Since he specified M4Pro, one key difference would be Thunderbolt 5 ports, which may be good to have over the long haul (e.g.: for a dock like CalDigit sells, even if bought years from now). I picked up a used CalDigit TS3+ Thunderbolt 3-based dock for $90 via FaceBook marketplace not so long ago; maybe in a few years the TS5 or TS5+ pricing on used units will drop.Why not look for an M2-Pro or M3-Pro certified refurb? Getting a mac 1-2 years behind doesn't make much of a difference when you are keeping machines for 10-14 years.
Not until next year.I’m hoping for a Tandem OLED display.
my 2011 is ready to be replaced. surviving, but not thriving, with it. considering a refurb m4 pro, but know that the m5 will emerge in the Fall. will it just be a minor tweak, and will the new/refurb prices of the m4 move down?
Wait for M5.
Because it's almost spring. Time goes faster than you think.Why not wait til M6 or M7? Dude is already on a 14 year old machine.
Because it's almost spring. Time goes faster than you think.
I don't know. I'm just saying I'm from Eastern Europe and with the cost of a MacBook I could pay my rent for 4 months or buy a used car.They're looking at refurb. You won't see M5 refurb until next year, and given they're on an intel machine from 14 years ago, clearly not performance sensitive.
I would just call out that the M3 Pro is a bit of a black sheep of the Pro series chips, as for the M3 generation Apple really kind of hobbled it with a low performance core count relative to the M1, M2, and M4, and the M3 generation actually had worse memory bandwidth than the preceding M2 series.Replacing a 2011? Why not look for an M2-Pro or M3-Pro certified refurb
It doesn't sound like you need whatever percentage bump the M5 will bring. The M4 is going to be crazy fast compared to your existing machine, and your tasks will barely trouble it. Apple's laptops are solid, dependable designs, and so should last you many years. You'll be able to run new apps that need the newer OS versions; and you'll have USB C, Retina screen, etc, too.i mainly do light work on my computer: word processing/documents, music, photo/video, internet, communications. now that the M4 has become available in the refurb shop, i've considered picking one up (either base or pro).