Well at least you all don't have to wait that long, it took over 8 weeks to get mine last year.... it was not a fun experience at all😂
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Apple Announces New MacBook Pros With M2 Pro and M2 Max Chips, Up to 96GB RAM, and More
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Everyone's requirements are different. If touchscreen is important, and OS, performance and battery life less so, then you'd do well to buy the Lenovo.
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I'm seriously just thinking about ditching Apple entirely because of their ridiculous prices. They charge more and more every year and offer very little in return. For example, I can't believe I paid $800 for an Apple Watch Ultra that should've had the basic features like the extended battery life in the Series 8 watches. But of course, no one would've purchased the Ultra then. That's how they get you. For those who are wondering, yes, I regret buying the Ultra. The extra battery life isn't worth the extra $400.
Well, my 16" M1 Max is still new. Next stop may be at the M7 Series.
Actually, I may just get a Mac Studio instead, but 4 - 5 years from now. Unless something good happens to me.
Actually, I may just get a Mac Studio instead, but 4 - 5 years from now. Unless something good happens to me.
just ordered the MBP 16 space grey, M2 Max 12-core CPU, 38- core GPU, 32GB (plenty for my needs), 2TB. Pick-up at store Feb 3rd. Upgrading finally from 2017 MBP which was on it's last legs (only working plugged in and touchbar strobing constantly) so will appreciate the boost.
Mine took over 5 months. 😭
Ordered my Macbook 16 day of order (Oct 18, 2021), delivered March 29th 2022.
Oh man... You'll regret 32GB RAM choice. Everything else was great, only that one drawback. You are still on time to go up to at least 64GB RAM. Really!
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Here we go with the whiners. Boo hoo. I’ll be upgrading my 16 inch Max.
You need to make the comparison using UK costs without VAT, as US prices don't include sales tax. Therefore it's £2249 = $2759
Trust me, it was. This was back when 64GB RAM was having production trouble.
In todays climate, I don’t think there will be any significant delays of production. Maybe a month or two.
The m2 version will.I only wished the Mac Studio had the option 96gb of ram
I did not see enough difference, plus prefer a smaller watch. So I bought the series 8 for a lot less.
I bought the 14" M1 MBP as a splurge after getting rid of a base Touch Bar M1. No typical laptop user needs a computer this powerful or nice. I switched from a 3 year upgrade cycle to "as needed" with this computer. I felt like my resale value after three years was still strong enough to justify the jump to the latest model. Now is the first time I felt there was no compromising. No Touch Bar, nice screen, comfortable keyboard, large SSD, 16GB ram. If I somehow start to feel constrained with that, I will upgrade again. I've been through every iteration of MBP since for 15+ years including multiple replacement butterfly keyboards (waiting for my settlement check).
They got it completely right with the 14" M1. They left themselves a lot of headroom to make the chip faster for professionals. For me, the madness finally ended with the M1 14".
I'm in my late 30s but I interact with a lot of the younger crowd for work. It's amazing how many families do not own a computer, or even a tablet. Yet I've shelled out thousands of dollars of the years to ensure I always have a nice computer. Starting to wise up.
They got it completely right with the 14" M1. They left themselves a lot of headroom to make the chip faster for professionals. For me, the madness finally ended with the M1 14".
I'm in my late 30s but I interact with a lot of the younger crowd for work. It's amazing how many families do not own a computer, or even a tablet. Yet I've shelled out thousands of dollars of the years to ensure I always have a nice computer. Starting to wise up.
If someone needs this level of performance, they're not going to be concerned about what colours it's available in.
Custom configuration I bet. Those always take longer especially the low volume big memory, big drive units. I just ordered the base 14" and am picking up in store January 24th.
OK, so French inflation alone since 2008 makes that 1799€ now 2150€, and on top of that, in 2008 the € was worth about $1.60USD, but is now a touch under $1.10USD, so in reality accounting for the drop in the exchange rate, that means it should now be around 3120€ for your fabled 2008 machine. Taking inflation and exchange rate into effect, you are actually paying less, but it's primarily the exchange rate that has hit you hardest. I'm faaaaar from an Apple apologist, but that's hardly Apple's fault.
I still have my Series 6 which has the same processor as the Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra.
OMG, a company wanting to make a lot of profit? Tell me it ain't so! They should operate like a charity!
Went with the 64GB, that way there's really no reason to need to upgrade for a long while, I'll just have to be patient for one more week but I've waited 8 years.
I get that but I don't think prices should be based on exchange rates. People buying stuff in a country care about price differences in their country. All I see is that price doubled while the product is roughly the same. Yes it got improved in many ways but at the end of the day, it's still a computer people are going to use to get some job done.
In 2008, someone who wanted to started working with a (big) MBP could get started with roughly a month worth of french minimum wage, now it's almost two.
It's Apple we're talking about, they make huge margins, have gazillions dollars on the side and Macs are not their main source of revenue anymore, by far. They could try to flatten the price a bit for countries outside of US. My 2 cents.
And I must add that since I'm an iOS developer, buying a decent MBP, iPhone and iPad are mandatory for me. So when Apple increases price by 20%, I just lose money with no upsides.
Sell your studio to one of the many other buyers of used macs. I have gotten much higher payments from them versus Apple.
I feel the same way, it's just so silly now.
Others are/have caught up or overtaken in so many areas because Apple got lazy, greedy and complaisant.