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Apple MacBook Pro: 14" Liquid Retina XDR, M2 Pro, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Silver $1599

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  • Apple M2 Pro 10-Core Chip
  • 16GB Unified RAM | 512GB SSD
  • 14.2" 3024x1964 Liquid Retina XDR Screen
  • 16-Core GPU | 16-Core Neural Engine
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) | Bluetooth 5.3
  • Thunderbolt 4 | HDMI | MagSafe 3
  • SDXC Slot | FaceTime HD 1080p Camera
  • Backlit Magic Keyboard
  • Force Touch Trackpad | Touch ID Sensor
  • macOS



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Fangolio
03-27-2024 at 07:29 AM.
03-27-2024 at 07:29 AM.
Possibly the best laptop you can get at this price if modern gaming is the one thing you don't need
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yourbestfriendjoshua
03-27-2024 at 07:37 AM.
03-27-2024 at 07:37 AM.
Fantastic laptop! But it doesn't really make sense, to me, to buy this model when you can get an M3 Pro for only a little bit more. For example, the comparable M3 Pro model is available from Apple's refurb store (which is essentially brand new with how they refurb products) for only $100 more.
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Grenville
03-27-2024 at 10:38 AM.
03-27-2024 at 10:38 AM.
Only 4 available …thumbs down
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aragorn2000
03-27-2024 at 10:43 AM.
03-27-2024 at 10:43 AM.
Quote from yourbestfriendjoshua :
Fantastic laptop! But it doesn't really make sense, to me, to buy this model when you can get an M3 Pro for only a little bit more. For example, the comparable M3 Pro model is available from Apple's refurb store (which is essentially brand new with how they refurb products) for only $100 more.

For $100 more the Apple certified refurb M3 will also come with a 1TB SSD. Or for the same price you can get M2 with 24GB memory and 1TB disk, so the posted deal is not very hot.
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Dr.Wajahat
03-27-2024 at 12:02 PM.
03-27-2024 at 12:02 PM.
Quote from Grenville :
Only 4 available …thumbs down
Where does it say only 4 available?
Maybe don't be petty by referring to the other post where it was clearly stated that only 4 pieces were available.
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utada82
03-27-2024 at 12:06 PM.
03-27-2024 at 12:06 PM.
Quote from aragorn2000 :
For $100 more the Apple certified refurb M3 will also come with a 1TB SSD. Or for the same price you can get M2 with 24GB memory and 1TB disk, so the posted deal is not very hot.

Really good deal! Personally I don't understand why would you spend 100 more just for the ssd and downgrade to a nonpro chip
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gder03
03-27-2024 at 02:18 PM.
03-27-2024 at 02:18 PM.
Quote from aragorn2000 :
For $100 more the Apple certified refurb M3 will also come with a 1TB SSD. Or for the same price you can get M2 with 24GB memory and 1TB disk, so the posted deal is not very hot.
This is an M2 pro chip buddy... You're comparing apples to oranges by suggesting an m3. an M2 pro will perform far better than m3 with an extra 8gb of ram will.
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gder03
03-27-2024 at 02:20 PM.
03-27-2024 at 02:20 PM.
Quote from utada82 :
Really good deal! Personally I don't understand why would you spend 100 more just for the ssd and downgrade to a nonpro chip
yeah, far better to try to get m3 pro chip with 18gb around that price.
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OPTICSOURCE
03-28-2024 at 02:56 PM.
03-28-2024 at 02:56 PM.
How do these M2 pro MacBooks compare to Nvidia-based laptops when it comes to Adobe applications? Also stable diffusion/AI?
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dstells
03-29-2024 at 11:55 AM.
03-29-2024 at 11:55 AM.
Quote from OPTICSOURCE :
How do these M2 pro MacBooks compare to Nvidia-based laptops when it comes to Adobe applications? Also stable diffusion/AI?
You would probably need to look into specific benchmarks for your use case, especially for the stable diffusion bit.

In general, Adobe applications perform well on nVidia largely due to the number and generation of CUDA cores, which is exclusive to nVidia, and hardware-based.

I don't know if Adobe has built any equivalent for the Apple GPU, or whether Apple has any comparable technology on its GPU.

Obviously, the Apple GPU, in higher configs, is fairly beefy for a laptop. So are the higher nvidia cards. Stable Diffusion in the PC world, runs far better on nvidia GPUs.

This guy's general conclusion is that renders generally run better on PC, and that Apple GPUs aren't really very good for 3D rendering (at least). In Cinebench, even a last gen 3070 outruns even the highest end M2 and costs a fraction as much.

https://youtu.be/enY4Kl27EB0?si=LKKZuurUyy37eAFK
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