I am on a M1 Macbook pro 14" with 16GB and 1TB ssd
I do a lot of full stack and python dev, VMs, i have tried local LLM but find it to slow and not good, then general office compute and photo editing etc..
After doing analysis my CPU/GPU usage is not really a bottleneck but my RAM is usually swapping a lot.
So decided to go for a new 32GB model.
Was about to pull the trigger on a Macbook pro M5 32GB, 1TB and noticed a refurb M4 Macbook pro 32GIB, 1TB for $600 less. (After tax $728 less)
Considering that is significantly less money I am now debating my choices !
Would you say for my usecases its worth spending that much more on a M5 vs M4 base models?
I do a lot of full stack and python dev, VMs, i have tried local LLM but find it to slow and not good, then general office compute and photo editing etc..
After doing analysis my CPU/GPU usage is not really a bottleneck but my RAM is usually swapping a lot.
So decided to go for a new 32GB model.
Was about to pull the trigger on a Macbook pro M5 32GB, 1TB and noticed a refurb M4 Macbook pro 32GIB, 1TB for $600 less. (After tax $728 less)
Considering that is significantly less money I am now debating my choices !
Would you say for my usecases its worth spending that much more on a M5 vs M4 base models?
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