I also get it that if you bought the 13″ M1 MacBook Pro you aren’t likely to take this advice and likely have already upgraded to a 14″ or 16″ model. You couldn’t resist dumping Intel and checking out what this new M1 had to offer. I get it, there is a shiny new computer and you never really bought that 13″ M1 MacBook Pro intending for it to be your final photo editing computer. Reasons Not to Upgrade 13″ M1 MacBook to 14″ or 16″ So what should photographers who were early adopters and bought the 13″ M1 MacBook Pro do now that there are new options only a few months later?įor 90% of photographers doing most their work in Lightroom and occasionally putting fine touches on an image in Photoshop, it doesn’t make financial sense to upgrade the 13″ M1 MacBook Pro to the newer 14″ or 16″ models released late in 2021. The first M1 computers came toward the end of 2020 and in an unexpected turn Apple seems to have listened to what pro users actually want in their computers and released new 14″ and 16″ models late in 2021 that are perfect for photographers. This was something important to me long before I got into photography and there is almost nothing better than when my two worlds (IT and photography) collide.įor photographers who prefer Mac computers there has been a lot of excitement in 2021. I can’t wait to see the comparisons run in the real-world to see just how much better new chips and configurations handle computing tasks over the previous generation. It’s always exciting when new computers are released. Most photographers who were early adopters and bought the 13″ MacBook Pro should skip the upgrade to the 14″ or 16″ models released later in 2021. This site is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates and Adorama Affiliate programs.

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