Macbook Pro 14" M1 Pro or M1 Max?

I got an answer from youtuber Constant Geekery with experience from Macbook 14 "max 24gpu 32GB ram.

"I’ve not had any issues with overheating - it’s very difficult to even get the fans to spin up to an audible level. The Max does use battery more than the Pro, if you’re working the machine hard. For general use, I’m very happy with the battery life on my Max - I can work all day on general office tasks without a problem. Yesterday I spent a few hours in Logic Pro, and still had over 60% left."

That's exactly what I'm interested in, with a bit of 14 "max 24GB 32GB ram during normal use. Because during heavy video editing tasks I'll have a Macbook connected to an external screen and the temperature and fan noise won't be such a problem. Size of 16" for me personally not is a problem, the problem is ergonomics in writing and normal work, 16 "just does not suit me.
 
Pokolasko said:
I got an answer from youtuber Constant Geekery with experience from Macbook 14 "max 24gpu 32GB ram.

"I’ve not had any issues with overheating - it’s very difficult to even get the fans to spin up to an audible level. The Max does use battery more than the Pro, if you’re working the machine hard. For general use, I’m very happy with the battery life on my Max - I can work all day on general office tasks without a problem. Yesterday I spent a few hours in Logic Pro, and still had over 60% left."

That's exactly what I'm interested in, with a bit of 14 "max 24GB 32GB ram during normal use. Because during heavy video editing tasks I'll have a Macbook connected to an external screen and the temperature and fan noise won't be such a problem. Size of 16" for me personally not is a problem, the problem is ergonomics in writing and normal work, 16 "just does not suit me.
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So this version is essentially the sweet spot?
 
arvinsim said:
1. Burst power? double memory lane? That's NEVER a bottleneck for software development.
2. So you are saying that unless we have 64GB RAM(the only memory configuration exclusive to the M1 Max), then we don't have a "healthy memory configuration"? Dream on!

Don't mislead people.
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Totally agree. Unless training ML models or something, developers do not need the extra GPU cores.

The extra memory bandwidth is meaningless for CPU-bound tasks, as all of the reviewers have found (CPU scores same Pro vs Max). I have no idea what he meant by burst power, because the CPU cores are identical Max vs Pro.

Most development tasks (VMs/containers aside) are generally not RAM intensive and so would not task the swap. After all, you're mostly editing text files. The main thing that may affect SSD life is that compilation is heavy on IO. But again, these files tend to be small.

For developers, most important is disk and CPU speed. So get the 10 core CPU and a larger SSD if you want faster disk.
 
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arvinsim said:
1. Burst power? double memory lane? That's NEVER a bottleneck for software development.
2. So you are saying that unless we have 64GB RAM(the only memory configuration exclusive to the M1 Max), then we don't have a "healthy memory configuration"? Dream on!

Don't mislead people.
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i. you don't ever compile code when you develop? you know.. with multiple cores? the M1 Max has been raved about for development. google around.
ii. a healthy memory configuration is one that can satisfy most of the user's workloads w/o swap
 
sumarlidason said:
i. you don't ever compile code when you develop? you know.. with multiple cores? the M1 Max has been raved about for development. google around.
ii. a healthy memory configuration is one that can satisfy most of the user's workloads w/o swap
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Please stop. Your information is just wrong.
 
sumarlidason said:
i. you don't ever compile code when you develop? you know.. with multiple cores? the M1 Max has been raved about for development. google around.
ii. a healthy memory configuration is one that can satisfy most of the user's workloads w/o swap
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1. You don't seem to get it. The difference between the M1 Pro and the M1 Max is the GPU cores, not CPU cores.
2. People can and do work fine while swapping, espeically with how fast SSD are nowadays.

As a software developer myself, I find it extremely hard to believe that you are one.
 
sumarlidason said:
Can you explain which points I made are wrong? please include references. I can do the same upon request.
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See my post:
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Macbook Pro 14" M1 Pro or M1 Max?

Totally agree. Unless training ML models or something, developers do not need the extra GPU cores. The extra memory bandwidth is meaningless for CPU-bound tasks, as all of the reviewers have found (CPU scores same Pro vs Max). I have no idea what he meant by burst power, because the CPU cores...
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Interesting discussion. I went back and forth on 14" vs 16", Pro vs Max, even SSD size. In the end I decided I wanted the smaller footprint and lighter weight of the 14" and went with the M1 Max 32 Core GPU with 32GB Ram and 2TB SSD. Should arrive pretty close to Christmas. Since I use Capture One for my photo processing I went with the Max with 32 cores. Guess I don't care too much about the noise although hopefully it won't get too hot. Time will tell...
 
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