MacBook Pro 14 M1 Max Price in Pakistan

The MacBook Pro 14 M1 Max shares its body with the M1 Pro version: a solid 15.5 mm aluminium chassis weighing about 1.6 kg, full-height function keys, Touch ID, a large trackpad and dual fans. It looks modest, but inside is one of the most powerful chips Apple put in a 14-inch laptop at the time. It came in Space Gray and Silver.

The 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR display offers 3024x1964 resolution, 120Hz ProMotion, 1000 nits sustained and 1600 nits peak HDR brightness. Mini-LED backlighting gives deep blacks and accurate colours, which makes it ideal for HDR grading and photo retouching. Even today it competes with the best laptop screens.

The M1 Max has a 10-core CPU with eight performance cores and either a 24-core or 32-core GPU. Memory is 32GB or 64GB with a huge 400GB/s bandwidth, and the chip includes two video encode engines and two ProRes engines. That makes it excellent for multi-stream 4K and 8K ProRes editing in Final Cut Pro, heavy DaVinci Resolve projects, After Effects, Blender and large Lightroom libraries. Developers with big code bases or virtual machines benefit from the extra memory. In a 14-inch body, the fans can become audible under very long full loads. Mac games run well, though it is not built for gaming.

Apple rated battery life at up to 17 hours of video playback. The Max chip uses more power under load than the M1 Pro, so heavy editing drains the battery faster, but light work still lasts a good part of the day. Because these are 2021 units, check battery health and cycle count when buying, especially for use during load-shedding in Pakistan.

Ports include three Thunderbolt 4, HDMI 2.0, SDXC card slot, MagSafe 3 and a high-impedance headphone jack. The M1 Max can drive up to three external displays plus a TV over HDMI. RAM and SSD are soldered, and every unit we list has at least 1TB.

The MacBook Pro 14 M1 Max price in Pakistan has fallen to around the cost of a new mid-range Pro, making it a bargain for editors who need GPU power and memory bandwidth. For video editors, colourists and 3D artists on a budget, a Non Custom MacBook Pro 14 M1 Max is a smart buy.

Performance

Processor

Apple M1 Max 10-core CPU / 24-core GPU

Processor options

Apple M1 Max 10-core CPU / 24-core GPU, Apple M1 Max 10-core CPU / 32-core GPU

Generation

Apple M1 Max (first-generation Apple silicon, 5nm)

Cores / Threads

10 cores (8 performance + 2 efficiency) / 10 threads

Graphics

Apple 24-core GPU (integrated)

Memory & Storage

RAM

32GB, 64GB

RAM type

Unified memory LPDDR5-6400 (400GB/s)

RAM upgradeable

No (soldered)

Storage

1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB

Storage type

Apple PCIe NVMe SSD (soldered)

Display

Screen size

14.2 inch

Resolution

3024x1964 (Liquid Retina XDR)

Panel

Mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR, P3 wide colour, 1000 nits sustained / 1600 nits peak HDR

Refresh rate

120Hz ProMotion

Touchscreen

No

Brightness

1000 nits

Battery & Power

Battery

70Wh

Battery life

Up to 17 hours video playback, 11 hours web browsing

Charger

96W USB-C

Design

Weight

1.6 kg

Thickness

15.5 mm

Build

Aluminium unibody with dual cooling fans

Colours

Space Gray, Silver

Connectivity

Ports

3x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C), HDMI 2.0, SDXC card slot, MagSafe 3 charging port, 3.5mm headphone jack

Wireless

Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0

Other

Keyboard

Backlit Magic Keyboard with full-height function keys and Touch ID

Security

Touch ID

Webcam

1080p FaceTime HD

Audio

High-fidelity six-speaker system with force-cancelling woofers, Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos

Operating system

macOS Monterey (upgradable to latest)

Model

A2442

Launch year

2021