Regret buying my MBP 13" NTB

[Ashbash75]

First of all, Hi to everyone and during the summer I brought my first iPhone (SE) and now I'm a total Apple convert. I just love the whole eco system and how things just work without extra apps, tweaks, etc.

Now I own a iPhone SE (128gb), iPad Pro 10.5" (256gb) with pencil, AirPods, MBP 13" NTB with magic keyboard + mouse.

I brought a basic MPB only for the Retina screen and the i7 was just too expensive and was the 128gb SSD thinking it would be easy to upgrade (remember I'm new to apple). Since my purchase which is over 4 months ago I now have purchased a Samsung T5 500gb which I have made it dual boot via bootcamp, an OWC 13 port thunderbolt 3 dock and a dell 32" 4k monitor as well as the magic keyboard and mouse as I use the MBP in clamshell mode. Since I could not get on with the MM I have now a Logitech MX 2 anywhere mouse which works for me.

I am very surprised even though it's a i5 CPU how amazing the performance is compared to my 5 year old i7, 8gb, 120ssd 15" Asus laptop, its miles better.

Unfortunately I still have use some windows software, so I can't totally ditch windows just yet, which sucks but hey ho. My main use is general web surfing, hobbyist style windows software development(.Net, winforms), maybe macOS, iOS future development, hardware design (CAD & Arduino) and my RC flight SIM.

Although the GPU is ok but not great, I have started to look at eGPU's.

You think I should of Brought an iMac? lol.

 

[MagicBoy]

When will people get that i7 is a triumph of branding over substance. It's a couple hundred MHz clock speed and some extra L3 cache for $hundreds more. You'd benefit more from extra RAM, storage or better graphics.

 

[Poki]

True, the i5 vs i7 is mainly branding, there's in most cases no actual performance benefit, especially with the mobile chips. With desktop chips, at least the i7 have the advantage of hyper threading and some of them are unlocked. With mobile CPUs, even the i5's offer hyper threading, making the advantage of i7 chips even smaller.

To your question: Only you know if you need a notebook. If you want a computer for your desk, the iMac has a far better price to performance ratio. If you need a notebook, I agree that the MacBook Pros are currently very expensive, and I also agree that 128 GB SSDs are too small for most users. But I'm afraid there's not a lot we can do about it, except accepting the price and buying the amount of storage we need, or getting a different notebook.

 

[Miltz]

First of all, Hi to everyone and during the summer I brought my first iPhone (SE) and now I'm a total Apple convert. I just love the whole eco system and how things just work without extra apps, tweaks, etc.

Now I own a iPhone SE (128gb), iPad Pro 10.5" (256gb) with pencil, AirPods, MBP 13" NTB with magic keyboard + mouse.

I brought a basic MPB only for the Retina screen and the i7 was just too expensive and was the 128gb SSD thinking it would be easy to upgrade (remember I'm new to apple). Since my purchase which is over 4 months ago I now have purchased a Samsung T5 500gb which I have made it dual boot via bootcamp, an OWC 13 port thunderbolt 3 dock and a dell 32" 4k monitor as well as the magic keyboard and mouse as I use the MBP in clamshell mode. Since I could not get on with the MM I have now a Logitech MX 2 anywhere mouse which works for me.

I am very surprised even though it's a i5 CPU how amazing the performance is compared to my 5 year old i7, 8gb, 120ssd 15" Asus laptop, its miles better.

Unfortunately I still have use some windows software, so I can't totally ditch windows just yet, which sucks but hey ho. My main use is general web surfing, hobbyist style windows software development(.Net, winforms), maybe macOS, iOS future development, hardware design (CAD & Arduino) and my RC flight SIM.

Although the GPU is ok but not great, I have started to look at eGPU's.

You think I should of Brought an iMac? lol.

The worst thing you did it get a 128GB SSD. Externals will always be slower, and you’ll have to carry them around with you. Although I believe your model let’s you upgrade the SSD, only the non-touch bar ones let you.