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Apple MacBook Pro 13.3" Laptop: Apple M1 8-Core, 512GB, 8GB RAM, MacOS Expired
$1050
$1,499.99
+ Free S/H
Best Buy has Apple MacBook Pro 13.3" Laptop (MYD92LL/A; Late 2020 Model) on sale for $999.99 Now-> $1049.99. Shipping is free, otherwise, select free curbside pickup as an alternative option.
Thanks to community member harenbrahmbhatt for finding this deal
Note, curbside pickup may vary depending on location. Item is available in both Silver or Space Gray colorway
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Thanks to community member harenbrahmbhatt for finding this deal
Note, curbside pickup may vary depending on location. Item is available in both Silver or Space Gray colorway
Specs/Key Features
- Apple M1 8-Core GPU
- 13.3" 2560x1600 500-Nits Retina Display w/ 720p Front-Facing Camera/Built In Microphone
- 512GB Solid State Drive SSD
- 8GB LPDDR3 RAM
- WiFi 6 Network (various compatible network; A/AC/AX/B/G/N)
- Apple Touch Bar w/ Touch Trackpad
- Fingerprint Reader
- Built-In Siri Voice Assistant
- 61W Lithium Polymer Battery
- macOS Big Sur 11.0
- Inputs
- 2x Thunderbolt 3
- 4x USB
- Inputs
- Includes a standard 1-year manufacturer warranty w/ purchase (parts + labor)
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Savings of 500$ for MacBook Pro 2021 M1
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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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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.
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.
1TB of memory? As in storage space? I HIGHLY doubt it took that much plus you having enough room for the OS and whatever else you installed on the machine, which would imply you own a 2TB version of this. You said you allocated that much to it - why? I have a few windows machines and none are over 1tb TOTAL storage - and most are for gaming which... uses the most amount of local storage on a machine that I can easily think of.
Also, maybe the M1/M2 chip Macs are different, but on my Intel based ones you can easily wipe the entire storage drive no problem. In fact, even on much older machines, any bios lets you delete and partition and format drives. I cannot imagine Apple itself would need to do something to the machine (what even, unless this was something corrupted in bios? What's a 'deep dive'?)
Also, you mention some program I think, DS4 controller? It appears to be some program to emulate and or map buttons for or like playstation games? It basically sounds like you were trying to us an emulator within an emulator - emulaception or something here? Sounds like there might be some issues at that point.
Anyway, Parallels is a fine program. I cannot understand with my moderate grasp on computer systems how installing it would cause whatever your issue ones unless you had some actual faulty hardware.
1TB of memory? As in storage space? I HIGHLY doubt it took that much plus you having enough room for the OS and whatever else you installed on the machine, which would imply you own a 2TB version of this. You said you allocated that much to it - why? I have a few windows machines and none are over 1tb TOTAL storage - and most are for gaming which... uses the most amount of local storage on a machine that I can easily think of.
Also, maybe the M1/M2 chip Macs are different, but on my Intel based ones you can easily wipe the entire storage drive no problem. In fact, even on much older machines, any bios lets you delete and partition and format drives. I cannot imagine Apple itself would need to do something to the machine (what even, unless this was something corrupted in bios? What's a 'deep dive'?)
Also, you mention some program I think, DS4 controller? It appears to be some program to emulate and or map buttons for or like playstation games? It basically sounds like you were trying to us an emulator within an emulator - emulaception or something here? Sounds like there might be some issues at that point.
Anyway, Parallels is a fine program. I cannot understand with my moderate grasp on computer systems how installing it would cause whatever your issue ones unless you had some actual faulty hardware.
No idea about the lost partitition, I literally couldn't get it back. Apple restored it back to normal. The parallels wasn't allowing ds4 to let ps4-5 controllers be recognized in the emulators no big deal.
As for why did I allocate so much? Why not. All my MacBooks have been bare bone 256gb and I use like legit 30gb. On my iPhone I used 8gb for music.
I only bought 2tb 16gb ram due to it was more economical too. I got 2021 iMac militsry/veteran/discounted Apple Card's for less than 2k otd out my wallet.
No regrets even though I do nothing but safari and day trade in it. Gf uses it for writing. I do have my parralel license so may give it a shot another day because the screen is beautiful
Long story short, removing program, doing drive repair etc. it simply disappeared the whole partition was gone like not recognized. Not big deal, even after full reformers and such, took to apple, free of charge, fixed 1 hour
I am weary though doing it again just due to inconvenience
1TB of memory? As in storage space? I HIGHLY doubt it took that much plus you having enough room for the OS and whatever else you installed on the machine, which would imply you own a 2TB version of this. You said you allocated that much to it - why? I have a few windows machines and none are over 1tb TOTAL storage - and most are for gaming which... uses the most amount of local storage on a machine that I can easily think of.
Also, maybe the M1/M2 chip Macs are different, but on my Intel based ones you can easily wipe the entire storage drive no problem. In fact, even on much older machines, any bios lets you delete and partition and format drives. I cannot imagine Apple itself would need to do something to the machine (what even, unless this was something corrupted in bios? What's a 'deep dive'?)
Also, you mention some program I think, DS4 controller? It appears to be some program to emulate and or map buttons for or like playstation games? It basically sounds like you were trying to us an emulator within an emulator - emulaception or something here? Sounds like there might be some issues at that point.
Anyway, Parallels is a fine program. I cannot understand with my moderate grasp on computer systems how installing it would cause whatever your issue ones unless you had some actual faulty hardware.
https://www.macrumors.c
edit I had parallels 17 I think. 18 just got released. I may jump and upgrade
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Darn, just missed the $1000 price.
No and no.
You can try it for free first.
Not currently. You can use a virtual machine for windows. Microsoft currently doesn't allow you to do this on the m1 or m2.
8GB is fine for most people.
It's like you all just got out of bootcamp and you're now talking like your drill instructor, using the same exact words and phrasing in response to everything.
Regardless, think about this:
Since when is it acceptable for an Apple product to have a (major) aspect of it be just "fine?"
People buy these products because they are premium. It shouldn't matter if it's for some grandma on facebook or a software developer or a digital artist. It should be good, better than good. All of it. Period. It is extremely obvious that Apple is intentionally underspeccing these things (in both RAM and storage) to get people to be emotionally invested in the min spec price then get upsold into higher specs. It's a common sales tactic in a lot of markets, but no one is chomping at the bit to defend those other companies.
For the record, I don't buy min spec Apple products anymore; last purchase was an M2 Air with 16 GB RAM/512GB SSD, ordered first day, actually. I have been hearing the "GB of RAM is fine for most people," since I bought the very first iPad Air with 1GB of RAM for my dad. He noticed a lot of memory issues with that device too back then, and he's the most casual user I know. Fast forward nearly a decade later, people are still spouting the same stuff, and the family members I have that have the misfortune of having min spec Apple products over the years are still suffering from the same issues. I guess they're using/holding it wrong. Instead instantly regurgitating the same line to defend the highest market cap company in the world, how about you try demanding better of them? They should be trying to do better for you; you shouldn't be trying to do better for them.
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None of this is "defending" them, it's simply calling out the fallacies made by others who simply read the spec sheet. 8gb shouldn't be the minimum these days, but it is for these entry level machines and you have the choice to upgrade should your needs differ. The difference now is you either buy a pre-built machine that is shipped en masse to resellers all over the world and comes as an entry level spec'd machine or you custom build your own to the specs that you want/need. Apple has done this for years now, the biggest change was after 2012 when you could no longer upgrade RAM/Storage (which still bums me out). Go look at the models on their website. Anything that is selectable, pre configuration, is a "base" model and is available on a shelf (so to speak). If you customize, you get a custom model.
This is no different than car shopping. $19,995 Ford Maverick (aka base model) that every dealership will have 50+ of but if you want the upgrade that gives you the features people want, you have either less of a selection or you have to ask Ford to build it for you. But like the apple analogy, the base model "is just fine" for most people. It's a truck, it has an engine, it has seats and will get you from point a to point b. Can it tow a boat? It may struggle. Can it haul construction materials? Maybe. Would the stronger engine be better all around? Sure. But if you don't haul or tow, you're paying for an upgrade you'll see very little benefit from.