One more for 2015, its the best laptop apple made, I'd actually get one just to spare, in case the redesign will not change much
Wouldn't buy an Apple computer in 2018. I am writing this while waiting for some senior consultant to resolve my issues. T2 chip, USB to external display, small bugs here and there.
Their business is phones and not computers, so safe to buy iPhone or iPad.
Wouldn't buy an Apple computer in 2018. I am writing this while waiting for some senior consultant to resolve my issues. T2 chip, USB to external display, small bugs here and there.
Their business is phones and not computers, so safe to buy iPhone or iPad.
Without the computers, there phone/services business will be dead - seeing as you need macOS to publish mac/iOS apps.
And with the stalled native iOS apps, they really need their developers, but in the future I believe you can drop the consumer laptop line and just sell computers directly to people with developer accounts or license macOS to PC to develop. No need for them to sell anything else than iOS devices to consumers or retail channels.
may get a eGPU at some point if needed)
Buy the 2015 MBP! It’s a very good price and a very good MBP with a long lasting maxed out configuration (you can’t upgrade later). There are some „golden“ generations of MBPs and the 2015 is one of them. It still has the USB3-A ports, the MagSafe connector, the „good“ keyboard and the SD-Card reader. All later MBPs lost these items, have new problems and are very expensive....
I have a 2012 MBP which is another one of these “golden“ generation MBP (the last fully upgradable and repairable MBP which even runs Mojave and W10). In some years the next one will be the 2015...
eGPU isn't officially supported on the 2015 and requires the 2016 w/ TB3 or later.
You can still get it working smoothly though and there are a lot of details on this online.
Those aren’t too bad for a general use computer - should do fine for light (1080p) video editing - it’s still as powerful as the new quad 13” touchbar model for a rough guideGreat to see everyone recommending the 2015 model.. My question do these recommendations apply to this model?
Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15" Quad i7 2.2GHz 16GB 256GB Intel Iris Pro
I've found a brand new one for £1,618 or apple refurb for £1,610.
how does the Iris hold up for Lightroom and light video editing?
Thanks
Great to see everyone recommending the 2015 model.. My question do these recommendations apply to this model?
Apple MacBook Pro Retina 15" Quad i7 2.2GHz 16GB 256GB Intel Iris Pro
I've found a brand new one for £1,618 or apple refurb for £1,610.
how does the Iris hold up for Lightroom and light video editing?
Thanks
The £1,609 price is what Apple’s charging for it in their refurb store. That’s as close to brand new as you’re going to get now, outside of a unit that’s been sat on a shelf since they stopped manufacturing them in the first half of 2018. Pricey, but not absolutely unreasonable.That's freaking expensive for that model. I bought one with 2.5 Ghz CPU, AMD Discrete Graphics and 512 GB SSD for $1,125 (869 British pounds). There's a 2.8 Ghz/512/AMD for $850 in my area but it suffered damage and a couple of things were repaired so you're taking a gamble with it.
eGPU isn't officially supported on the 2015 and requires the 2016 w/ TB3 or later.
You can still get it working smoothly though and there are a lot of details on this online.
Those aren’t too bad for a general use computer - should do fine for light (1080p) video editing - it’s still as powerful as the new quad 13” touchbar model for a rough guide
I’d expect at least 4 or so more MacOS versions, plus a further couple of years of security-only support after that too, so don’t be spooked by longevity concerns
Yeah, I have a 2015 MBP and use it with a Vega 56 eGPU no problem! Apple actually supported it in the beta of Mojave, then realized they wanted people to not use older computers and killed off support in the release. Fortunately, the folks over at egpu.io wrote a little script to re-enable it, and it works flawlessly. A render in Resolve went from 8 hours (WITH a dGPU in my MBP!) to 16 minutes with the eGPU.
I bought a built-to-order 16inch a year later and am VERY happy with everything it does, including finally enabling me to edit my films on the go (BTO with the largest graphics card, 32 gigs of RAM and 2TB of ssd does the trick). Best workhorse I ever had, already did two films on it. Cheers!Wondering how this all worked out for the OPer?