The new MacBook Pro comes with a USB-C charger that really packs a punch. Even NASA can be outdone in one area: When Apollo 11 landed on the moon, there was less memory available than Apple allowed the charger.

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Apple’s charger: More RAM than Apollo 11

Along with the new MacBook Pro (2021), which is available in a 14- and 16-inch version, there is also a USB-C charger (partly optional) that Apple includes in the package. This can supply the MacBook Pro with 140 watts – but some RAM was also thought of during manufacture. Here the end of the flagpole is reached at 36 kilobytes, but one strange looking comparison can Apple win like this (source: ChargerLAB on YouTube).

When the Apollo 11 lunar module made its way to our satellite with three astronauts in 1969, things looked very different in terms of computing power. Just 4,096 bytes or around four kilobytes were already enough to enable Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to take their first walk on the moon. The control module of the lunar module did not need more to bring the astronauts safely to the earth companion.

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Almost 100 watt hours of battery power in the MacBook Pro (2021)

The Charger performance to see the new MacBook Pro. In the 16-inch version of the notebook, it amounts to 99.6 watt hours. The smaller one is 69.6 watt hours.

in the Comparison with the direct predecessors Apple was able to increase the battery life by about 7 and 10 hours respectively. According to Apple, the 14-inch MacBook Pro lasts up to 11 hours of surfing via WLAN with high brightness, and even 14 hours for the larger model.