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The "I just ordered / bought / got my new/refurb MBP" thread [Merged]
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It’s the 12th and I just got a message saying it’s ready for pickup.
After going missing on Friday my new MBP arrived today. Very happy with it so far, setting up as new so will take some time
Very happy with my new M4 Pro 14” which arrived yesterday. A lot lighter (and obviously faster) than my Intel 16”, but the big revelation for me is the ProMotion - I don’t have that on any other of my devices.
The keyboard isn’t as good, more noisy and cheaper feeling than my Intel, but adequate. The trackpad is better, however, more responsive, though maybe that’s in part due to the speed bump. Great screen, good speakers, and super fast.
Saved a couple of hundred quid via Amazon, though had hassle getting the correct warranty date applied, so I’ll put the savings towards Applecare so I’m not reliant on Amazon support.
The keyboard isn’t as good, more noisy and cheaper feeling than my Intel, but adequate. The trackpad is better, however, more responsive, though maybe that’s in part due to the speed bump. Great screen, good speakers, and super fast.
Saved a couple of hundred quid via Amazon, though had hassle getting the correct warranty date applied, so I’ll put the savings towards Applecare so I’m not reliant on Amazon support.
Just got my new M4 Pro 14" as well. I had a 15" M2 Air and decided it was a bit too big for my use case (I travel a lot) so I swapped it. Went back to the classic silver and really enjoying it so far.
ProMotion is game changing. It's really hard to use devices without it once you're used to it.
Just bought a 14" Macbook Pro 24/512 M4Pro.
Paid $1580+tax for a Best Buy open box that had one of the bottom seals opened and the other one still intact (meaning it hadn't actually been opened). Was still in the wrapper and no battery cycles.
Had previously purchased a M3 13" Air 24/512 over Black Friday but returned it for the M4Pro because the deal was to good to pass up for a couple hundred dollars more.
Paid $1580+tax for a Best Buy open box that had one of the bottom seals opened and the other one still intact (meaning it hadn't actually been opened). Was still in the wrapper and no battery cycles.
Had previously purchased a M3 13" Air 24/512 over Black Friday but returned it for the M4Pro because the deal was to good to pass up for a couple hundred dollars more.
Ordered the 14” MBP M4 Pro 48/1tb. Had to do overpriced upgrades due to Lightroom being a pig. Paid $2360. Ordered 12/15, shipped today, should be arriving sometime between 12/27/24 and 1/2/25. Not normally a laptop person but needed for work and downstairs. The 2018 mac mini is still cranking upstairs running Calibre, SecuritySpy, and some hard drives for storage. My son has a 14” M1 and it fits in my backpack well and only weighs about 3 ounces more than my ipad 12.9 M2 with magic keyboard/case. I kind of can’t wait even though I’m not a laptop person.
Ordered 16” MBP with M4 Pro, nano texture display and 48GB memory yesterday. Arrives 3 - 6 Jan.
I recently (four days ago) got the new M4 Pro 14" (24/512) and I must say, coming from an early 2015 13-inch MBP, that I feel like I've just stepped into the future. It feels so snappy and responsive (partly due to the display with a higher refresh rate) and I still can't fathom being able to open more than two apps without the whole system slowing down to a crawl.
I loved my 2015 retina MBP 13 with the full suite of ports. Interestingly, the new 14-inch MBP weighs the same as the old 2015 13-inch.
Just purchased a 14 inch m4 pro! I got the nano texture version which put the delivery date 2 weeks out from the glossy screen version (which would’ve been delivered in two days). Does anyone have experience with ordering nano texture and Apple sending it quicker than the two weeks? lol, I just really want it badly!
I just received my M4 Pro 14-inch with nano-texture display earlier this week. I ordered on January 2nd with an initial delivery date of Jan 15-17, but it actually arrived January 13th. Tracking mentioned some severe weather in Zhengzhou, China for several days so it's possible it could've arrived sooner. In the meantime, keep watching YouTube reviews of the M4 Pro and nano-texture display, lol. Enjoy your new MacBook Pro!
A tip that Apple's logistics team may not even fully understand. If you get an estimated shipping date 2-3 weeks out, see if there's another way to arrive at that configuration. For example, I just noticed that if you start with the binned M4 Pro chip, the shipping date is 2-3 weeks out for both that chip and the unbinned chip. But if you start with the unbinned M4 Pro chip (assuming that's the one you want as the binned chip doesn't get listed when you start with a higher end chip), your MacBook Pro will ship immediately.
I recently replaced my M2 Max 14" MBP (32GB/1TB SSD) with an M4 Pro 14" (48GB RAM/2TB SSD/Nano Texture display). With my use case, I benefit from the additional RAM and storage more than the additional cores offered by M4 Max. I'm still getting roughly a 50% performance boost on M4 Pro over M2 Max, so I don't feel like I sacrificed anything to get this configuration. The nano texture display is great in all lighting environments, and I feel that's it's easier on the eyes than the non-textured variant.
I know this is old but wow, massive upgrade sir! Hope it’s working out for ya.