Upgrade from Intel?

[Jerhen]

Hopefully I’m posting this in the right place. My mom has a 2019 13” MacBook Pro with the 1.4GHZ processors and 256gb SSD. She got an email from BestBuy saying they would give her $385 if she traded in. I checked Apple Trade in and they were $390. Tried looking on eBay and the range to buy a 2019 seemed to be from $400-$600. I know intel macs have dropped a lot in value so that seems right. I have an M1 Pro MacBook Pro and am thinking any upgrade to an M series chip would be an upgrade for her. She’s not looking to go any bigger in screen size, so I was thinking maybe having her go with the 13” MacBook Air with the M2 for $1,099. Because looking at the air with the m1, the m1 only goes to 400 nits with the screen and her pro goes to 500. I guess just kind of wondering if the trade in seems like a decent value or not. If you were in the same boat, would you keep what you have, upgrade and take the trade in, or something like else. Thanks all.

 

[redheeler]

My primary laptop is a 16" Intel and I'm fairly happy with everything aside from battery life which is definitely worse than Apple Silicon. It depends what your mom uses her laptop for.

 

[leman]

If she is not a demanding user, I’d even go for M1 air for even bigger savings. Any M-series Mac will be a considerable upgrade for her. The display is very good too, and M1/M2 air generally have better contrast which is probably more important.

 

[Longplays]

Have you considered giving your M1 at no cost to her and you buying yourself a M2?

Also if she does not move her laptop much why not try a iMac M1? A M2 model is expected to be out within 4 months.

 

[Isamilis]

Hopefully I’m posting this in the right place. My mom has a 2019 13” MacBook Pro with the 1.4GHZ processors and 256gb SSD. She got an email from BestBuy saying they would give her $385 if she traded in. I checked Apple Trade in and they were $390. Tried looking on eBay and the range to buy a 2019 seemed to be from $400-$600. I know intel macs have dropped a lot in value so that seems right. I have an M1 Pro MacBook Pro and am thinking any upgrade to an M series chip would be an upgrade for her. She’s not looking to go any bigger in screen size, so I was thinking maybe having her go with the 13” MacBook Air with the M2 for $1,099. Because looking at the air with the m1, the m1 only goes to 400 nits with the screen and her pro goes to 500. I guess just kind of wondering if the trade in seems like a decent value or not. If you were in the same boat, would you keep what you have, upgrade and take the trade in, or something like else. Thanks all.

If there is trade with M2/15", that will be much better. I am assuming your Mom in her 50s until 70s, which will be more comfortable with the bigger screen.

 

[Toutou]

So what’s wrong with her current machine?

 

[VivienM]

As others have said, is she unhappy with the current machine? That machine is supported for Sonoma, so she's good at least another 2 years on the OS/security update/etc front.

If she's not doing anything that's problematic with the current machine, an M5 MacBook Air in 2025 probably makes more sense.