M1 Max use

[roach1245]

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[cwwilson]

I still adore my 2015 15" MBP, just paid Apple $300 to put a new battery in a couple months ago and it's running pretty good on Big Sur I can't imagine how amazing it must be to have a fully loaded M1 Max 16" what a beast!

 

[roach1245]

I still adore my 2015 15" MBP, just paid Apple $300 to put a new battery in a couple months ago and it's running pretty good on Big Sur I can't imagine how amazing it must be to have a fully loaded M1 Max 16" what a beast!

What an amazing device the 2015 MBP is. Trading it in was actually painful since it served me so well over the years (with so many colleagues with newer Macbook Pros looking at me jealously with my non-butterfly keyboard, let alone colleagues with unstable low-resolution Windows laptops from Dell and Lenovo). The 2015 MBP was such a highlight of Apple, I think only the new M1s can be called its worthy successor, let's forget about the years in-between!

 

[Xiao_Xi]

I mostly work with Python, and sometimes R and STATA, and almost all libraries that I use often run natively on the M1 now.

Does Dask work?

 

[roach1245]

Does Dask work?

It does indeed.

 

[ssmed]

I have the 14 with 64GB RAM - it is pretty good. I wanted something I could haul about easily. Definitely a good choice. Some of the students have been rocking up with the same – hate to think what their loans are like!

 

[roach1245]

I have the 14 with 64GB RAM - it is pretty good. I wanted something I could haul about easily. Definitely a good choice. Some of the students have been rocking up with the same – hate to think what their loans are like!

Yeah I've seen quite some students as well with it! Must be quite high loans. I don't think I needed this power when I was a student - if I were a student nowadays I'd probably go for the M1 Air. Also see a lot of students with iPads nowadays to take notes.

 

[cwwilson]

Yeah I've seen quite some students as well with it! Must be quite high loans. I don't think I needed this power when I was a student - if I were a student nowadays I'd probably go for the M1 Air. Also see a lot of students with iPads nowadays to take notes.

The M1 Air is really good, I have been addicted to mine since I bought it, it’s just so fun to use! I don’t even hardly use my iPad anymore that’s how amazing it is. I think most people, unless there is a true need for maximum horsepower, could get by for years with one of these no problem.