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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