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    Maxed out M1/2 Max 14” users - battery life/noise?

    Can anyone with a 14” mbp with a fully maxed out M1/2 MAX Chip + fully maxed out RAM comment on battery life/fan noise? Curious what the actual experience is for people with a fully souped up 14”. How bad is your battery life? Do you deal with a lot of fan noise? Issues even in a low/medium...
  2. bonjourx

    Does SSD Storage affects MacBook performance?

    Hi there! I am planning to get a MacBook Pro 14 inch m2. My option is to get a M2 Max, 30 Core with 1tb VS 2TB. Just like what my title says, I’m just wondering if having a 1tb storage VS 2TB would affect the read or write or performance in any sort?
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    need a bit of help from other M2 14inch owners ...

    Hi, I have a M2 Max 32GB machine which is now a few weeks old. I am having this odd problem where the fans spin up randomly for about 10 seconds to the max when the system is under no load (3%, 94% idle) , also the ambient temp in the UK is very low and the laptop itself is on a stand...
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    Advice MBP VMware Fusion and Adobe

    I want to upgrade my current MBP (2018 - 16GB). I will use the MBP for general office stuff and internet. Adobe: Photoshop / Illustrator and just started with Premiere and After Effects. But I'm running also VMware Fusion (still have to decide if I wil go to Parallels, but that is another topic...
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    Need help/advice on m1pro/max vs m2pro/max purchase!

    Hello everyone! I am currently looking at four different configs as shown below. M1s have been proven for the past 12 months or more, whereas M2s have upgraded Wifi, Bluetooth, HDMI, all of which I don't absolutely need. In terms of chip performance, I am not a heavy/video/graphics user so...
  6. Lumi_N0va

    Wrong Product Spec in Proof of Coverage AppleCare+

    I just purchase a new MBP 14 today. The spec is 14-inch MacBook Pro - Space Gray MBP 14 SG/12C/30C GPU/32G/1T-USA. I purchase the computer at store and add AppleCare+ at the same time. But the appleCare agreement show that the product info wrong as:MBP 14 SG/12C/19C GPU/16G/1T Not Sure what...
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    Help Decide Buying between MacBook Pro 16-inch M2 Pro vs M2 Max

    I don’t know the actual differences between these both. Please compare and explain with some basic key aspects like, Battery Life Performance, etc. I’m New to MacBooks and I’m an aspiring Data Scientist, Recent Graduate, Graphic Designer/Rare Video Editor and an Average Gamer. Thanks in...
  8. David1986H

    UK 14" & 16" MacBook Pro's M2 Pro and M2 Max Pre-orders, Orders and Dispatch Thread

    Feel free to post your new MBP specs, order status and so on. Also flight tracking if you'd ordered a custom built. Fingers crossed I'll be upgrading from the 16" M1 Pro to the 16" M2 Max with 30 gpu cores in silver on Monday. Looking forward to seeing if anyone has brought or upgraded this...