carminesh • 2 yr. ago. I'm a CS student and I went for the 16" just because i think a bigger display will be a better option for writing code and developing application, and ofc u get better base specs compared to the 14" MacBook. And don't forget the fact that the 16" has also a better battery life. 4. Best Alternative to the 14-Inch MacBook Pro. 4.0 Excellent. Bottom Line: The 14.5-inch Lenovo Slim Pro 9i combines an impressive mini LED display with ample performance for content creators on the As of May 2022 Apple sells three MacBook Pro models: a 13-inch released in 2020, and 14- and 16-inch models released in 2021. The 13-inch MacBook Pro starts at 8GB of RAM but can be upgraded to 16GB for $200. The 2021 models start at 16GB but can be upgraded to 32GB or 64GB of RAM. (64GB is only available for models with the M1 Max processor.) MacBook Pro 13-inch M1: 5,925: 7:44: 649: 38 fps: 25.78 fps: The M2 helped the 2022 Pro earn a score of 8,911 in the Geekbench 5.4 multi-core CPU performance test, which is quite good. The Surface Laptop Studio is compared to the 14-inch MacBook Pro M1 Pro in V-Ray 5 CPU benchmark. Jacob Freyman The Intel Core i7-11370H is fairly underwhelming compared to the MacBook Pro M1 Pro. The M3 14-inch MacBook Pro has a starting price of $1,599. It comes with 8GB of RAM and 512GB of SSD storage. M3 MacBook Pro 14 vs. M3 Pro MacBook Pro 13: Display which is pretty damn good The iPad Pro has always been positioned as a futuristic ideal for truly portable computing, but it turns out it weighs the same as the 13-inch MacBook Pro. Once again, the humble Air wins out. Yes, it's what I'm using right now, the 2020 13 inch macbook pro (the 10th gen i5) 16 Gb of Ram and I'm able to run 1 ipad pro, 1 iphone 11, and 1 android phone simulators at the same time. If you have extra money, it wouldn't hurt to upgrade to 1 Tb of storage. kronos322 • 3 yr. ago. With an external screen, I think you'd be fine. It might get very cramped if you had to do all of your programming on that screen. Processing power, storage, graphics & RAM can all be configured the same on both 11 & 13 inch models. Any computer is more than capable of the tasks you've outlined. MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2, 2022) review The new MacBook Pro 13-inch comes with Apple's new M2 chip, but the same old design. Full Review Pocket-lint Rating, 4 out of 5 4.0 Stuart Miles on June 22, 2022 NPImutq.