Essentially for apps unable to use on the M1. And in the interim, I’ll hang on to my 2015 15”. That said I am considering the 13” MBP M1 for the short term and giving it to my son when we see the 16” come to fruition. Works like a charm and I’ve never had an issue with the dock or computer (other than the burn in LG display issue, replaced with the Samsung early on) and even the old Haswell architecture and 2GB of vRAM, the PCIe storage was revolutionary when I bought it and continues to amaze me with the speeds. ‘while TB2 was short lived, PWC sold a TB2 dock that adds five more ‘Hi-Speed USB-A (blue) ports, another HDMI, eSATA, Ethernet, FW800, two TB2 ports as well as both in and output for audio. The last one to offer the ports and IO he & I are still using (USB-A, HDMI, SD, Audio IO (analo/digital), and Thunderbolt 2.

My son’s almost 16 and he’s using the 13” MacBook Pro from 2015. Especially since yebubbleman went to the effort of pulling up GB5 results, lol - that’s twice the theoretical speed of mine, and per watt, exponentially better. For instance, when things return to 'normal' and I need to travel for work or school again, a new MacBook will be a possibility.Īwesome discussion, I’m still using my mid ‘15 rMBP (2.8GHz/16GB/1TB/AMD) and strongly considering the M1. If my needs change and the quality of life features afforded by the M1 Macs (portability and performance in particular) outweigh the cost of upgrading, then I will. My 2009 MacBook is effectively a netbook with OS X, so there's no reason to spend at minimum $1100 to get a Facebook machine. I hardly ever use my laptop for anything intensive beyond light programming. The quality of life gains relative to using M1 are, as of yet, not worth it compared to this. performance gains, quicker boot times, etc).įor instance, money isn't an issue, I could get a new M1 Mac, but my Mac Pro is a dual boot Windows gaming and scientific workstation, and so 6 internal SATA bays and PCI-E slots outweigh the performance gains I would otherwise get.

If not, it just comes down to how much you value your money and how the machine currently fairs on your workflow, in comparison with quality of life improvements (e.g.

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