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

[zarathu]

My m1pro was wonderful....until it was suddenly not. I got into seriuous levels of photo editing with Affinity Photo, and Topaz. Both of these send my 16gb M1Pro in the high levels of yellow or in the red in memory pressure, along with serious amounts of memory swapping from the SSD. I discovered that the program will crash if it approaches 3x the actual RAM memory from swapping the SSD.

And so, I was going to wait but with the uncertain tariff policies, I bought a refurb M4max with 48 gb and 1 tb. I still need to not run anything else when I am running Topaz, but thats really not a problem since the other apps open instantly.

 

[penlost]

Holding out for a 16inch version from the refurb store here in the UK, but only a few for sale at the moment.

 

[zarathu]

Too bad you can’t have it shipped from the USA. Right now, almost everything is available.

 

[penlost]

Too bad you can’t have it shipped from the USA. Right now, almost everything is available.

Typical! I am unsure how often the refurb store gets restocked in the UK. They have a ton of 14 inch models, but only three of the 16inches in a configuration I do not want.

 

[penlost]

Would you believe it, 20 mins after I wrote that comment about 30 16-inch MacBook Pros were added to the UK refurb store. Ordered and received my chosen spec with a nano texture screen so very happy.

 

[steve217]

Must admit the MBP display has been great - even “older” TV content (reliving my youth 🤣) via streaming looks more than acceptable, even for non-HD programmes!

The machine arrived and the display does not disappoint.

 

[penlost]

The machine arrived and the display does not disappoint.

Agreed, I don't think I can ever go back!

 

[dizmonk]

I've gone back and forth on the M4 MBP (standard display) v. M4 MBA v. M4 MBP Nano. After sitting with my back to a window today, I had to cave and go back to the Nano 14... I feel that the Nanotexture is more of a compelling feature than the 120Mhz.

 

[penlost]

Agreed - nanotexture is amazing, although the MBA screen is pretty good for a 60hz. Now if that got a nano screen...