![]() ![]() The battery life of the Air is good, although at a quoted 18 hours it's not quite up there with the 20 hours you get on a new M2 13-inch MacBook Pro. You're not going to be using it for detailed mastering, granted, but it's almost good enough to mix with and very decent just for music listening. The sound emanating from the Air's four speakers (which also support Spatial Audio) is so much better than a small form device like this should be capable of. The all-new colours are great too (we opted for the light gold Starlight, although the Midnight option was a tempter). At just 1.24kg, the MacBook Air M2 is Apple's lightest machine and also its thinnest, just 11.3mm deep. Read the full Dell OLED (2021) review Best portable laptopĪpple's latest M2 MacBook Air feels like a new chapter of Apple use and one that will drag your laptop music-making to another level. There’s a beefier 15” model further up the range, but for most people, the XPS 13 makes for a pretty compelling package. This might not be the show-stopping headline feature a music maker will go for, but if the laptop is to serve other purposes like watching films or generally staring in wonder, then this just be the perfect option. The latest model features a 12th-generation Intel Core i5-1230U and a fantastic InfinityEdge Anti-Glare display. As it stands, other than looking at high-spec elite gaming laptops, you’re not going to get a much better package for the money. The XPS range delivers similar levels of style, quality, and performance to the MBP, but uses Windows as its OS. They are billed as the ideal laptops for on-the-go creatives who don’t fancy signing up to the Apple walled garden, and the closest Windows alternative to an Apple MacBook Pro. The Dell XPS line has built up a strong reputation thanks to its sleek design, gorgeous screens, and powerful specs. ![]() Read the full Apple MacBook Pro 14” review Best Windows laptop ![]() Yes, it’s expensive - maxing out the configurator on Apple’s website shows you could be paying around £/$6,000 for the highest spec version, but if you can afford it there is literally no other machine capable of doing what this laptop can do. Configurable to include some frankly crazy specs, like up to 64GB of RAM and 8TB of SSD storage, this is a laptop for music production unlike any other. Making use of the newest M1 Pro or M1 Max chips, the 14” model now has enough in the way of processing power and cutting-edge performance to suit even the most demanding of creative professionals. But what has happened out of sight, within the body of the machine, has been completely enhanced though. It doesn’t have a flashy new design or a vastly upgraded screen. So to look at the 2022 Apple MacBook Pro 14”, you might feel a little underwhelmed - we certainly were. Rather annoying because while I can basically solve it by doing manual fan control, it's ridiculous that I should have to do hacks like this on day 1! Guess I'll have to take it up with Apple support but annoyed I might have to do a, likely very lengthy, return.If you’ve used Apple MacBook Pro models in the past, you’ll be well aware of the striking industrial design, Retina screens, and the optimised marriage of in-house hardware and software combined to make a highly desirable, hugely capable laptop for music production. Doesn't seem like coil whine or something, it's 100% determined by fan speeds. So seems to me like a bit of nasty resonance on the fans / fan motor that causes whining at certain frequency intervals. Some faster speeds just make the whining more intense too. Oddly if I run it at some fan speeds higher than 1300 RPM I get a louder usual fan whoosh but the whining also goes away. Minimum of 1100 RPM also works, virtually silent in every way. Makes virtually no difference to temps (stays around 55*C or so at most) even under artificial max load of benchmarks but gets rid of the whining. What "fixes" it is manually bringing the fans down from the standard 1300 RPM to around 1200 RPM. But this whining sound is distinct and much more annoying. Actual fan whoosh is barely noticeable (similar to my very quiet 12-Core Mac Pro 2019 sitting on the floor which this is supposed to replace). At the default 1300ish RPM speed there is a noticeable high pitched whining sound. ![]()
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