Battery: These systems do not support batteries that are not genuine Lenovo-made or authorised. Systems will continue to boot, but may not charge unauthorised batteries. Lenovo has no responsibility for the performance or safety of unauthorised batteries, and provides no warranties for failures or damage arising out of their use. **Battery life is based on the MobileMark® 2014 methodology and is an estimated maximum. Actual battery life may vary based on many factors, including screen brightness, active applications, features, power management settings, battery age and conditioning, and other customer preferences. I’m also surprised there’s no AdobeRGB colour calibration mode, which would be useful for professional photographers. However, it is otherwise a staggeringly good display capable of delivering enough brightness and colour accuracy for professional content creators from all walks of life. And it’s also great for watching a little streaming video once you’ve finished work for the day. But it still isn’t quite a perfect ten. As I mentioned above, the bathtub notch housing the 1080p FaceTime HD camera is still, in my view, an unnecessary compromise. The fact that there’s no USB-A port is an annoyance, too. I understand Apple has to draw the line somewhere, otherwise there would be no end of holes littering the edges of its otherwise pristine devices, but one small nod to legacy devices is surely not too much to ask. The same applies to other rivals in the Windows domain as well, at least the models we’ve reviewed in the past. Laptops such as this year’s updates of the Asus ROG Zephyrus M16 and the 2023 Razer Blade 16 are on a par with the MacBook for power and best it on the gaming front but can’t match its battery life or specialist video editing capabilities.

READ NEXT: Our guide to the best laptops you can buy Apple MacBook Pro 16in (2021, M1 Pro) review: Performance The only thing you might want to upgrade to the M2 Max for is if you’re doing lots of ultra heavy-duty video editing and rendering. This is because the Max has two video encode/decode engines (for accelerating HEVC and H.264 video) and twoProRes video encode/decode engines, where the M2 Pro only has one. In benchmarks, it’s a beast. You can see where it sits in comparison to other M1 and M2 Macs I’ve tested previously in the charts below. Suffice it to say, though, it’s faster than every other Mac we’ve tested so far, apart from the M1 Ultra-based Mac Studio: There aren't many 16-inch laptops on the market geared towards creators, but that doesn't mean that you can't get your hands on something fantastic. In fact, the 16-inch MacBook Pro variant is arguably the best overall laptop for creators in general, and we highly recommend it — provided you don't mind using Apple's macOS, of course.What if you're after something that's ideal for gaming? Look no further than the HP OMEN 16, HP's cutting-edge gaming laptop that can be configured with up to a beefy 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H or AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU, up to an NVIDIA RTX 3080 GPU, up to 64GB of RAM, and up to 2TB of SSD storage. READ NEXT: The best laptops to buy today Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch (M2 Pro, 2023) review: Performance

Much the same could be said for the MacBook’s performance levels, which are ready for pretty much any demanding professional creative task you could possibly ask of it.

A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is one thousandth of a metre, which is the International System of Units (SI) base unit of length. The millimetre is part of a metric system. A corresponding unit of area is the square millimetre and a corresponding unit of volume is the cubic millimetre. Among all the laptops we’ve reviewed that scored 250 or more in our in-house benchmarks, this year’s MacBook Pro is by far the longest-lasting machine. Impressively, it lasted nearly two hours longer than the less powerful M1 MacBook Air and ten hours longer than the aforementioned Alienware x15.

These are just starting points, however, as there’s a whole lot more flexibility to the configuration process. For instance, looking at these three builds, you might think there were only two processor options available but that’s not the case. READ NEXT: Our guide to the best laptops you can buy Apple MacBook Pro 16in review: What you need to knowROG GameVisual software offers six expertly tuned graphic modes designed to optimize your visual experience for specific game genres. First Person Shooter (FPS) mode, for example, enhances visibility in dark environments, allowing you to get the drop on any enemies lurking in the shadows. Use GameVisual to get the best experience for every game in your library. An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot. The inch is usually the universal unit of measurement in the United States, and is widely used in the United Kingdom, and Canada, despite the introduction of metric to the latter two in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively. The inch is still commonly used informally, although somewhat less, in other Commonwealth nations such as Australia; an example being the long standing tradition of measuring the height of newborn children in inches rather than centimetres. The international inch is defined to be equal to 25.4 millimeters. We tested the HDR Video and the Internet and Web presets and found both to be pretty much spot on in terms of colour accuracy. In these tests, in the HDR Video mode I measured an average DeltaE colour error score of 0.98 and P3 gamut coverage of 98.8%, while in Internet and Web, I measured an average DeltaE colour error score of 0.5 and an sRGB gamut volume of 98.1%. Folks that need a productivity-focused ultrabook that offers a strong balance between performance and price should look towards the Acer Swift 3's 16-inch option. Between its 11th Gen Intel i7-11370H, Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics, 16GB of RAM, and up to 1TB SSD, the 16-inch Acer Swift 3 delivers reliable and respectable performance for productivity. On top of that, the FHD display has great colors and contrast, though it's not as sharp as the panels you'll find on more expensive laptops. The battery life of the device comes in at a cool 10-11 hours.

In short, this is a very, very good display. It’s incredibly bright, very colour accurate and, more than that, it’s a display that even demanding creative professionals should find usable without the need for further calibration. Plus in your downtime, it’s a supremely enjoyable screen to enjoy Dolby Vision movies and TV shows on via Apple TV+. It has 12 CPU cores for the grunt work, comprising 8 performance cores running at up to 3.5GHz and 4 efficiency cores for tasks demanding less power. That’s two more cores in total than the maximum you could get with the M1 Pro and four more than in the Apple M2. There’s also a 19-core GPU, three more than on the M1 Pro and nine more than on the M2. Thanks to the new Apple M1 Pro and Pro Max processors, sumptuous mini-LED displays and an expanded array of physical ports, among many other things, Apple’s new machines should be the laptops of choice for the demanding mobile professional for the foreseeable future. With the launch of the MacBook Pro 16in (2021) and 14in last month, Apple’s escape from the clutches of Intel is nearly complete. The only device in the range that remains to make the transition is the iMac Pro but it can’t be long before that makes the jump, too. READ NEXT: Huawei MateBook 14s review Apple MacBook Pro 16in (2021, M1 Pro) review: Price and competition

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This laptop is nothing short of an absolute beast, and its FHD display is similarly impressive with its gorgeous colors and 144Hz refresh rate that's perfect for gaming. The battery life isn't great — you'll only be able to game for an hour or two while off the charger — but that's normal for gaming laptops. For now, however, Mac power junkies will have to satisfy themselves with the redesigned 14in and 16in MacBook Pro machines. Not that I can imagine anyone being dissatisfied with either one. Both the Apple M1 Pro and Apple M1 Max CPU chip options offer blistering performance in creative workloads, and the laptop also comes with up to 64GB of RAM and up to (a ridiculous) 8TB of SSD space for even more power. Its mini-LED 3456x2234 display looks incredible as well, and the device also has an impressive max battery life of 14-15 hours. I loaded it up with 17 simultaneous clips of 8K H.265 video and used DaVinci Resolve to output to 4K ProRes 4444 XQ and it popped out in 4mins 5secs. Compared to my M1 Mac mini, which completed the same task in 9mins 31secs, that’s seriously fast. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{