Dilemma: Keep or return new 14" M1 Pro MBP?

[casperes1996]

If you can get it done under the company programme you talk about then I would say yes.

Other reasons than pure performance are
1) It could get software support for perhaps a year longer and perform well a little longer.
2) Battery life is listed as 2 hours longer
3) Connectivity is better with better Wi-Fi, bluetooth and HDMI

 

[sleven]

Yea, I'd go for it. $150 for an extra hour of battery life and an increase of 20-30% of performance depending on tasks. That is an easy call for me to budget.

 

[Philip Turner]

If you want to do linear algebra, the M2 Pro has double the AMX blocks. Practical FP64 compute power jumped from ~500 GFLOPS to ~1.0 TFLOPS. If you want to run Unreal Engine, it might have hardware acceleration for Nanite. Otherwise this announcement was quite disappointing. I expected TSMC N3B and hardware-accelerated ray tracing.

Apple's definitely saving marketing effort for the AR headset. Hopefully that will have the first of the next series of Apple chips, with hardware ray tracing.

The M2 Pro was released so unexpectedly that you had little warning to wait. You may be justified in jumping to the next generation.

 

[Sagnet]

Update: I have placed an order for the M2 Pro 10/16 32GB. And I will return the M1 Pro 10/14 32GB which I have had for less than a week. It has really impressed me in the few days that I’ve used it, and I will be looking forward to receiving the M2.

 

[Sagnet]

A side note: the M1 Pro 10/14 came with the 96W charger. I see that the M2 Pro 10/16 ships with the smaller 67W charger. I wonder why that is?

 

[JPack]

A side note: the M1 Pro 10/14 came with the 96W charger. I see that the M2 Pro 10/16 ships with the smaller 67W charger. I wonder why that is?

The M1/M2 $1,999 models come with 67W. It's about the likelihood of the customer maxing out the CPU+GPU and drawing power from all TB4 ports (3x15W) at the same time. If you're buying the entry-level model, chances are, 67W is fine.

 

[xraydoc]

I just received a 14" MBP M1 Pro from the Apple Store less than a week ago. I'm within the 14 days return window, where I can get a full refund if I return it. Part of me wants to do that, and order the new M2 Pro instead, which would cost me an additional $150. Is it worth it? I will hardly use it for any processor intensive tasks. Some occasional photo editing in Lightroom will be the most demanding work, which the M1 Pro will most likely handle with ease for years to come.

What other reasons could there be for me to go through the process of returning and replacing the M1 Pro with an M2 Pro?

Edit: Some more context, that might be relevant: this is a work computer that i bought myself, but got the costs reimbursed in full by my employer. Because of tax regulations, I might have to process the return through my employer, so that the invoices and other paperwork are correct. That might be a hassle, and a reason why it might not be worth it. They might ask if the M1 is not good enough for my usage, which it most likely will be for the next 4-5 years to come.

If I were in the 14 day window, I'd do it. If it were, say, a month or two, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[xraydoc]

The M1/M2 $1,999 models come with 67W. It's about the likelihood of the customer maxing out the CPU+GPU and drawing power from all TB4 ports (3x15W) at the same time. If you're buying the entry-level model, chances are, 67W is fine.

As said above, the MBP M1 Pro base model (8/14) came with the smaller charger with the larger one as an option. The 10 core machines came with the larger one by default.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Some more context, that might be relevant: this is a work computer that i bought myself, but got the costs reimbursed in full by my employer. Because of tax regulations, I might have to process the return through my employer, so that the invoices and other paperwork are correct. That might be a hassle, and a reason why it might not be worth it. They might ask if the M1 is not good enough for my usage, which it most likely will be for the next 4-5 years to come.

Yeah, that does change the balance. It’s not YOUR money, so if the employer is happy with it - leave it be.

 

[maflynn]

Some more context, that might be relevant: this is a work computer that i bought myself, but got the costs reimbursed in full by my employer. Because of tax regulations, I might have to process the return through my employer, so that the invoices and other paperwork are correct. That might be a hassle, and a reason why it might not be worth it. They might ask if the M1 is not good enough for my usage, which it most likely will be for the next 4-5 years to come.

Its a work computer that requires more paperwork, and bureaucracy, and the M1 will be fine, the M2 isn't that much faster. I can't see the M1 not meeting your needs for 4 years but the M2 would.