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5 Things to Know About the New MacBook Pros

Veinticinco said:
Stifling my incremental yawn.

In Apple Park these days, it seems to be minor spec bump every time. Even MR uses the word "tidbits'.
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It’s nearly impossible for any company to offer annual or bi-yearly updates that have the same big jumps in performance and efficiency that was experienced when Apple shifted from Intel to their own M1 chips. And big changes take more time to prove out than spec-bumps do, so Apple Park is undoubtably working on the next round of game-changing products (that we won’t see for 4-6 years). But they also will continue to iterate existing products through their lifecycles, offering updates that may appear to be minor to many people.

But if they didn’t do these spec-bump products when they can, they would get roasted for being on the market with 1 or 2 year old product. I remember when they launched the first retina MBP and I so wanted to upgrade from my then MBA I was using. I held out half a year, bought the spec bump model, then not even 6 months later they did another bump (I think it was an increase in ram and ssd speed), but I had a fantastic 15” rMBP that went on to serve my work needs for the next 5+ years. It still works, though the battery won’t hold a charge and I’ve since moved on to working full time on my iPad Pro (started with the 2018 12.9” and now have the M1 12.9”), and won’t likely shift back to the MBP until there is some drastic change.
 
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itsboi said:
I don’t recall the 14” ever dropping to $1599 in 6 months. That took a year a little before the Black Friday sale.
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Not exactly $1599, but how about $1619.19? And only 2 months after it was announced on October 18, 2021

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Does the higher bluetooth do anything for speed or just distance? Can I get a bluetooth mouse and have it compete with a wifi wireless signal now or will it still have that lag to it in comparison? Haven't kept up on bluetooth at all not sure how it works these days at the top.
 
maflynn said:
I was hoping for midnight blue
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I think the reason why they are no doing any of those polarizing colors is due to the resale value and the issues with smudges and micro abrasions. I think the Champaign color would be nice though, but I have already made up mind when its time for me to upgrade and going back to silver. Silver is so iconic.
 
Mr. Dee said:
I think the reason why they are no doing any of those polarizing colors is due to the resale value and the issues with smudges and micro abrasions. I think the Champaign color would be nice though, but I have already made up mind when its time for me to upgrade and going back to silver. Silver is so iconic.
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Pro machines dont get the consumer colours. I doubt they ever will.
 
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I was going to go in today and trade in my 2018 Butterfly but Apple's trade in value now is $300…
 
fakestrawberryflavor said:
I think these are totally worth picking up instead of the M1 variants if you are upgrading from anything BESIDES the M1 series. If you have an M1 series, probably worth holding on until M3. But if you are new to Mac or coming from an Intel Mac, these are totally worth it IMO.
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I totally agree. I haven’t owned a Mac for a good while. Now I have to buy a m2 Air and Pro.
 
fakestrawberryflavor said:
I actually think they might not because this might compete somehow with the upcoming Mac Pro. Just a thought.
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News Flash: For many tasks the existing Mac Studio outperforms the 7.1 Mac Pro. I have a Studio Ultra and in Lightroom and Photoshop, it crushes a fully-loaded 28-core Mac Pro with the W6800X-Duo card. It's just insanely fast.
 
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Space Gray models of the new MacBook Pro now come with a Space Gray color-matched MagSafe charging cable, unlike before. Previously, Space Gray models would ship with a silver MagSafe cable.
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A small but surprising thing as Apple are usually on top of the little attention to detail things like this!
 
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CalMin said:
I don't think these M2 variants are aimed at those of us who have M1Pro/Max and need more power. They are still aimed at Intel users (hence the comparison to Intel MacBooks in the Apple Keynote video).

The M1Pro/Max MacBooks are so powerful that if you're crushing them and need more CPU/GPU horsepower, then you should be shopping M1Ultra or waiting for M2Ultra or a Mac Pro. An M2Pro/Max with 20-30% extra grunt will not make a meaningful difference to your life.
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Totally true, although I have a 16" M1 Max MBP and I ordered the new one. I use it for work, and so it's an expense I can write off. In addition, a 20-30% gain in performance on some of the tasks I do every day will add up and pay for itself. I also have a Studio Ultra but there's half the day where I am using the MBP and can't be using the Ultra, never mind when I'm traveling. That said, I'm no doubt an exception to the rule; unless you're making your living using up that CPU power it's not worth it to an M1 Pro/Max user to upgrade. Besides, I'll give my current laptop to user with less powerful requirements and they'll no doubt get a couple of more years out of it.
 
CalMin said:
I don't think these M2 variants are aimed at those of us who have M1Pro/Max and need more power. They are still aimed at Intel users (hence the comparison to Intel MacBooks in the Apple Keynote video).

The M1Pro/Max MacBooks are so powerful that if you're crushing them and need more CPU/GPU horsepower, then you should be shopping M1Ultra or waiting for M2Ultra or a Mac Pro. An M2Pro/Max with 20-30% extra grunt will not make a meaningful difference to your life.
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Most of what I do is 2D design and it seems like when I have to wait, it seem due to the software not taking full advantage of the horsepower of the chip.
 
richinaus said:
Pro machines dont get the consumer colours. I doubt they ever will.
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That's also a lot more SKUs in production and inventory to keep track of and manage for each additional color...warranty/apple care parts...there's simply a lot more business risk for these pricier MBPs in adding more color combos, especially with 14-day returns. Of course Apple could go back to charging more money for these extra colors to offset their costs/risks like they did once for iPods...I'd rather they didn't.
 
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Is there a single monitor on the market yet that can display an 8k picture from an HDMI cable? I think the Dell one (not a lot of 8k monitors out there) uses 2x Thunderbolt.
 
In Sweden the base price for both the 14” and 16” went up about $500 compared to the M1 versions… Huuya!

14” base: about $2600 (29000 SEK)
16” base: about $3200 (36000 SEK)

Including taxes that is.
 
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