Best Buy has
Apple MacBook Pro 13.3" Laptop (MYD92LL/A; Late 2020 Model) on sale for $999.99
Now-> $1049.99.
Shipping is free, otherwise, select free curbside pickup as an alternative option.
Thanks to community member
harenbrahmbhatt for finding this deal
Note, curbside pickup may vary depending on location. Item is available in both
Silver or
Space Gray colorway
Specs/Key Features- Apple M1 8-Core GPU
- 13.3" 2560x1600 500-Nits Retina Display w/ 720p Front-Facing Camera/Built In Microphone
- 512GB Solid State Drive SSD
- 8GB LPDDR3 RAM
- WiFi 6 Network (various compatible network; A/AC/AX/B/G/N)
- Apple Touch Bar w/ Touch Trackpad
- Fingerprint Reader
- Built-In Siri Voice Assistant
- 61W Lithium Polymer Battery
- macOS Big Sur 11.0
Warranty- Includes a standard 1-year manufacturer warranty w/ purchase (parts + labor)
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The reason I ask is late last year Resolve was updated to run natively on the M1, so if your bad experience was prior to the update, it's possible things have changed.
A couple years ago, Apple moved away from Intel CPUs (i3, i5, i7) and started making their own (M1, now M2). I'm oversimplifying things, but when software runs natively, these systems perform amazingly well, even with 8GB of RAM.
Prior to the shift, and with Windows, it's like we've gotten used to driving around in a truck with the bed full of concrete, towing an RV. We all know that 8 gallons of gas isn't enough to drive 20 miles to the beach and back. But if you take that concrete out of the back and unhook the RV, suddenly 8 gallons of gas is more than enough.
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It works for me and therefore it works for 95% of the people from anonymous posters in a heavily shilled forum isnt a credible endorsement.
Better to understand how it works and when it might bite which is why I am explaining the insides above, so people don't get misled.
The people who complain about 16gb prob don't even need it.
If you program or something get it. But 95% of people just surf web, safari, email fb etc
8gb works flawless for us.
If you gave everyone a random 8 or 16gb pc and didn't let them see specs
No one would know any difference
Just like the slower ssd speeds on new 256hb machines, who cares. No one would know unless bench marking for a regular person
I say kudos, apple does their thing keeps their profit and customer doesn't know any better. It just works. No one needs 16gb unless you are coding or photo tasking resources.
It works for me and therefore it works for 95% of the people from anonymous posters in a heavily shilled forum isnt a credible endorsement.
Better to understand how it works and when it might bite which is why I am explaining the insides above, so people don't get misled.
I digress, fact is. No one here needs 16gb unless coding or video editing. That's really all there is to it. I have had my m1 iMac and M1 Pro since launch, not a single hiccup.
Hell I only bought my fully loaded iMac because I bought refurb+militsry discount + had stacked gift cards from sales. So it was like 400 dollar difference from base to full loaded.
Otherwise I would have gotten standard again.
Now it is true to its better to future proof what you can afford, but these are so optimized that I just can't suggest paying the premium for just more ram when they probably won't use it
The reason I ask is late last year Resolve was updated to run natively on the M1, so if your bad experience was prior to the update, it's possible things have changed.
A couple years ago, Apple moved away from Intel CPUs (i3, i5, i7) and started making their own (M1, now M2). I'm oversimplifying things, but when software runs natively, these systems perform amazingly well, even with 8GB of RAM.
Prior to the shift, and with Windows, it's like we've gotten used to driving around in a truck with the bed full of concrete, towing an RV. We all know that 8 gallons of gas isn't enough to drive 20 miles to the beach and back. But if you take that concrete out of the back and unhook the RV, suddenly 8 gallons of gas is more than enough.
Now if you do any photo editing like Lightroom or light video editing with Final Cut like I've done; there has definitely been some slow down. My mini begins to stutter a bit if I'm doing tasks alongside any of it. I do wish I got the 16GB model but apple also charges an absurd amount for 8 more GBs of ram… almost $200 is unacceptable for 8GB.
Ultimately I think most users will be fine with 8GB though.
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In my timeline you will find my experiment with both video processing and Xcode development on a M1 mac mini along with a hackintosh clone of it on an Intel i5 with exact same snapshot of the OS. And timing numbers along with memory usage. There is virtually no difference in memory usage between the two. The M1 was faster in code comilation but slower with Handbrake video HEVC encoding.
The M1 is a fast cpu no doubt about it. But OSX doesn't do memory allocation any differently than on an Intel. The memory being on the same chip decreases latency. But you don't say 8GB of DDR5 6000 memory is more sufficient than 16GB of DDR4 4000 because of lower latency.
The older Macs sucked in paging performance. The secondary storage was slow. So the swapping was noticeable. M1 has in on chip SSD that is fast so swapping isn't as noticeable. But memory usage is the same. This was part of what caused the frequent SSD write issues on M1s until Apple tuned it for less paging. Problem is as SSD starts to get filled up, the performance slows down and the paging will become more painful.
The only solution is more memory.
8gb of ram is basic stuff
Till mid 2015 mbp & mba we could upgrade RAM & SSD
Mid 2017 mbp & mba that RAM upgrade was not possible without soldering , ssd we could still upgrade
After 2018 & now the M1/M2
You have to stuck with what you purchase
No upgrades in terms of hardware without too much hassle
I still recommend most people futureproof themselves. I would typically recommend 16gb, personally. But these deals are good and good enough for most people. 512gb is perfectly fine for storage (I have 512gb on my work computer and have for 6+ years...never came close to filling it up). But like memory, if you have a need for more storage, get a computer with more storage.
This isn't hard to comprehend.
Thanks
Thanks
I keep everything else off.
Ps I lost my ass out this week in options. Damn bear market
That said I've moved over to my iMac m1 and use my MacBook as secdonary charging. I just prefer the large 24 inch screen after dealing w the options on MacBook m1 air.
Still works if I need it, but bigger screen and putting calls:puts side by side mode on iMac is nicer cleaner since larger screen estate
But it worked fine, I was hoping to use emulators on the parallels, and ds4 controller support wasn't working
I was basically beta though.
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