Been trying since November to buy a MacBook Pro.

[jav6454]

That price difference does matter. It's understandable to want to save, I did during the height of the panini.

 

[F23]

That price difference does matter. It's understandable to want to save, I did during the height of the panini.

the panini was indeed tall

 

[scaramoosh]

I managed to get one, 32 core 16 incher with a cycle count of just 3 for just over £2500 which is the icing. The pointless notch (that feels like they were trying to get Face ID to work, but they couldn't do it in time for release) isn't as annoying as I thought it would be thanks to the FALD panel. I was worried I'd see the backlight, but you cannot unless you turn brightness way up in the dark... which you wouldn't do. So the screen is a lot better at controlling the zones than the TV I recently sold. Though I was watching someone with a night vision camera and the fire flickering, then the backlight becomes really distracting. Also panning on stars is really distracting as well.... but those were niche use cases when I was trying to break it to test it.

I cannot really fault it though other than the obvious things like the HDMI out won't support 120hz 4K to my TV. I also hate the stupid SD card slots that don't fit the full cards in, so you have to remember to take it out before you put it into your bag. The charger and magnetic thing is also annoying and too big, I straight away swapped it for a USB C cable and a smaller adapter.... yeah it takes 4 hours to charge using it, but the battery life is immense so I don't care.

The speakers are really good, for the first time I'm ditching my dedicated speakers I bluetooth up to my old Laptops, which includes my old M1 Air. They're never gonna beat big expensive deviated speakers, but they're just good enough I do not care.

I just hope at some point we can get Bootcamp for Windows and Microsoft pulls their finger out and creates a Rosetta 2 for Windows.

Oh and the fan is silent, which is a bummer because the one benefit of the 3090/5950X PC I sold to switch to this is the fans blocked out the noise of the neighbours. Now in the silence I just hear their kids screaming constantly.

 

[DarthVader!]

Microsoft pulls their finger out and creates a Rosetta 2 for Windows.

Bootcamp and Rosetta are Apple technologies, Its Apple that needs to make this happen and obviously they have little interest in spending time and money to offer a competing operating system to run on their Macs.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have a native version of windows, but even running the ARM version of windows via Parallels, a number of apps are not working. Microsoft has an emulation layer to run x86 programs but its not bullet proof. I have a the trial of Parallels and I'm having a hard time justifying the price when the apps I need cannot run.

I managed to get one, 32 core 16 incher with a cycle count of just 3 for just over £2500 which is the icing

Congrats on your new baby and able to score a nice machine. Is it used?

 

[MajorFubar]

If running Windows apps is so important just buy a Windows machine. Don't expect Apple or Microsoft to deliver an ARM version of Windows that will run seamlessly on a Mac. Those days are probably over. If they do, it's a bonus.

Also within the original context of this thread they're a thousand times easier to buy.

 

[scaramoosh]

If running Windows apps is so important just buy a Windows machine. Don't expect Apple or Microsoft to deliver an ARM version of Windows that will run seamlessly on a Mac. Those days are probably over. If they do, it's a bonus.

Also within the original context of this thread they're a thousand times easier to buy.

Yeah it's just nice to carry one Laptop in my bag.

Bootcamp and Rosetta are Apple technologies, Its Apple that needs to make this happen and obviously they have little interest in spending time and money to offer a competing operating system to run on their Macs.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have a native version of windows, but even running the ARM version of windows via Parallels, a number of apps are not working. Microsoft has an emulation layer to run x86 programs but its not bullet proof. I have a the trial of Parallels and I'm having a hard time justifying the price when the apps I need cannot run.


Congrats on your new baby and able to score a nice machine. Is it used?

Yeah I saw it at CEX here in the UK, I asked to see it and I checked the cycle count... barely used... but the charger is silver and not space grey sadly, however I sold It and just used a USB C charger as it's a lot smaller in my bag.

The only thing I can see that is wrong with it is I can see what looks like vertical streaks as I pan around on a single colour. You do not notice it unless you're playing a game and it goes away if you turn off ProMotion. The other thing ProMotion introduces is a really jittery looking framerate when panning in games, it makes driving games look so bad. So I definitely do not feel like you can game on this laptop above 60FPS, it would be nice for Apple to patch in more locked FPS options rather than ProMotion being the only option. I'm guessing ProMotion was made for more lower FPS rather than a constant 120.

I didn't think the blacks would be so good, it's OLED good, only without the screen burn.

 

[pshufd]

I completed my order 15 minutes after the Apple Store opened up with the new MacBook Pros and have been enjoying mine since November. My son received his from his workplace in December. I got 1% cash back from my credit card. Good enough.

 

[Sweetheart777]

Actually you get both. you get 3% back immediately, and can spread payments over 12 months at 0%.

I‘m not a big fan of the Apple Card, but for Apple products it’s a no brainer. That said, my first choice is always to go through Amazon, which offers 5% back on Amazon and Whole Foods purchases with the Chase Amazon card.

That’s what I’m doing. Interest free + 3% back up front is a better deal than 7%. I’ve gone through B&H to get a big discount before…on my loaded 2016 MBP. Ended up waiting an extra 5 months. By the time it shipped, everyone I knew already had one.