Was wondering if there are any 2014 MacBook Pro owners who upgraded to the 2018 i9 model? What was your experience like? Is it worth it? I currently have a maxed out 2014 MBP 15" i7. I am tempted to buy the 2018 MBP 15" i9 32GB. I am a developer and mainly care about the compile time and do a light media work. Nothing major. I am not sure if my workload would see an enormous improvement to justify spending $3K+. What do you guys think?
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2014 MBP to 2018 MBP
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I have the 3.0 i7 2014 13" rMBP, and am considering upgrading to the 15" 2.2 i7. I'm wanting a larger screen, and the new 15" is not much heavier than my 2014 13".
though it's working fine, so maybe i'll wait a year to see what apple does with the MacBook pros next year.
though it's working fine, so maybe i'll wait a year to see what apple does with the MacBook pros next year.
I disagree, the jump upto 6 cores is a big change boost in multitasking performance. The next model will be a relatively modest increase. I just don't think the i9 justifies it's extra cost.
I have the 3.0 i7 2014 13" rMBP, and am considering upgrading to the 15" 2.2 i7. I'm wanting a larger screen, and the new 15" is not much heavier than my 2014 13".
though it's working fine, so maybe i'll wait a year to see what apple does with the MacBook pros next year.
I went from a 2.0 i7 15" late 2013 rMBP to the 2018 15" 2.2 i7. I'm loving it so far! My Late 2013 was getting tired (battery was running down quite quickly, heat issues and occasionally both the screen and my external display would turn pink after waking from sleep.
I went from the 2.3 2013 15" to the 2.6 2018 15", both with 16GB and 512GB. Frankly I was expecting more of a difference, but something tells me Mac OS X isn't fine-tuned for these new machines, yet... We've had two supplemental updates, and more may come. After seeing all the issues (T2 panics, crackling, and whines), if I could travel back in time, I would buy a pumped 2017 model, with 1TB SSD, I think the performance difference will be minimal. However, if you need 32GB of RAM, 2018 is your only choice...
If you don't have to buy right now (I know, it's hard to delay the shopping impulse), you could wait and see if new updates are released... This was, undoubtedly, a rushed product.
If you don't have to buy right now (I know, it's hard to delay the shopping impulse), you could wait and see if new updates are released... This was, undoubtedly, a rushed product.
I went from a late 2013 2.6/16 15" to a 2018 15" i9/32. I agree with @dreubencr that I was expecting more of a difference. I wanted so bad to upgrade when the 2016 came out, but given it benchmarked lower than my 2013, I decided to pass. 2017 was again not much of a bump, so I held off again. When the 6 core and 32Gb showed up, I decided to pull the trigger. I went for the i9, cos mentally I couldn't go from a 2.6 to a 2.6 (I know, I know, different ben, different scales, etc. etc.). Frankly speaking, some days (just a few) I think I should have just gone with the 2.6 and saved $300 and wouldn't have noticed any diff. (Hell, I didn't need the 25hp performance kit on the car either, but I'm happy I got it!) So, whether the i9 is "worth it"... it just depends on how much $300 is worth to you I guess...
Overall though, I'm very happy with the upgrade. I run dual 4k external monitors. While the 2013 didn't officially support that, it did run, but the GPU memory was always running near max, and every couple of weeks it would max out and cause a crash. With 16Gb I would also notice swap in use quite often. The extra system and GPU memory is really nice. On everyday use, it does "feel" faster, but I wouldn't say it is material. Contrary to all the negative press about the butterfly kb, I actually really like it; the 2013 now feels spongy once I got used to the new kb. And the physical form factor... so nice...
I'm also a dev... My build times (maven, gulp) went from 1:05-1:15 down to about 41-45s for clean builds.
I'm also one of the lucky ones that don't seem to be plagued by the BridgeOS kps. (I was experiencing it on wake when I had the monitors connected via Caldigit TS3+ hub, but once I removed the hub, I've not had any more kps, with or without monitors connected)
Overall though, I'm very happy with the upgrade. I run dual 4k external monitors. While the 2013 didn't officially support that, it did run, but the GPU memory was always running near max, and every couple of weeks it would max out and cause a crash. With 16Gb I would also notice swap in use quite often. The extra system and GPU memory is really nice. On everyday use, it does "feel" faster, but I wouldn't say it is material. Contrary to all the negative press about the butterfly kb, I actually really like it; the 2013 now feels spongy once I got used to the new kb. And the physical form factor... so nice...
I'm also a dev... My build times (maven, gulp) went from 1:05-1:15 down to about 41-45s for clean builds.
I'm also one of the lucky ones that don't seem to be plagued by the BridgeOS kps. (I was experiencing it on wake when I had the monitors connected via Caldigit TS3+ hub, but once I removed the hub, I've not had any more kps, with or without monitors connected)
I'm warily leaning towards upgrading from my 2013 2.6ghz to the 2018 2.6ghz.
My initial enthusiasm died down after all these issues started getting reported, but I have a feeling that the "perfect" upgrade doesn't really exist.
I held off on getting the 2013 model for a few months after it was released, feeling a similar uncertainty towards whether it was "worth it" and it ended up being a good buy that I've kept longer than any other computer I've ever owned.
Maybe I won't get that lucky again, but at least this system is the first one in a few years that doesn't sound like a completely lateral step/downgrade from the previous year. Besides my battery is starting to press against the trackpad so I've gotta do something
My initial enthusiasm died down after all these issues started getting reported, but I have a feeling that the "perfect" upgrade doesn't really exist.
I held off on getting the 2013 model for a few months after it was released, feeling a similar uncertainty towards whether it was "worth it" and it ended up being a good buy that I've kept longer than any other computer I've ever owned.
Maybe I won't get that lucky again, but at least this system is the first one in a few years that doesn't sound like a completely lateral step/downgrade from the previous year. Besides my battery is starting to press against the trackpad so I've gotta do something