I was hoping to buy a future-proofed & maxed-out MacBook Pro (with the best GPU) for starting university this fall.
I felt the 16" released back in November was only a warm-up for something really big for 2020. I imagined a no-bezels miniLED 14.1" display with a new deca-core i9 CPU, paired with the best AMD GPU on offer and maybe even FaceID and legacy ports?.
I want a portable Mac with a powerhouse GPU…which means one automatically has to step-up to the 16 inch
Then Apple announces the transition to Apple Silicon…which has left me in the dark.
Is it a waste to buy Intel now? Is Bootcamp gone for good? Will Rosetta 2 make everything seamless?
Way too many unanswered questions.
People's advice are "Buy what you need now" or "Do you even need that power? Are you even pro?" —
which isn't helpful for people that want to future-proof and have an unpredictable financial situation that goes up & down
I get very attached to my computer. This is still my first & only computer…
I felt the 16" released back in November was only a warm-up for something really big for 2020. I imagined a no-bezels miniLED 14.1" display with a new deca-core i9 CPU, paired with the best AMD GPU on offer and maybe even FaceID and legacy ports?.
I want a portable Mac with a powerhouse GPU…which means one automatically has to step-up to the 16 inch
Then Apple announces the transition to Apple Silicon…which has left me in the dark.
Is it a waste to buy Intel now? Is Bootcamp gone for good? Will Rosetta 2 make everything seamless?
Way too many unanswered questions.
People's advice are "Buy what you need now" or "Do you even need that power? Are you even pro?" —
which isn't helpful for people that want to future-proof and have an unpredictable financial situation that goes up & down
- MacBookPro 7,1 ➜ MacBookPro 17,1
- 13.3-inch, Mid 2010 glossy LCD display ➜ 16-inch, Late 2020 miniLED display
- macOS 10.16 Beta 1 patched ➜ macOS 11 Big Sur
- 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Penryn) ➜ Apple A14 or Intel i9 deca-core, up to 5.3 GHz
- NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB ➜ AMD 5700M 8 GB HBM2
- 8 GB DDR3 ➜ 16 GB DDR4
- 240 GB SSD ➜ 1TB SSD
I get very attached to my computer. This is still my first & only computer…