Those of you who bought M2 MacBook Pro earlier this year, do you feel let down by Apple, considering they released M3 MBP’s so quickly after M2 with noticable performance gains? I don’t think it’s a big deal if M2 performance is enough for you, because after all, there will ne a new chip every year or so. But Apple did release this almost immidiatly after M2 MBP so I can see some people being annoyed by that. What do you think about Apple’s inconsisrent release schedule?
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M2 MBP owners do you feel let down by Apple?
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A little bit, it's fairly unprecented for two processor bumps like that in one year.. but not enough that I'm about to try and get rid of machine and trade up.
I don't own one, but I can def see the pain... But we have complained about apple not upgrading processors etc quick enough for the last decade.. this is one of the downsides of them doing so..
Unless your M2 has mysteriously stopped working, I fail to understand why you would feel ‘let down’.
Obviously, unless they had an urgent need to purchase an M2 at the time, a good proportion of buyers would have waited for M3 had they known it was coming so soon, and in the case of the M3 Max, offered such a big upgrade.
For many people, these purchases involve a lot of saving, and only happen once every 5-10 years, so timing the cycle to get “best bang for your buck” is a real consideration.
Those who bought an M2 may have to live with it until 2030, whereas they could have started their ownership with a better machine. Psychologically, that’s a much better feeling for many people.
This is a pet peeve of mine. Does your computer magically suck now? The one you were so excited about and worked a charm just a few weeks or months ago? My M1Max and M2Pro are still wonderful machines and slightly overpowered for the tasks I set them (okay, I should have got the M2Pro with 32GB RAM but it’s fine). I look forward to replacing them as required and being absolutely blown away by the improvements. In several generations from now, when elements I find insufficient are addressed (or elements which were sufficient become laggy)…
You can drive yourself insane thinking like that! There’s always something better around the corner.
of course, but anyone would be at least a little disappointed at missing and opportunity to buy any commodity at the optimum time.
Like buying an item at full price, just before a snap sale takes place, or buying stocks or currency a day before the price becomes more favourable. Everyone wants to get a good deal, and feels some regret at their own timing if they miss out.
I made the “right choice” buying an M1 Max just after launch, but made the “wrong choice” getting an upgraded 2019 MBP16 that wasn’t a great success, and lost a lot value at resale as soon as Apple Silicon was released. You win some, you lose some, but everyone prefers to win!
The fact that M2 wasn't 3nm should've sent alarm bells ringing that this was a possibility. it was a stopgap
That said the M2 generation (and M1) are still very good.
That said the M2 generation (and M1) are still very good.
M2 was a bad upgrade:
1. Was basically an overclocked M1 which ran hotter
2. Just a spec bump, no redesign like what we got with the 16" M1 Max MacBook Pro
3. Got replaced in less than a year.
1. Was basically an overclocked M1 which ran hotter
2. Just a spec bump, no redesign like what we got with the 16" M1 Max MacBook Pro
3. Got replaced in less than a year.
Nope. Bought an M2 Pro MBP with 16Gb/512Gb. It's overpowered for what I use it for. If I traded it in on the same spec - Space Black - I'd have to pay an extra $500 for what amounts for a color change and a few percentages of CPU speed.
I bought two MBP M2 Pros in September to use at an event. Do I wish I could exchange for the M3? Yes. Will the M3 better the machine for my use? Not necessarily.
Do I fault Apple for releasing a product once it’s ready? Not at all.
Release once market ready. Period. My problem with Apple is that, lately, they’ve been releasing products before they’re market ready and that they’ve switched priorities from making great products to making more profits.
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Upgrading from an M2 Pro to an M3 Pro is more than a color change and a few % CPU speed. You get likely longer battery life, better thermals, Dynamic Caching, Hardware based Ray tracing/mesh shadowing, 2 extra GB of RAM, and possibly better SSD speeds.
The first few years of the Intel MacBooks they would do spec bumps all the time. If you look, a lot of MacBook models say early, mid and late. I just got a new MacBook Pro about 3 months ago, I would be more upset if the performance boost were more substantial but it really does not seem much better than the M2 Pro.
Let down because Apple released a newer model and some here can’t claim to own the latest and greatest? Absurd notion.
I'm reminded of the last PPC version of the iMac - the one that was the first to have a built in webcam. Think it came out only a few weeks before Jobs announced the switch to intel and the subsequent release of an intel iMac.
It's always gone on.
It's always gone on.
The switch to Intel had been known for months at that point.
The iSight model wasn't on sale for very long though, no. Launched October, was replaced in January with the Intel model.
Nope. My old computer was hanging on by barely a thread and it was impeding my ability to work which impedes my ability to pay the bills. And I got the M2 pro refurbished which can't be done with an M3 pro yet. Shame to miss out on the space black, but I'd be envious of a full redesign. This feels spec bump and entice with colour.
Nope. The M3 Pro chip is only 6% better than M2 Pro at most, and in some ways it's worse. Other than that, the only changes are space black and 100 nits brighter screen. I got mine refurbished, so an upgrade would definitely not be worth the extra money. Also, I'm waiting for the next redesign before I get another one.
I'm really hurting looking at the Cinebench score.
- M1 Max: 4702pts
- M2 Max: 6211pts (31% increase)
- M3 Max: 13,328pts (114% increase)
I fondly remember the PPC and early Intel days when Macs used to get two or three upgrades in a year. Yearly upgrades certainly beat the late Intel era when a CPU generation could linger around for years without being upgraded.
Did the M2 get slower when the M3 was released? Or why exactly should people feel let down? Apple like all other companies will keep selling new products. And all customers should wait to buy if they can wait, otherwise buy when they need it.