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14" Apple MacBook Pro: 3024x1964 120Hz, M5 10-Core Chip, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
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If anything I would wait until M6 releases at the end of the year when they do a chassis-refresh, OLED panel and rumored touchscreen if you want to blow a bunch of money on a new Macbook.
Despite being 4 years and 4 months old, if you extrapolate from Apple's history with Intel macOS support it's getting at least 3 more major releases of macOS updates with the last one likely landing late 2028 and 2-3 years of security updates following that so it lasts 4-5 years easily.
If you want to "maximize trade-in value" then just sell it privately on Facebook Marketplace/Offerup/Craigslist but I think you're only gonna gain $100 more by doing that.
The 15" aluminum chassis is better than the 13" at handling heat, but sustained high usage will make it throttle more than the Pro. Still, the performance is pretty close.
I'm currently with the Air 15, but may still switch back to a Pro. Pick your poison.
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If anything I would wait until M6 releases at the end of the year when they do a chassis-refresh, OLED panel and rumored touchscreen if you want to blow a bunch of money on a new Macbook.
Despite being 4 years and 4 months old, if you extrapolate from Apple's history with Intel macOS support it's getting at least 3 more major releases of macOS updates with the last one likely landing late 2028 and 2-3 years of security updates following that so it lasts 4-5 years easily.
If you want to "maximize trade-in value" then just sell it privately on Facebook Marketplace/Offerup/Craigslist but I think you're only gonna gain $100 more by doing that.
Apple offered only $550 for my 14" M1 Max with 64GB/2TB. OWC offered about $950. I shouldn't have much trouble selling privately for about $1500-1800.
If anything I would wait until M6 releases at the end of the year when they do a chassis-refresh, OLED panel and rumored touchscreen if you want to blow a bunch of money on a new Macbook.
Despite being 4 years and 4 months old, if you extrapolate from Apple's history with Intel macOS support it's getting at least 3 more major releases of macOS updates with the last one likely landing late 2028 and 2-3 years of security updates following that so it lasts 4-5 years easily.
If you want to "maximize trade-in value" then just sell it privately on Facebook Marketplace/Offerup/Craigslist but I think you're only gonna gain $100 more by doing that.
Another thing the M5 offers over the M1 Pro/Max is significant efficiency gains. The 8+2 M1 Pro/Max tend to saturate their 2 efficiency cores fairly easily and get into their P-cores , which is bad news for 'real-world idle' efficiency - driving up power consumption and tanking battery life. My M5 Max sips power compared to my 'old' M1 Max.
All that said... M1 Pro/Max are still incredibly capable machines. Did I need to upgrade from my M1 Max? No. Am I glad I did? Absolutely.
In the end, if you aren't feeling significant pressure to upgrade, it might be a good idea to wait for the M6 lineup. Although they're likely going to be quite a bit pricier with the rumored OLED upgrade.
Reality. That's what I'm 'smoking'.
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