Questions from a 2013 mbp user regarding 2018

[TinaBelcher]

I currently own a 13-inch mbp from 2013 and I’ve been wanting to upgrade it for a while. I use it mostly for school as my iPad is my go-to device for chilling. However, I’m one of those people who tend to have 30+ tabs because i catch myself in world wind of “oh, this website has useful information lemme look at it later” and I tend to collect too much baggage. The 8gb ram isn’t very good, and i often experience unresponsive browsers because of it and will act like a lunatic when everything lags on me in school.

How will going from a 13-inch 2013 mbp with 8gb ram to a 15-inch 2018 with 16gb ram perform?

1. is 16gb ram be a huge improvement over 8gb ram and help reducing lag with heavy browser using and heavy note taking?
2. Will I have more internal screen for multitasking? I don’t feel I have enough screen on my 13-inch when using split view for browsing and note taking at the same time. I use OneNote and Word, and I’m curious to know if I’ll have more screen for viewing and editing or will everything look the same as a 13-inch but scaled up to 15-inch?
3. How is the weight compared from 13-inch to the lighter 15-inch post 2016? For my education a 12-inch would be a students dream, but I’m very ocd and I can’t handle that trapped feeling of the smaller screen.
4. I don’t work professionally in the graphic business anymore, but I still enjoy using photoshop and other photo editing. I’m not a video editor, but I may want to use final cut a bit for school presentations.. nothing extravagant, though. Is 16gb ram good enough?
5. If something happens to the new keyboard do i still get it fixed for free without Apple care payment?

 

[Valdna]

How will going from a 13-inch 2013 mbp with 8gb ram to a 15-inch 2018 with 16gb ram perform?

1. is 16gb ram be a huge improvement over 8gb ram and help reducing lag with heavy browser using and heavy note taking?
2. Will I have more internal screen for multitasking? I don’t feel I have enough screen on my 13-inch when using split view for browsing and note taking at the same time. I use OneNote and Word, and I’m curious to know if I’ll have more screen for viewing and editing or will everything look the same as a 13-inch but scaled up to 15-inch?
3. How is the weight compared from 13-inch to the lighter 15-inch post 2016? For my education a 12-inch would be a students dream, but I’m very ocd and I can’t handle that trapped feeling of the smaller screen.
4. I don’t work professionally in the graphic business anymore, but I still enjoy using photoshop and other photo editing. I’m not a video editor, but I may want to use final cut a bit for school presentations.. nothing extravagant, though. Is 16gb ram good enough?
5. If something happens to the new keyboard do i still get it fixed for free without Apple care payment?

1. Yes and no. Sometimes the webpages have too many running scripts that tend to crash Safari, but 16Gb will probably help.

2. You will have a little more real estate to work with, but you could try changing your current macbooks resolution to 2048x1280 if your eyesight is in perfect order Unfortunately you can not do it without 3rd party apps. I use an app called RDM for this, from avibrazil GitHub's page. There are probably some paid apps in the store also for this. You can even go to retina panels native resolution, but then everything is going to be so tiny that you would have to be mental to use it daily

3. If i remember correctly the weight difference is about 500gr. I'm sure someone will correct me. I would choose the machine based on the form factor since the 15inch one will be bigger... And you have to fit it somewhere while moving around..

4. For basic video editing/photoshop... Even 8GB is enough. So 16Gb will be more than enough. As long as we are talking about HD and 4K resolutions. For 8K the macs are a little bad choice anyway.

5. No clue. Time will tell.

 

[TinaBelcher]

1. Yes and no. Sometimes the webpages have too many running scripts that tend to crash Safari, but 16Gb will probably help.

2. You will have a little more real estate to work with, but you could try changing your current macbooks resolution to 2048x1280 if your eyesight is in perfect order Unfortunately you can not do it without 3rd party apps. I use an app called RDM for this, from avibrazil GitHub's page. There are probably some paid apps in the store also for this. You can even go to retina panels native resolution, but then everything is going to be so tiny that you would have to be mental to use it daily

3. If i remember correctly the weight difference is about 500gr. I'm sure someone will correct me. I would choose the machine based on the form factor since the 15inch one will be bigger... And you have to fit it somewhere while moving around..

4. For basic video editing/photoshop... Even 8GB is enough. So 16Gb will be more than enough. As long as we are talking about HD and 4K resolutions. For 8K the macs are a little bad choice anyway.

5. No clue. Time will tell.

Thanks by the way, how is the fan and the heat? My 13-inch mbp 2013 gets burning hot from playing a movie and sticky on my thighs when using in bed

 

[Valdna]

Thanks by the way, how is the fan and the heat? My 13-inch mbp 2013 gets burning hot from playing a movie and sticky on my thighs when using in bed

All of the macbook pro's tend to get a little hotter than we probably should tolerate.

For your 2013 model.
Have it cleaned and thermal paste changed. It will help a lot.

You can remedy the getting hot part with a 3rd part app that allows the user to control the FAN speeds.
By default Apple has gone with baking hot and stay quiet style..

But if you are using your MBP in the bed also you definitely should have it cleaned. (Douable at home if you have the right screwdriver and a can of air handy)
The lint and other elements of our daily life, tend to clog the fan blades and radiator fins.

 

[Paapaa]

1. A typical webpage hogs around 50 -150MB of memory (you can use Chrome task manager to see it). For example, this forum takes around 64 MB. So 30 tabs means 3 GB of ram usage (+ whatever else you have running + macOS). I personally have never ever needed more than 8 GBs of RAM for web browsing. But YMMV.

 

[stylinexpat]

1. A typical webpage hogs around 50 -150MB of memory (you can use Chrome task manager to see it). For example, this forum takes around 64 MB. So 30 tabs means 3 GB of ram usage (+ whatever else you have running + macOS). I personally have never ever needed more than 8 GBs of RAM for web browsing. But YMMV.

On the X1 Carbon Thinkpad I have seen a lot more being used. Like 500-600 MB of memory. Windows uses a lot