Hello all,
Thanks in advance for the advice. I'm currently sporting a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with a 2.9 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 and 8GB of RAM. I've had to replace a few components over the years (the screen and trackpad) along with yearly dust cleanouts and thermal paste replacement over the past two years specifically. My Macbook Pro has run great over the past few years, but I'm starting to see a decline in performance.
I'm actively working on the computer for 10+ hours a day - I run email, music, messages, calendar, multiple browser tabs, Microsoft Office, and more all at once. I'm starting to realize this is a bit more than the "average user" and more often than not the cooling fans blast when I'm working - I'll shut off as many applications as I can but sometimes I need to have them open. Forget about running games (Minecraft, Portal) on the Macbook anymore. When I take care of it, applications are responsive but the battery dies pretty quickly (probably two-hour runtime, max). I'm not too concerned about the battery life.
Because I've invested in the long-term maintenance of this Macbook Pro I'm trying to put off upgrading. It's been about seven years and I feel like it's done well for its course. Realistically there aren't that many issues with it, I think that my workload is starting to catch up with my computing power. It seems that the M1 chips are made for my workload. I'm (obviously) going back-and-forth between upgrading or not.
Can someone help me understand the differences in specs between my Macbook, and the current new Macbook options?
Thanks in advance for the advice. I'm currently sporting a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with a 2.9 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 and 8GB of RAM. I've had to replace a few components over the years (the screen and trackpad) along with yearly dust cleanouts and thermal paste replacement over the past two years specifically. My Macbook Pro has run great over the past few years, but I'm starting to see a decline in performance.
I'm actively working on the computer for 10+ hours a day - I run email, music, messages, calendar, multiple browser tabs, Microsoft Office, and more all at once. I'm starting to realize this is a bit more than the "average user" and more often than not the cooling fans blast when I'm working - I'll shut off as many applications as I can but sometimes I need to have them open. Forget about running games (Minecraft, Portal) on the Macbook anymore. When I take care of it, applications are responsive but the battery dies pretty quickly (probably two-hour runtime, max). I'm not too concerned about the battery life.
Because I've invested in the long-term maintenance of this Macbook Pro I'm trying to put off upgrading. It's been about seven years and I feel like it's done well for its course. Realistically there aren't that many issues with it, I think that my workload is starting to catch up with my computing power. It seems that the M1 chips are made for my workload. I'm (obviously) going back-and-forth between upgrading or not.
Can someone help me understand the differences in specs between my Macbook, and the current new Macbook options?
