14“ and 16” are likely to be updated Oct / Nov with M2 variants. Probably little else will change.
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Nope, that is definitely not going to happen. Following the logical timeline the updated for M2 may come early next year but no way before that. It is just impractical.
I pulled the trigger and got a new base model 14" MBP on one of the recent sales. I'm replacing a 15" cMBP from 2012, the last of the upgradable ones(16G RAM and 2TB storage). I have PCs for other stuff, but this cMBP has been sitting on a stand and hooked up to external monitors. Been using this computer for almost a decade.
My main project is to take all eight of my various iPhoto/Photos libraries, find the superset of photos and consolidate them into a "final form" Photos library. Then step two is to find all duplicate photos as well. So a two step home programming project AND a new MBP? My lucky day!
My main project is to take all eight of my various iPhoto/Photos libraries, find the superset of photos and consolidate them into a "final form" Photos library. Then step two is to find all duplicate photos as well. So a two step home programming project AND a new MBP? My lucky day!
I believe you won't regret it.
What's up with -> "Tim Cook's
doesn't really want me as a customer any more 
"I see you still buying Apple hehe
Apple is a technology company. And like any technology company, they will always be developing newer product- whether it is faster, cheaper, better, more expensive, lighter, heavier, purple, whatever.
Apple is also one of the worst at violating a cardinal rule of technology companies: Do not preannounce said product. If you can't ship it, do not announce it. What happens if you *do*, is you commit fratricide-by-vaporware. Those people who want to be always on the bleeding edge will stop buying the existing product in anticipation of the newer shinier newer somehow-better new product, and it ain't there yet...
I worked for Sun Microsystems for many years, and we cut our own throats in that manner more times than I can count. I'd say that that was one of the primary reasons the company was sponged up by Oracle, and essentially no longer exists.
So the question to be answered by any prospective Macbook buyer is simply this: am I buying a mere productivity tool, or is it important enough to me to be on the bleeding edge to absorb the risks, whether they be of delays, missed performance targets, or whatnot? The answer to that question will be different for every prospective buyer.
I very recently bought a 14" M1 Macbook Pro, knowing full well that it was not the bleeding edge, and would eventually be replaced. I needed it today as a tool, and it is very capable of doing what I need. I don't need to be an early adopter of anything at this point in my life and career. You can see from my signature that I'm partial to old iron, in any case. But your mileage may vary, and that is as it should be: everyone wants something different for their hard-earned cash.
Apple is also one of the worst at violating a cardinal rule of technology companies: Do not preannounce said product. If you can't ship it, do not announce it. What happens if you *do*, is you commit fratricide-by-vaporware. Those people who want to be always on the bleeding edge will stop buying the existing product in anticipation of the newer shinier newer somehow-better new product, and it ain't there yet...
I worked for Sun Microsystems for many years, and we cut our own throats in that manner more times than I can count. I'd say that that was one of the primary reasons the company was sponged up by Oracle, and essentially no longer exists.
So the question to be answered by any prospective Macbook buyer is simply this: am I buying a mere productivity tool, or is it important enough to me to be on the bleeding edge to absorb the risks, whether they be of delays, missed performance targets, or whatnot? The answer to that question will be different for every prospective buyer.
I very recently bought a 14" M1 Macbook Pro, knowing full well that it was not the bleeding edge, and would eventually be replaced. I needed it today as a tool, and it is very capable of doing what I need. I don't need to be an early adopter of anything at this point in my life and career. You can see from my signature that I'm partial to old iron, in any case. But your mileage may vary, and that is as it should be: everyone wants something different for their hard-earned cash.
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Yeah, time to make an update. But as you can tell from my post, I held out hope with the self-upgradable MBP for as long as I could - 10 years.I believe you won't regret it.
What's up with -> "Tim Cook's
I see you still buying Apple hehe
The new ones are self-upgradable. You can upgrade them at time of purchase...yourself. 🤣
Yeah I get you mate. I used to love Alienwares...and actually switched to MacBook because of that limitation. I hope self-upgradable MBP's make a come back...uhh someday
haha good one. I wish they allowed picking non apple components then haha won't end up paying $400 for 16GB extra memory. The thing costed me over $4500 in my country with student discount and not even top of the line model.
Yooohooo! MBP 14 just got shipped. Original date of delivery was 4th of August to 14th of August and now I will probably get it by 14th of July.
I guess a lot of people cancelled their order after new M2 announcement that pushed me up in the queue?
I guess a lot of people cancelled their order after new M2 announcement that pushed me up in the queue?
Hi, I have kind of a strange issue here…
For my whole life i used Windows Pcs and laptops. And when last year the reviews for the new Apple silicon where spectacular, I decided that my next laptop will be a macbook (since I have an iPhone). And that happend. Yesterday, i bought the M1 13” Macbook Pro. Firstly, i decided to buy an Air, because I dont wanted to buy the most expensive option, but since in my country the difference between the Air and the Pro now is 50 bucks, i went with the pro model. And i don’t know why, but I kinda regret it. (I still use windows on my desktop) The performance really is great, but the fact that less than 1/10 of the games on Steam are playable on that machine (yes, i didn’t realise it beforehand, dont judge me), im very used to commands on windows like alt+ tab, alt+f4, shift+alt, and the last but very, very annoying thing - the Apple way do things - and more exactly the fact that when you start an app, it is not “zoomed” (as Apple says) but minimized in the center of the screen and they decided to put a full screen button (talking about the green button on the upper left) instead of “zoom to screen” button. Very annoying…
I know i am kinda exaggerating the things a lil bit and my reply is long but can someone tell me if they had the same issue and also how they overgrew it because i dont want to end up selling it…
Thanks🙂
For my whole life i used Windows Pcs and laptops. And when last year the reviews for the new Apple silicon where spectacular, I decided that my next laptop will be a macbook (since I have an iPhone). And that happend. Yesterday, i bought the M1 13” Macbook Pro. Firstly, i decided to buy an Air, because I dont wanted to buy the most expensive option, but since in my country the difference between the Air and the Pro now is 50 bucks, i went with the pro model. And i don’t know why, but I kinda regret it. (I still use windows on my desktop) The performance really is great, but the fact that less than 1/10 of the games on Steam are playable on that machine (yes, i didn’t realise it beforehand, dont judge me), im very used to commands on windows like alt+ tab, alt+f4, shift+alt, and the last but very, very annoying thing - the Apple way do things - and more exactly the fact that when you start an app, it is not “zoomed” (as Apple says) but minimized in the center of the screen and they decided to put a full screen button (talking about the green button on the upper left) instead of “zoom to screen” button. Very annoying…
I know i am kinda exaggerating the things a lil bit and my reply is long but can someone tell me if they had the same issue and also how they overgrew it because i dont want to end up selling it…
Thanks🙂
You can double click on different windows to have the maximize/minimize window effect. But yeah overall, macOS is different than Windows. I have been a Windows user all my life but now I prefer macOS. Can't really say that you will get used to it since you are still using Windows on desktop. Fact is though, if you keep using macOS, you will get used to it but whether you will be comfortable is a completely different thing. You need figure that out on your own. Use it for a couple of months and see if you adapt else I guess macOS isn't for you.
Shipped this morning! Estimate delivery, Friday July 15, ordered June 3.
Mine shipped. Ordered mid-May, was expected next month. Comes next week.
OMG, just got my new mbp 14" (32mb, 8core)and the screen is amazing. I had a 2020 i7 mbp, so not an old one at all, but the difference is HUGE. In films and videos the blacks are gorgeous, the brights are so bright. Watching some HDR content on Youtube is just glorious. So funny to see whites brighter than the white of the web page. I love it.
What else should I check out?!
I'll be connecting it to my Studio display but I suppose not as often as I thought as this screen is just too gorgeous to keep in clamshell mode....
What else should I check out?!
I'll be connecting it to my Studio display but I suppose not as often as I thought as this screen is just too gorgeous to keep in clamshell mode....
Ordered 14 M1 Pro 8 core pro 16GB 1tb with Apple Care+ on 7/11 and expected to arrive at local store on 8/2. It’s my first Mac.
For my order above, expected delivery date still the same.
Anybody with a similar spec any different?