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13'' M1 Macbook Pro vs 13'' Intel 10th Gen Macbook Pro

andrefranchini

andrefranchini

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What would be a better choice now? In terms of current performance and also considering 5 years from now with the new versions of Mac OS. Would the M1 be a more reasonable choice?

13-inch MacBook Pro (Intel)

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13-inch MacBook Pro (M1)

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For me (without seeing any benchmarks etc) the only real decider would be if you needed 4 thunderbolt ports vs the 2x on the M1 mac.

I'm interested to see the comparison between these two as i currently have a 2020 Intel pro as pictured in your screenshot and would like to make a jump to M1.
 
Interesting that the M1 is $100 cheaper. I am assuming the M1 is a processor that is cheaper to produce??
Currently, I have a 2020 13” MBP which I love. I will be waiting to see how the M1 stacks up and how quickly the vendors get apps up and running on it. I depend heavily on Adobe apps and they can be finicky on the best of days. I will wait and let others be the pioneers then glean from their experiences.
 
I’m going with the m1 air simply due to battery life alone, intel chips just gets too hot IMO and the only thing I’m losing out on is parrellel which I have Delegated to my desktop
 
I still like the 10 generation as you can run Windows natively as well as support for eGPU. I would wait 2 years to jump onto the M1 as first generation will always need kinks to be ironed out. And there will be issues.
 
andrefranchini said:
What would be a better choice now? In terms of current performance and also considering 5 years from now with the new versions of Mac OS. Would the M1 be a more reasonable choice?

13-inch MacBook Pro (Intel)

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13-inch MacBook Pro (M1)

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Depends on what you will run on the laptop. If only office applications, iMovie stuff and surfing then go for the M1. If you are a power user, coding, movie editing, renderings, gaming, etc... then Intel is a better choice. Either way, I would wait till real world benchmarks and reviews are released before deciding.
 
FYI, even with WIFI 6, current M1 Mac may be slower wifi as it appears to be the same design as last year (I'm sure someone will confirm that here) and it has 2x2 instead of the 3x3 of the 4 port model. No suggestion on which one to get just some extra info for your comparison.


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The M1 MacBook Pro only supports one external screen versus two for the intel MacBook Pro.
 
I think the M1 MacBook Pro is a very good "consumer" non pro laptop. Anyone that just wants to lounge around and do some web browsing and light photo/video editing. It would be a nice machine for work as well if you use strictly Citrix for remote work.
 
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I've needed a new computer for awhile and wanted to wait for the Apple Silicon Macs, but bought the Intel model above slightly used for $1400. I need 16GB RAM and the 512GB hard drive. I use Creative Cloud daily and just couldn't wait any longer. After seeing what Apple released, I'm relieved and feel I made the right decision. I'll be ready to upgrade in a few years when the 14" is out, and perhaps, maybe, it comes with a touch screen? (Probably not, but with iOS apps on the Mac, I can now see it happening.) We'll be on M2 or 3 or 4 by that time and Adobe will have released native apps.
 
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Personally I’d go with the Intel machine as it would support all the software I need from day 1.

The M1 MBP is a glorified Facebook machine until all the major software vendors release ARM supported versions.
 
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I'm stuck trying to decide between the same 2 computers as you. I don't care about the 2 extra Thunderbolt ports. Would love the instant on and longer battery life. I run my business on my laptop but I don't do any heavy coding or video/photo editing. I REALLY wish they would have come out with a 14" and that would have sealed the deal for me. Right now, I don't know which way to go. I wonder which would have the higher resale value in a year or so when they do release the 14"? Hopefully benchmarks will come out shortly. That may be what helps me decide one way or the other.
 
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Apple M1 is great. It’s the hardware that bothers me.
I’d only go for Air M1 if needed.

MBP 13 M1 with support for one external monitor? Only two ports?
Yes it has 20+hour battery life. That’s wonderful, but Air has 18 hours also.

This time, the difference between Air M1 and MBP 13 M1 is so minimal..

Back to the topic, I’d only go MBP 13 intel if what you do requires intel chips (bootcamp and/or virtualization)
Otherwise, whatever you do is only on Mac side and all the apps are destined to be ARM native, then I’d wait for high end 13” or go for Air only.
 
I just picked up a 13" pro in August. When I saw the benchmarks I was a little upset, thinking I should have waited, but really I need 4 ports and Logic likes to have more ram, so the 32gb in mine is very helpful when I'm working with a lot of samples. To be fair though I don't know how the unified memory will run with Logic, so the jury is still sort of out on that.

I think at the end of the day you have to just get the machine that's best for your situation. Apple said they'll support intel Macs for a few more years and there's even some intel Macs in the pipeline, so really either is future proof, IMO of course. I'm very happy with my machine and when I'm ready to upgrade in 4 or 5 years I'll be able to get the redesigned 14" model with (hopefully) more ram and an m2 or 3 processor.
 
jjahshik32 said:
I think the M1 MacBook Pro is a very good "consumer" non pro laptop. Anyone that just wants to lounge around and do some web browsing and light photo/video editing. It would be a nice machine for work as well if you use strictly Citrix for remote work.
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With the released benchmarks outperforming the 16“ it will do much more than light photo editing
 
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For me the limitations of the M1 are a real bummer. I think those machines will be good light consumer MacBooks but that they will only support one external monitor is a complete no go for me. Also only 2 TB Ports would be really challenging - at least for me.
 
maerz001 said:
With the released benchmarks outperforming the 16“ it will do much more than light photo editing
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Theoretical benchmarks are impressive indeed but let's wait for the reviews of real world benchmarks on the applications before we get ahead of ourselves.
 
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Theoretical benchmarks are impressive indeed but let's wait for the reviews of real world benchmarks on the applications before we get ahead of ourselves.
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Well affinity was just benchmarked and the M1 easily beats the 6 core 2019 imac.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1326866126635143169

I have no doubts it will beat the top end i9 16" macbook pro let alone the previous high end 13" intel macbook pro
 
mds1256 said:
For me (without seeing any benchmarks etc) the only real decider would be if you needed 4 thunderbolt ports vs the 2x on the M1 mac.

I'm interested to see the comparison between these two as i currently have a 2020 Intel pro as pictured in your screenshot and would like to make a jump to M1.
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Can someone explain me why people now claim that the only 2 Thunderbolt is a dealbreaker? I mean the lack of ports on Apple devices is an issue ever since. Don't tell me that you don't have a USB-C dock with all ports you need. You can get for 40$ a dock with 3-4USB-A and additional USB-C, HDMI, card reader, Ethernet and so on. I don't think that anyone is shocked anymore by that. (And having said that, I still think it's annoying, especially if now all ports are on the same side.)
 
maerz001 said:
With the released benchmarks outperforming the 16“ it will do much more than light photo editing
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That is Geekbench, realworld is a diff story. Real me don't use a single Geekbench benchmark to gauge performance. Yes Apple apps are gonna fly, anything else. I bet a nice spec 16" wins in virtually every dept.

Seems as if all the number touted were compared to and i3 or i5 not an i7 or i9.

Time will tell.
 
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