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Yeah no. People spending on the Pro models can and do take advantage of those speed gains. Shorter 4k or 8k renders or encodes = money. Faster compiles = money. People who buy Pros are indeed doing these things, sometimes all day every day.
Not true at all I’m a professional photographer and I really don’t care if it helps with 30 seconds or two minutes of exporting time. No one is that busy that one minute is gonna affect their payroll.
 
Is it not a good thing that the machine released what, 4 years ago now is still performing so well? I’d rather that than to be forced upgrade every couple of years because I need more performance.
I’m not talking about the speed that I understand. It’s about other things like the notch after three years should be changed.
 
Lets hope they finally fixed QC and not sell these units with scratches in the screen. For new potential buyers you pay a premium and get scratches screens. File a complaint and email timcook!
 
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Yeah no. People spending on the Pro models can and do take advantage of those speed gains. Shorter 4k or 8k renders or encodes = money. Faster compiles = money. People who buy Pros are indeed doing these things, sometimes all day every day.

👆🏻What he said. A MacBook Pro with a Max and decent amount of memory is a great for developers. It is a portable workstation. With an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse, it is as capable as a mid-range Mac Studio.
 
Nothing the new m4 MacBook Pro can do that the m1 MacBook Pro can’t. The chip upgrades are not needed the M1 Max is still over kill for most people. I wish we had some major changes that would make me want to get the new one

If the M1 Max is overkill for you, then you don’t need a Pro machine. The “Pro” series of Apple products are not made for “most people”. They are for professionals and prosumers.

If you are not programming or creating content professionally, then stick with a MacBook Air or an iPad. Those are perfectly adequate devices for consuming content and performing light office work.
 
for what? Most people use Apple TV to watch movies and tv series. The 2017 model was enough for this.

It's a super first world thing ... but I like to have Match Framerate and Content Range enabled and the black screen flashing/switching is really annoying

It's my understanding that is something that can be mitigated very well with better and better hardware
 
Nothing the new m4 MacBook Pro can do that the m1 MacBook Pro can’t. The chip upgrades are not needed the M1 Max is still over kill for most people. I wish we had some major changes that would make me want to get the new one
This is literally a good thing. People always find a way to complain, you should be happy that your M1 MacBook Pro still performs just as good as the new one.
 
Not sure why these really need to be events. They are just the next upgrade with a faster CPU and all the normal upgrades that come. Do we really need Apple telling us "this is our fastest MacBook Pro ever!"? I can see events for monumental changes where the design of the product changes.
 
RAM is Apple Silicon's weakest link. The chip itself and SSD performance will never be a bottleneck for most people, but as time passes, the lack of RAM in all those 8GB models out there will start to become noticeable.

It wouldn't surprise me that 8GB models start to get left out of certain new features in future MacOS Releases.
It's only the weakest link for people who choose for it to be though (they have the option to get more RAM if they want). I'd say AS's true weakest link is graphics because it's integrated, which limits its raw power, but it also has its advantages.
 
I am more interested in the Mini they already announced, but let’s wait & see how this goes/
 
Damn I really want to see those M4 Max benchmarks to know what to expect from the Studios in Summer 2025.
 
Crap, I didn’t think about the colors. I’m just interested in a Pro because I think the screens of the Air are outdated. But I don’t want just black or silver lol

Darn, I was really hyped but if they don’t have at least starlight or purple or something I’ll wait and see if the Airs get a proper display next year.
 
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i plan to order the one with most storage and memory. does that affect battery life significantly or just minor?
 
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