Advice MBP VMware Fusion and Adobe

[ARengineering]

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 ;-) )

Which chip would you advice (M2 pro or M2 max)
And how much memory (16GB or 32GB)
(Will go for the 16" version)

Any other things to pay attention to??

BR
AR

 

[chrfr]

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 ;-) )

Which chip would you advice (M2 pro or M2 max)
And how much memory (16GB or 32GB)
(Will go for the 16" version)

Any other things to pay attention to??

BR
AR

Keep in mind that you cannot use your existing Intel virtual machines in Apple Silicon. Parallels offers a much more polished experience if you need to run arm64 Windows than Fusion does.

 

[Fishrrman]

Adobe apps AND VM?

You sound like a candidate for 32gb (someone who really needs the RAM)...

 

[maflynn]

Which chip would you advice (M2 pro or M2 max)
And how much memory (16GB or 32GB)

I have the 14" M1 with 16GB. Parallels (I've yet to try Vmware) works ok, but I do find myself a bit constrained memory wise, so much so I would recommend 32GB. As for Pro vs. Max, depending on how much processing you do with adobe, will dictate which flavor to choose. If it were me, I'd opt for the pro, but I know my needs are more humble then most others.

 

[ARengineering]

Will go for 32GB.
Still investigating if I should go for the Pro of Max chip....

 

[ARengineering]

Got a good deal on a M2max 32GB 1TB, so I bought it 😇
Thank you all!!