expired Posted by Thongvua • Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023 2:06 AM
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expired Posted by Thongvua • Sep 14, 2023
Sep 14, 2023 2:06 AM
Apple Macbook Pro 14" M1 Pro 16GB Ram /512GB SSD Silver - Apple Certified Refurbished $1299.99 at Microcenter
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For the same price, you can get the 16" screen for half the ram https://www.microcenter
Still a decent deal if you need a laptop now that's future proofed for 5-8 years. If you can wait for M3 to be announced + 3 months, you can gamble on the market/sales prices to lower another hundred bucks.
But for haloed 16gb condition that isn't stock, I think you have to wait longer than if it were just 8GB. Extra hdd space is nice too.
PS it's a crime for Apple to sell their Pro lines with 8gb configs.
For the same price, you can get the 16" screen for half the ram https://www.microcenter.com/produ...space-gray [microcenter.com]
Still a decent deal if you need a laptop now that's future proofed for 5-8 years. If you can wait for M3 to be announced + 3 months, you can gamble on the market/sales prices to lower another hundred bucks.
But for haloed 16gb condition that isn't stock, I think you have to wait longer than if it were just 8GB. Extra hdd space is nice too.
PS it's a crime for Apple to sell their Pro lines with 8gb configs.
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The year model is just a number that might or might not mean anything. Some can argue that the base 2021 M1 pro is better all around than the 2023 M2 equivalent, does that still make it obsolete? I know for the same price I would pick the base M1 variant over M2.
The year model is just a number that might or might not mean anything. Some can argue that the base 2021 M1 pro is better all around than the 2023 M2 equivalent, does that still make it obsolete? I know for the same price I would pick the base M1 variant over M2.
I don't think the M2 is worth the price premium - particularly once MC's Apple CPO pricing is taken into account. But at the same price, I'd take the faster M2 in a heartbeat.
The year model is just a number that might or might not mean anything. Some can argue that the base 2021 M1 pro is better all around than the 2023 M2 equivalent, does that still make it obsolete? I know for the same price I would pick the base M1 variant over M2.
The base 14 M2 comes with 512GB hdd and it is not slower in any way over the M1. Only the 256GB drive.
The base 14 M2 comes with 512GB hdd and it is not slower in any way over the M1. Only the 256GB drive.
I don't think the M2 is worth the price premium - particularly once MC's Apple CPO pricing is taken into account. But at the same price, I'd take the faster M2 in a heartbeat.
These things are important to me, maybe they're not as important to you.
These things are important to me, maybe they're not as important to you.
Please provide a (written) source for 10c cooler number.
Please provide a (written) source for 10c cooler number.
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The M2 is a nice jump faster than the M1, CPU and GPU. Around 20% for each. Not massive, but if it's a choice between each, the M2 is clearly faster.
The M2 does have a different SSD setup, so for sequential disk io (if you have to copy a single big file to a thunderbolt ssd all day long for your job, for instance) the SSD in the M1 is faster. Otherwise, for random io tasks, the SSDs are about the same, or the M2 SSD is a little faster. Obviously, most people will care most about random io, as that's what the OS & apps mostly use.
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