Are they "yay" or are they "nay"?
Should i stick to my rMBP 2012 for a year longer, or should i dive in (i9/32gb/2tb)?
Are they "yay" or are they "nay"?
Should i stick to my rMBP 2012 for a year longer, or should i dive in (i9/32gb/2tb)?
It depends what you're doing to justify the upgrade to an i9 + 32 GB 2018 MacBook Pro, but if you're still happy with your 2012, then you probably don't need one.Are they "yay" or are they "nay"?
Should i stick to my rMBP 2012 for a year longer, or should i dive in (i9/32gb/2tb)?
Some of the i9 people are not happy with the throttling, over heating and short battery life. If you really need that go for it but stay closet to an ac outlet!
Are they "yay" or are they "nay"?
Should i stick to my rMBP 2012 for a year longer, or should i dive in (i9/32gb/2tb)?
My battery life has been normal, where are these reports of shorter battery life?
Mine is good so far, no coil whine, I did repast the CPU and GPU and my temps are much lower. I was idling at 65C now I idle at 47C with eGPU plugged in which elevates the air intake from 36C to 49C, so I think my idle temps will be lower without my eGPU plugged in. My virtual machines are smoother to operate, but overall I don't see a big improvement on speed for normal boring stuff, like web browsing, emails, word, and small excel files, which is to be expected. I upgraded from a 2017 2.9/16GB/1TB to 2.9/32GB/2TB. Would I do it again? I think so.
What eGPU do you use?
Also, I am a video editor/photographer and currently have a 2014 iMac, which the new Macbook Pro beats in almost all rendering tests. If I don't use an eGPU, will I see a performance drop using an external monitor with MBP?
It seems for all my rendering in Premiere (I know not optimized for Mac, but it is what my work uses) the GPU takes a lot of load, so I am wondering if using an external monitor will reduce my MPB's performance compared to my older iMac.
Using a Mantiz Venus with a AMD Vega Frontier Edition. I do engineering stuff so I'm not doing too much video editing but I did run an Adobe After Effects rendering benchmark, it took about 4 minutes on my machine without the eGPU and about 20 seconds with the eGPU, big difference.
Was the rendering test available online?
Also, do you have any idea how much running a single 4K display off the internal 560X would affect performance? I would look to get an eGPU in the future, but just curious how much an external display affects performance since some of my rendering tests seem to suggest the thermals can't keep up with heavy loads to both the CPU and GPU.
I wont purchase one because there are too many careless problems with such a great laptop.
Obviously, Apple rushed these things out. That is not a smart business tactic.
@maflynn which one do you have again?Consensus, I don't think there is one![]()
My opinion is that its a fine machine, with 2 additional cores, and more memory for the 15", its a solid update. The 3rd gen keyboard should provide some peace of mind as well. My battery life is great, performance is off the charts, I'm happy that I took the plunge.
The main justification I have for waiting is a bump in screen resolution, which on the 2018 models is exactly the same as the 2012 Retina models. Apple needs to offer a 3360x2100 panel for the price instead of running at a scaled resolution by default.