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Apple 14.2" MacBook Pro (Refurb): M1 Max Chip, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Space Gray $1599.99
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- 14.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display
- 3024-by-1964 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch
- Apple M1 Pro chip
- 16-core GPU and 16-core Neural Engine
- 200GB/s memory bandwidth and 16GB unified memory
- āBluetooth, 802.11ax connectivity, and ā3 USB ports
- Fast-charge capable with 96W USB-C Power Adapter
- ā17 hours average battery life
- 1080p FaceTime HD camera
- 3.5 mm headphone jack with high-impedance headphone support
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I'd want clarification before placing an order.
That said even for an M1 Max, I think this deal is just lukewarm due to these not being real Apple refurbs. Sure you might get lucky and get something that looks brand new and still has some warranty, but you could also end up with a scuffed up machine with 81% battery capacity, and a 90 day Woot warranty that won't do squat.
I'd want clarification before placing an order.
That said even for an M1 Max, I think this deal is just lukewarm due to these not being real Apple refurbs. Sure you might get lucky and get something that looks brand new and still has some warranty, but you could also end up with a scuffed up machine with 81% battery capacity, and a 90 day Woot warranty that won't do squat.
And that's if you purchased extended Apple warrantyā¦ Assuming you even could.
I do think this is a good price especially if it's really a max processorā¦ However, 14 inch laptops are known to throttle considerably under heavy loads due to lack of coolingā¦ So you're really not getting such a powerful machineā¦ I mean it will cut through almost anything pretty fast, but if you really try to do something significant with it like AI or LLM you're going to end up with a very sluggish machineā¦. There are plenty of YouTube videos about this problemā¦ And this is especially true of the M1 variant.
And that's if you purchased extended Apple warrantyā¦ Assuming you even could.
I do think this is a good price especially if it's really a max processorā¦ However, 14 inch laptops are known to throttle considerably under heavy loads due to lack of coolingā¦ So you're really not getting such a powerful machineā¦ I mean it will cut through almost anything pretty fast, but if you really try to do something significant with it like AI or LLM you're going to end up with a very sluggish machineā¦. There are plenty of YouTube videos about this problemā¦ And this is especially true of the M1 variant.
BUT you're way off base regarding throttling. The cooling solution is fairly robust (albeit less capable than the 16") and thus throttling on the 14" M1 Max MBP is pretty minor (I know, I own one.) Even in the worst case scenario the difference in GPU performance between 14" and 16" is typically only around ~10% (CPU performance is the same.) I think the difference is slightly more pronounced with the M3 Max just due to the thermal ceiling being a bit higher, but even there it isn't a huge difference.
If anything the much more important difference between 14" and 16" MBPs is the battery life. The 14" M1 Max in particular has somewhat middling battery life relative to other Apple Silicon laptops (although you can still get >10 hours out of it for light use, and a fair number of hours for heavier.)
One last thing, if you really want to do LLMs on these, I'd recommend waiting for a deal on one with 64GB+ of RAM. While you can certainly do some fun stuff with 32GB of Unified memory, given that you have to leave some for system ram (or else the system will crash), bigger, more capable models like Miqu just won't fit even heavily quantized.
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The microcenter one was certified refurbished with full one year Apple warranty. Also had 64gb ram and I think 2TB