. Loved it since and since I'm not in the category that needs a super uber powerful laptop not looking to upgrade (I would have gone with the Air if they had a 15 inch with ProMotion because I'm sensitive to refresh rate)

Question: What about Apple’s M2 Max chip with 30-core GPU vs Apple’s M2 Max chip with 38-core GPU 🤔 That’s my buying dilemma ordering the MacBook Pro 14-inch with Apple’s new M2 Max chip …curious about thoughts which new M2 Max chip to choose ?

Crazy Good Footage. Your review is definitely at another level. It is truely sophisticated, well organized, and super interesting. Getting insight through watching your vids. Thanks!

I guess I'm one of the few that's been generally "eh" about my Macbook Pro (M2 Pro). My usual workstation is a 12th i7, 3060ti. Running them side-by-side, they are basically at the same level (the desktop eeks by roughly 20% faster, but only really noticeable in 2hr-long exports). The prices were roughly the same too when I _bought_ the desktop, but now you can get it for $1000 less than when I did, meaning $1500 less than an M2 Pro. That's an insane brand fee, but similarly insane how easily the hype is able to carry such a large price gap.

I just feel overwhelmed how much new tech comes out each year. Although I m not a macbook user, this year's macbook is getting me curious. Maybe by 2027, when the m5 will be here, I will finally switch from Dell! 😅

You're right when you say it's not a 'quantum leap', because that would technically be the smallest possible iteration they could make, but a respectable speed bump seems spot on. As for the socks and sandals, awesome!!

I just got the m2 pro 16 inch from my college and it's insanely good. It's also my first Mac that I've owned and I'm in love with it!

I am using M1 pro on 16 inch MacBook and the biggest thing which i love about the device is the battery life, it is just amazing .

I got an M1 Pro 14” on sale from Costco for massive savings and only bottleneck I ran into was trying to use an hdmi 2.1 tv with 444 color at even just 60hz. Oh well DisplayPort 1.4 should handle it fine. The M1 Pro is a beast even still and I definitely recommend getting it on sale!

That intro is one of the best I have seen in 2023. Thank you for the effort you put in the intro and the full video!

Always enjoy watching your review videos. Some of the most solid informal content on BRvid. Intro was sick btw. Really impressive.

the film proccess behind your videos is amazing. Im just getting started in videography and photography, and seeing how clean the scenes flow from one to the next, and seemingly flawless transtions are truly something I aspire to be able to do in my own way. thats for being an Insportation :)

Your production quality is on point and also, I love your understated humour.... Like with this video, you said wait until Q3 of 2027 to prove a point that waiting for the best thing in tech basically means you're going to be waiting forever!

This is exactly the review I've been looking for!

Might finally upgrade my maxed out 15” from 2015! But I think I’ll go down to the 14” , I don’t like the overly large track pad

I can't wait for the episode where MKB reviews his knew maxed out Mac Pro. I feel like Apple has already developed the machine and is just scrambling to get the matte black finish on the box perfect.

The thing that still blows my mind about these laptops is the performance while running on battery power. Windows laptops simply can’t compare in that regard. Additionally, the battery life is outstanding. My laptop will last for several days where windows laptops will die after only a few hours of normal use.

I love the way you explain this. Jumps and bumps. Also, the production quality you have is insane. Love it.

I am just so excited for new tech, it's one of the few things that create hope for a better future

Literally went for my phone to shout out the intro. Mkbhd’s intros are master classes in themselves. Props sir!

No one does tech reviews as good as MKBHD

I have a MB Pro from 2012, LOL. I was going to buy an M2 MB Pro, but based on what you're saying, sounds like an M1 will provide a huge performance upgrade without breaking the bank. Thanks for the tip.

You always make intrinsic points, truly genuine and transparent🎉

man the quality of your work goes up a notch year over year respect is off the charts for you and the team you've built keep up the good work

Hey Marques! Could you, please, make a video on how to protect the screen of the MacBook Pros (especially the newer ones) from getting the keys from the keyboard permanently imprinted (scratching) on the display? Especially if you put a laptop on top of another laptop.

I'm so curious if M2 Max are capable of 3D animation and rendering it into a video. I have an underpowered Macbook Air from 2017 and I just use it for basic everyday tasks because it can't handle 3D animation, I have a more powerful Windows computer for 3D work. But I always loved the battery life of the Apple laptop, and how portable it is. If M2 Max can do 3D animation or 3D modeling, that would be amazing.

problem for me, is that I know at some point, the notch will go - guaranteed! So I just can't bring myself to purchase the new M2 machine (despite starting to need an upgrade from the 2019 i7 MBP). So I'm not waiting for the chip, more so for a refinement in the design. Just because I dislike the notch and when they do redesign (probably end of this year or next year), I'll regret not holding off.