The MacBook Pro is probably one of the best gaming laptops I’ve ever used. It feels strange to say that.

When I first booted up the Mac version of Resident Evil Village on the 2022 16-inch MacBook Pro and played through the opening hour, I was pretty impressed with its very competent technical performance. When I realised I had neglected to plug it in properly, and that the laptop was competently running Resident Evil Village on battery power only, I was taken aback. And then very impressed.

When I pulled out my noise-cancelling earbuds and realised that the MacBook Pro itself wasn’t making a single sound (if there’s one thing I’ve become accustomed to while testing gaming laptops, it’s the deafening roar of the cooling fans while playing games), I was downright shocked. What the hell was going on?