The typing on this Chromebook is a dream and so is the material used on the inside-its soft touch and immensely smooth.

I could happily type for hours on end on this device. The typing is often the first to get trashed when manufacturers seek to save money, but Asus has clearly focused on this area-a ton of travel and a satisfying click. There's a lot to love with this Asus Chromebook. Models tested: 16-inch M2 Max, 64-GB RAM (Adam), 14-inch M2 Pro (Brenda) And the new selection of ports will allow most to live a welcome dongle-free life too. Like the previous models, the keyboard and trackpad are excellent, if lacking some travel. As for screen sizes, the 16-inch model will nab you better battery life and a larger display versus the 14-inch, but there’s not much between the two. Take a look at the M2 Max if you need some serious power for demanding creative and production tasks, like 3D modeling and complex video editing. Get the new M2 Pro if you’re a serious productivity user or creative-say, more than 20 tabs in Chrome and a bit of multitasking or light video editing. Otherwise, these are the versions to buy if you’re looking to nab a powerful Apple laptop. If you have an M1 Pro or M1 Max MacBook Pro, then you don’t need to upgrade. All the changes come on the inside, with the big difference being the M2 chips.

Apple’s latest MacBook Pro models don’t reinvent the wheel-in fact, they barely fit shiny new rims.

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