Hi Guys,
I currently have MBP 2015 15" and I think it is time to upgrade (having issues with display ribbon at certain angles, battery needs replacement (I can do that on my own), and still gets warm/hot with typical usage (I have reapplied new liquid thermal paste with mil improvement). My use case is typically 10-20 tabs on safari, Citrix into work for notes, maybe watch videos or movies - no gaming. At best I am get into editing home videos etc but nothing heavy professional by any means. What I want - cool running laptop (this is very important to me) for my use case and that will also at least 6-8 hrs on battery (mine lasts 3-4 max as of now - may be will be better with new battery)
I thought about MBA 15 - similar screen and mostly will do what I need to do and more with base M4 (when it comes out).
However, I want a better screen so I am thinking about MBP16 but the question is:
M3 pro - 12 CPU (6 off +6 per) OR
M4 pro - 14 CPU (4 eff + 10 performance) - advantage latest tech so will give me another 10 years or so use
Having read diff forums including reddit - it seems M3 pro may run cooler due to more eff cores and not engaging performance cores? Need opinion from people who know about this - I have more software knowledge than hardware.
With education discount, and Apple Card, I can get M4 pro 48 2 TB for the same price as discounted M3 pro 2TB.
If needed, I can still squeeze a few more years out of this machine but I also want new macOS
(without modifications LOL)
please help with the decision. Thank you.
I currently have MBP 2015 15" and I think it is time to upgrade (having issues with display ribbon at certain angles, battery needs replacement (I can do that on my own), and still gets warm/hot with typical usage (I have reapplied new liquid thermal paste with mil improvement). My use case is typically 10-20 tabs on safari, Citrix into work for notes, maybe watch videos or movies - no gaming. At best I am get into editing home videos etc but nothing heavy professional by any means. What I want - cool running laptop (this is very important to me) for my use case and that will also at least 6-8 hrs on battery (mine lasts 3-4 max as of now - may be will be better with new battery)
I thought about MBA 15 - similar screen and mostly will do what I need to do and more with base M4 (when it comes out).
However, I want a better screen so I am thinking about MBP16 but the question is:
M3 pro - 12 CPU (6 off +6 per) OR
M4 pro - 14 CPU (4 eff + 10 performance) - advantage latest tech so will give me another 10 years or so use
Having read diff forums including reddit - it seems M3 pro may run cooler due to more eff cores and not engaging performance cores? Need opinion from people who know about this - I have more software knowledge than hardware.
With education discount, and Apple Card, I can get M4 pro 48 2 TB for the same price as discounted M3 pro 2TB.
If needed, I can still squeeze a few more years out of this machine but I also want new macOS
(without modifications LOL)please help with the decision. Thank you.
