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I looked up historical rates, and on October 30, 1 Euro = 1.0864 USD. Today, March 7, 1 Euro = 1.0840 USD.
So it's basically unchanged. Hmmm...
Maybe they finalized the pricing back in September and February respectively, 1 month before.
Back on Sept. 28, 1 Euro was 1.1117 USD, and on February. 3, 1 Euro was 1.0247 USD. That means in that period, the Euro dropped 8% in value.
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Prices change either never in the Mac's life cycle, or else maybe once. They don't periodically change over the course of the life cycle.
Traded in my 16" M2 Pro (16gb/1tb - $1,020 trade in value) for a 16" M4 Max (36gb/1tb). Is the difference night and day for my tasks? Nope. Battery life is slightly lower than the M2 Pro. With the trade in, did I pay the equivalent of an M4 Pro with similar specs? Yes. Now I have a rather powerful laptop that can handle more than two external displays, which was the kicker for my new work responsibilities, and will last me for years. Next purchase for me from Apple? Idk, probably an Apple TV 4K or a redesigned Magic Mouse rumored for 2026.
Sold my 16" M3 Max, 64GB ram, 2 TB storage and got a 16" M4 Max, 128GB and 4TB storage. Now looking for a display. Decided to get a Studio Display since it was $450 off
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Picked up a 14" MBP Nano Texture, 24gb and 1TB SSD. Wow, what a lovely display -- glad I opted for the nano texture.
Picking up 14" MBP 16gb 1TB SSD tomorrow, John Lewis is currently offering 10% off, price matching Amazon but prefer John Lewis for pick up.
Just an FYI. Microcenter has 15% off on all Macs in stock all the time. I usually buy from them. They have the 128GB/4TB M4Max 16 inch MacBook pro $900 off right now.
New MBP 2024 14" 2TB and M4 Max (Expect this to be a 10 year system for photo work, print, editing etc)
2 New Apple 5K Studio Monitors
Other accessories (Ivanky TB5 FusionDock Pro 3 Dock, TB5 Cables, Etc)
Have some more cable management to do and looking for some prices to go down on TB5 External SSD's
VERY happy so far. Old system was a 12 year old iMac... It was time.
2 New Apple 5K Studio Monitors
Other accessories (Ivanky TB5 FusionDock Pro 3 Dock, TB5 Cables, Etc)
Have some more cable management to do and looking for some prices to go down on TB5 External SSD's
VERY happy so far. Old system was a 12 year old iMac... It was time.
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really? my MBP'15 works just fine with 9-10 apps opening at one time...
On a different note, as I need more power to do simulation, I wonder anyone in the statistics/data field bought an MBP M4 with 128GB memory? (how does it perform?)
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I got a 14in MBP M4Pro 24GB/512GB from Microcenter, for $100 cheaper than Amazon's sale, and cheaper than getting a new 15in MBA with 24GB that I had my eye on. Hoping this will last me for what I do, for a few years. It seems they are offering the best deals currently.
My base 14" M4 MBP arrives tomorrow. Bought it on sale from B&H for $1399. My son-in-law will inherit my faithful M1 Mini. Can't wait!
My m1Pro had a freak accident and fell off the couch. No big deal I thought. And then I realized the edge of the screen had hit the edge of the power brick, bending the screen assembly so it won’t close, and causing spidery cracks at the bottom. $800 repair. waste of money since you can buy my exact model from Best Buy for $999 with a new battery instead of the 82% battery I have now($615 to put in a new battery). So I bought a refurb Space Black, 16 inch M4max, 16/40, 48gb, 1Tb. It should be between 2-5 times faster on my Photo work than before and have all the other features of a new machine. I’m currently always in the yellow or red or memory pressure on my 16gb m1pro. I rarely have a photo edit that does not use 20 gb. I am constantly moving out photos and vids in an external HD to keep from overloading the 512 gb SSD. Should be way more convenient. I think a 2TB Thunderbolt 5 SSD is in my future.
But if I had not had the accident, I probably would have kept using the m1Pro.
But if I had not had the accident, I probably would have kept using the m1Pro.
My oldie Mid 2014 MBP 13" Retina ran its course.. I ran out and got a MBP 16" M4Pro, 24G Ram, 14CPU/20GPU, 512GB Storage. This thing is a monster!!
I was planning on upgrading my m1pro 16 gb, 512 gb in the late spring or the early fall with a refurb of something. In my photo work I am always in the yellow memory-wise, and always transferring photos to slow HDD back up.
But with 46% tariffs on China, new machines are going to jump in price from their already out of control prices, and refurbs are going to evaporate. I need 48 gb ram, I need 1 tb, and I need a wide memory bandwidth because Affinity Photo uses Open CL to the limit. So I bought the top of the line M4max, 48 gb, 1 tb, 546 gb/s memory bandwidth refurb. They won’t be there long.
But with 46% tariffs on China, new machines are going to jump in price from their already out of control prices, and refurbs are going to evaporate. I need 48 gb ram, I need 1 tb, and I need a wide memory bandwidth because Affinity Photo uses Open CL to the limit. So I bought the top of the line M4max, 48 gb, 1 tb, 546 gb/s memory bandwidth refurb. They won’t be there long.
Based on the markets today, your prediction may be right. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone (esp. those people imposing the tariffs) knows exactly what kind of economic damage they will do.
I didn't need the top-of-the-line refurb but I've been very impressed with the M4. I grabbed a 16gb/1tb nanotextured screen which I'm assuming will last me quite a few years. I'm very excited (esp. with the erratic economic environment).
When I bought my M1Pro with the 16 gb, 512, I was fine. But then I started taking macro photography and printing my photographs to 13 x 19 for shows. And, I started using original full frame 45 mp images. And I started using Affinity Photo for 200 photo focus merging, and Topaz Photo AI for sharpening, enlarging and denoising. And then I discovered that my mac was using anywhere from 18-35 gb to process each image. I discovered that Affinity uses a maxed out Open CL(using CPU, GPU, and NFP all at once). Suddenly I was drawing 20 GB RAM from the SSD and maxing out the memory bandwidth. My software was now generating 500-700 mb size photographs causing me to transfer too many to my slow (90 mb/s HDD storage).
Thus the need for not just processing power, but RAM to back up the processing, and memory bandwith to maximize Affinity Photo, as well as reducing constant transfers. It will also entail my getting a small 1TB 2 gb/s SSD for storage of my macro and closeup photos.