Ok everyone, I purchased a 2020 MacBook Pro via ebay, the specs are 13" 32gb RAM i7 intel processor, with a 1tb SSD HD. I won it for what I feel was a pretty good price $1300. I plan on doing some light gaming as well as some work from home stuff, maybe even dabble in some video editing with my new drone as well. I have also been eyeing the MacBook Pro 14" 16 gb RAM with M1 Pro chip as well as either a 1tb or 512GB HD both considerably more expensive than the one purchased on ebay. With my use case that I mentioned above will I notice a difference in performance going with the 16gb RAM with M1 chip? Or should I just stick with the original ebay one and enjoy it for years to come?
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You just bought this laptop so why are you thinking about buying another one that’s the same thing? Are you having buyers remorse? Sure there’s some serious disadvantages for an Intel MacBook but there’s also advantages like you can run Boot Camp or VM x86 Windows. If you want to do gaming this is a big advantage.
My advice is to use and enjoy the laptop you have and get familiar with it. In a year or so when you feel maybe you want something better then consider upgrading. By then there’s going to be a new Apple Silicon MacBook Pro. If you buy that Apple Silicon MacBook Pro now you’re gonna want to buy the new one when it comes out anyways
Thanks for your input russell. When you say "buying another one that's the same thing" aside from boot camp/vm x86, are both the macbooks pros i referenced comparable in performance?
The Apple Silicon one is going to have better performance in some applications so for those applications it would be an upgrade. Battery life is where you'll see the biggist difference so if you're out and about it'll help. My comment mainly means you bought a 2020 model and now want to buy the 2021 model of the same thing. It's a replacement rather than having two devices for different uses. It would be like buying a 2020 Ford Mustang then realize oh wait the 2021 Mustang has 37 more horsepower so I want to buy that. I don't think you're going to be unhappy with either one but I can't see much use to have both around.
Ok that makes more sense now, thank you for elaborating.
Here's my $.02 You got a nice machine for a nice price, odds are high that you'll not recoup that money re-selling it, thus making the MBP 14" more expensive in an out of pocket sort of way, if you catch my drift, i.e., Cost of Intel MBP - selling price + cost of M1 MBP = your out of pocket expenses.
Aside from the financial aspect, consider what you have vs. what you'll get with the MBP. With the 2020 MBP you can do light game, and moderate gaming. You can install bootcamp and run windows games natively or you can install parallels and play many games through virtualization.
The grass may be greener on the other side, and I totally get the temptation, but since you just bought the 2020 MBP, its going to do everything you need it to do, and then some, where as the M1, you'll end up spending more, getting less, and giving up some giving up some compatibility.
Thanks Mike, after fiddling around with the 2020 that i received yesterday I think I'm going to be more than happy with it. Thanks everyone for their input!