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Waiting for 2021 MBP
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Why would you want one? The M1 is an amazing CPU and smokes anything Intel can through at it in a mobile CPU.
I had the same dilemma, my early 2011 13" MBP was dying after 9 years of use and I tried to do some maintenance to it by replacing the thermal paste only to make it far worse!
Cue me buying a replacement 4 days before the M1 announcement and I went for an early 2020 MBA; it was horrendous and no where near a good replacement for me MBP! It was slower than the MBP it replaced, noisy and just not much cop.
I returned it and went M1 within 2 weeks.
I'd say if you get an M1 now you definitely won't regret it, especially as there is always something on the horizon from Apple. I'd be guessing there won't be an update until Q2-3 2021 for the 13" and we'll probably see a 16" maybe late Q1 or early Q2.
Crazy thing about the M1 though. They seem to all be clocked based on the quality of the particular chip. I grabbed the base model MacBook Air M1 (8gb ram and 512Gb) and it was clocked at 3.20ghz. I swapped it out for the MacBook Pro M1 (16gb and 1TB) and it’s clocked at only 3.10 ghz.
Interesting, some sort of performance levelling to a lower baseline to let them use more of a wafer and keep costs low? When you can get performance like this out of mid-binned chips I guess you don't need to set up a system like i5-i7-i9!
Presumably they will at least match the currently available options, so the 13" 4 port refresh (probably 14"?) will have up to 32GB and the new 16" will have up to 64GB. You might well have to wait for WWDC or a summer MacBook Pro event for them though. I like to think they won't leave it right until next November, but that can't be fully discounted either.
If you're really desperate in the meantime, there might be a minor 16" refresh tomorrow which could push the price of refurbed units down a bit, perhaps you could grab one of those to hold you over and then sell it again when the Arm versions release next year?
Cheers, appreciate the reply. I can wait, but only if it's technically possible to get the spec combo I need. I don't want them to pull a "we could only get the battery life the way it is by crippling the memory--sorry!"
I know this wasn't directed to me, but as a person in a similar boat (wanting a newer components for the same price while typing on an external SSD booted 2015 MBP13 lol) I'm expanding what I do in my research (proteomics/bioinformatics/image processing) and it would significantly benefit me (halving processing times if not more) to have more RAM and threads ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I always wonder why people ask this.
Most days for average use I am around 27gb usage. 3D apps, rendering, image editing etc.
I am also on the border of maxing the 8gb ram on my graphics cards too so will be updating that.
so yep, never less than 32gnb ram on a pro laptop machine for me. I have 64gb in my desktop.....
Ugh. I'm still torn about returning my lovely M1 MBP 13" and holding out for the 14".
I've never been so impatient in my life.
(well to be fair, feels like I've been waiting for over a year now)
Coming from a late 2013 MBP with 12 gb left of storage. I just really want the "slightly bigger" screen (AKA less bezels - bezels annoy me)
I've never been so impatient in my life.
(well to be fair, feels like I've been waiting for over a year now)
Coming from a late 2013 MBP with 12 gb left of storage. I just really want the "slightly bigger" screen (AKA less bezels - bezels annoy me)
Most people use computers for web browsing, watching videos and emails though. I myself mainly do this but with a bit of video editing in iMovie and FCP too along with a bit of image editing too.
I get by fine with 8Gb on my MBA and got on reasonably well with 4Gb on my old MBP (running 10.13).
I am aware of this but that is using a computer for personal use not productivity.
8gb is fine for most people on basic computer uses.
tbh I am very jealous of all the people who can do their work on a 13” laptop. I need multiple devices and all top end specs.
To tie this back to the initial question that lured me out of lurking:
I think many of us are actually quite in agreement that most are fine with MBPs even if some do need higher specs/x86 software 'cause it's so specialized, but that also means that MBPs would become misnomers if they don't allow choices for higher specs--which was the original issue.
I'm like meh no thanks at the thought of options not being avail for my line of work. If I want browsing and light editing, I'd opt for an MBA (incredible for its class/designed use) any day.
If Apple wants to appeal to "pros" by tagging a "pro", to showcase prowess, while not all "pros" need high spec hardwares, they should at least provide options. Otherwise I'm only picking up "ehh, but not you guys though lol" vibes from them
I think many of us are actually quite in agreement that most are fine with MBPs even if some do need higher specs/x86 software 'cause it's so specialized, but that also means that MBPs would become misnomers if they don't allow choices for higher specs--which was the original issue.
I'm like meh no thanks at the thought of options not being avail for my line of work. If I want browsing and light editing, I'd opt for an MBA (incredible for its class/designed use) any day.
If Apple wants to appeal to "pros" by tagging a "pro", to showcase prowess, while not all "pros" need high spec hardwares, they should at least provide options. Otherwise I'm only picking up "ehh, but not you guys though lol" vibes from them
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I just want a 14" MacBook Pro with small bezels and a promotion screen, is that too much to ask? I think we will get the 14" screen but promotion on a Mac is still years away 
Both the new MacBook Pros and iPad Pros are meant to be using the same mini LED technology, so it’s safe to assume it supports high refresh. Now Apple are 100% in control of the Silicon supporting it is also completely in their hands so I don’t see any reason to think they won’t bring it with the upcoming redesign?I just want a 14" MacBook Pro with small bezels and a promotion screen, is that too much to ask? I think we will get the 14" screen but promotion on a Mac is still years away
My mid 2017 MBP 16 only has 16 gb, and it poops out when I'm running SAS, google chrome, adobe acrobat, Microsoft word, excel, and Adobe illustrator simultaneously. There are times when I also need to run Microsoft Visio which is only available on Windows, and the 16 gb ram can't handle the workload.
Doesn't matter how fast it is if it can't run any of the software I use even via Rosetta 2.
At this point I wish Apple would tell us what the heck is going on, and give us some transparency. It's been over a year since a new iteration of the MBP 16 inch, and the current model is a core i9. I need to upgrade.
Are we getting Tiger Lake-H or an Apple SoC?
I wonder which will be ready first, an Intel based 8 core Tiger Lake-H or an Apple SoC based MBP 16 inch?
Are we getting Tiger Lake-H or an Apple SoC?
I wonder which will be ready first, an Intel based 8 core Tiger Lake-H or an Apple SoC based MBP 16 inch?
For real this is some bs, I think Im gonna cave and get a 5600m mac after the holidays at this point....