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The "I just ordered / bought / got my new/refurb MBP" thread [Merged]

RRF985

RRF985

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Mar 14, 2013
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Decided to order a 16” M4 Max 48GB 2TB. Going to be real overkill for me but my 2019 was a top spec as well. I’m hoping for a better experience with this MBP than my current one.
 
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lsara

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Apr 14, 2015
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Upgrading from my M1 Pro 10/16/16GB/1TB. The storage isn't being utilized and I have 2TB of iCloud storage and can always grab an SSD if I need for some reason. I'd been waiting for a bigger jump than I saw with the M2/M3 and the nano texture here plus trade in value made it worth it for me. Oh, and I can get AppleCare+ on this. I had missed the chance on the M1 Pro which at the age of it now, made me a bit nervous.

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Postal

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Melbourne Park said:
A refurb 14" M3 would cost you more in that specification!

I reckon the extra $250 for an extra 8 GB RAM would have had you thinking over and over ... and while the upgrade to 1 TB cost the same amount, and despite Thunderbolt 5 - 1 TB will keep it going for a lot longer. IMO the $250 for 8 GB extra is worth it too but in percentage terms for the cost of the whole machine, $250 for 8 GB seems a lot more. But some RAM ie 16 GB of Spectrum D50 5000 MHz Ram retails for $759 or $US375 for an 8 GB sim but can be bought for $560 on specials).But that is still under what Apple is asking ... People say the AI component will take 8 GB - who knows, maybe more as time goes forward - so if its not switched off, then its really 16 GB of RAM. If Apple one day make it a permanent part of the OS, then suddenly us users may find we don't have enough RAM, and our Macs will virtualise and suddenly slow down a lot? Just suggesting to think hard about the extra bit of RAM!
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I can't help but think Apple knows there's a contingent of us who are thinking "but what if 16GB won't actually be enough in the long term?" and buy the 24GB model out of nervousness. And that partly played into it... but I also realized that nearly all my Mac purchases over the years have been on systems that were skirting the "good enough" territory (8GB of RAM was good in 2015, merely okay in 2019). I'm tired of that — I want something with some headroom again.

The 1TB storage was mandatory, I'll say that. I have about 600GB used, and I don't want to be plugging in an external SSD if I can at all avoid it.
 
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Quackington

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Aug 12, 2010
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awsom82 said:
Exactly 7 years ago, in November, I’m ordered a few MacBooks 12”. One base model, and one maxed out for all options. They still in use, but they aged. Batteries is almost dead. I have defective one in first months of use, won’t service it in time – but it still works.

Intel mobile chips were designed for netbooks and low power devices. But I do a lot of work on that little gems.

That machines work for any bucks, any cents. They take me more than what they was designed for. Basic ML loads for learning, a lot of coding thou thousands of lines of code which brings to life one of the impressive p2p money transferring services in the world. (Sadly it was shuttered down in February, due to one situation in the world).

Today I ordered a two MBP14, one basic M4 with Nano, for office work and gaming, and one M4 Pro with Nano for a massive ML workloads, coding and RAW 12bit Cinema DNG video editing.
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I would’ve bought the MB 12” at the time it was out had it not been for that awful keyboard. I like small laptops. Still have my 2011 11” MBA but it chugs. Mainly use the last 13” Intel MBP before the M1 launched.
 
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ArmpitoftheGian

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Apr 19, 2010
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Ordered on release date through my corporate account, delivery is end of the month. Anyone with custom configs have earlier delivery dates?

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plantoschka

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Apr 23, 2015
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Mine has just been shipped. Really early but it says delivery by Nov 14th. According to DHL Express its coming from China.

M4 Pro 14 Cores, 1TB, 48GB, Silver

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hololoy112

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Feb 2, 2012
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just shipped Nov 25 delivery updated to 14th. UPS estimates Nov11 Delivery.
 

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Mine just shipped and it says “Arriving Soon Nov 12”. I hope I get it on launch day 🥲

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AdmiralKirk

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Sep 9, 2022
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I’ve just purchased my first Mac in 15 years!

I got the 2009 MacBook Pro 15 and it finally ended up on the scrap heap in 2018.

Around 2012 I had to buy a windows pc for work because of some windows specific case management software, and have been a frustrated windows user since.

Now thanks to everything being mostly web based I can fully switch back to Mac after forced time away!

I’m really excited, windows laptops sound like jet engines and arm power, silence, battery life, and responsiveness blows them out of the water.

So I’ve gone for what I hope is a top enough spec to last me another 7 years 🤞🏻
 

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Pointer

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Jun 19, 2007
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Ordered a 14inch M4 Pro base model. I am upgrading from a 13inch 2017 MP i5 2.3ghz. I am super excited!! Arriving Friday.
 
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LogicalApex

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I have transitioned to preparing to ship. Looks like Apple is moving pretty quickly as I would expect to get it on launch day or quickly after now that it is being placed into the delivery stream.
 
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menizzi

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Nov 5, 2015
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16-inch Liquid Retina XDR display²
Standard display
Apple M4 Max chip with 16‑core CPU, 40‑core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine
48GB unified memory
2TB SSD storage

Wonder how much better this is over my 14inch m2.

I want the 16inch the most
 
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