Implications of nvarchar (50) vs nvarchar (max)

Question

What are the general storage and performance differences between the below two tables if their only difference is nvarchar(50) vs. nvarchar(max) an

Answer 1

nvarchar max is for columns up to 2GB. So essentially it takes up more resources. You are better off using the nvarchar(50) if you know you aren't going to need that much space. each character is about 2 bytes so with 2 GB thats 1 billion characters...