Ridiculous and why does it cost £400 for an extra 16GB memory
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Apple Unveils M2 Pro and M2 Max Chips With 20% Faster CPU and More
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I love the m1 because it’s performant and the laptops never get hot.
I got an m2 air and it got noticeably hot, fairly quickly too. I immediately returned it and am happy with my m1 pro to this day.
What scares me here is how hot an m2 max will get? If these are getting hot what is the point of Apple silicon?
I got an m2 air and it got noticeably hot, fairly quickly too. I immediately returned it and am happy with my m1 pro to this day.
What scares me here is how hot an m2 max will get? If these are getting hot what is the point of Apple silicon?
That doesn't matter for 98+% of people. Yes, that percent is made up but there are relatively few people in the world who would care or notice.
Looks like the HDMI on these chips has been updated to 48 Gbps (aka HDMI 2.1) as they can now drive 8k60 or 4k144
Exactly. And if you do notice the performance difference, you probably want at least 512 Gigs anyway.
no for sure, but still worth pointing out for those on here who have reservations about this side grade aspect of it.
yeah it just sucks imo that if you want performance you have to cough up for more GB you wouldn't otherwise need
I dunno, I always understand ram upgrades. but storage ones, for performance reasons, just strikes me odd. especially for $200
Yes, the trade-in values are really bad. At various times in the past they've been close enough to selling second-hand to make trading in worth it but Apple easily knocked off hundreds of dollars on trade in values. That's part of their fighting inflation and margins. Keep product prices the same or lower (at least in the U.S.) but reduce trade-in values.
Nice little bump, mini might be worth a look but my M1 pro is still far from utilised for my needs to look at replacing it any time soon. Interesting that they are just adding cores for performance than massively beefing up single core performance.
I wonder what that will do to peoples' upgrade cycles. that the M-silicon is so good, that one will wait longer before feeling like getting a new laptop or desktop
whereas Intel CPU's always offered notable benefits one gen over the next, but still lacked this or that wishing for just a bit more.
If I’m not mistaken, according to the tech specs, the new MacBook Pro’s both get an extra hour of movie playback.
Well, this is the upgrade everyone expected - maybe a little less. But even if it's just a moderate speed bump: 10 BILLION more transistors? These numbers are just staggering.
Price hike in Ireland. 14” notch book Pro now starts at €2,499. Ring in the recession!
They are at the limit of what they can do with 5nm. Once the M3 series ships with 3nm it won’t run as hot. It is still a lot better than what they could have done with Intel or AMD.
I normally keep my hardware around for a few years 5-7 before its too slow or old for myself but they often go to family members. Unless Apple make the macOS larger and more demanding these computers should be good for a long time. At least until the storage fails as it cant be replaced.
RotW is Apple's bi*ch to keep prices attractively affordable in their home territory.
But UK and EU aren't even the worst affected.
In India or Turkey, Apple will probably want a limb and your first-born for a 16" with 4TB SSD and the 96GB RAM upgrade.
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They like to make the pricing like a ladder so you look at adding the RAM and it takes you up towards the next model/price bracket, so you think, 'hey, I'll just get that one'.
starts at 2,399 EUR now lol ... I wonder how long Apples "we compensate the declining sales by simply increasing the prices to keep our revenue up" is sustainable
Hmm, I remember Intel of the 2010s with no notable benefits from one generation to the next... and 14nm+++++.
We'll have to see what Apple's "up to 20%" claim translates to.
always was on the pursuit for good battery and thermals iirc, especially the former
until probably around that time too, with unibody MacBook pro's lasting way longer than previous ones the 9 hour claim or whatever. up from standard 4-5??
loved my 12" MB with Core M but slow and got toasty quick and battery life was eh. that was 2015.
2016 NTB, really glad to move up to M1.
from 2016 NTB to 2020 i5 Air, battery life was not significantly better and I think possibly even worse
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bottom line is M-series being fan less for some models, mostly never used for others, and great battery life , it's sorta a 'new era'