New apple M1 chips - who's buying?
Discussion
Durzel said:
I don't think Apple will abandon updates etc for Intel, as the buik of their stuff already out there is on it.
You are right though that as time goes on they will become less and less desirable, and the Apple Silicon ones seem to be so far ahead in performance, battery life and heat (lack of) terms that they are a paradigm shift.
I've just pulled the trigger on a M1 Max one even though my Intel i9 is pretty much fine, because I feel like the value will drop off a cliff as time goes on.
Ughhh my purchase fell through.You are right though that as time goes on they will become less and less desirable, and the Apple Silicon ones seem to be so far ahead in performance, battery life and heat (lack of) terms that they are a paradigm shift.
I've just pulled the trigger on a M1 Max one even though my Intel i9 is pretty much fine, because I feel like the value will drop off a cliff as time goes on.
Back to hoping one appears on the Mac refurb store
thebraketester said:
Are they any links to the information about this memory issue? Does it just effect the MacBooks or is it the Mac mini too?
confirmation - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/macbook-pro-m2-p... . Slower is still probably fast enough looking at the numbers.Edited by thebraketester on Wednesday 25th January 15:38
xeny said:
thebraketester said:
Are they any links to the information about this memory issue? Does it just effect the MacBooks or is it the Mac mini too?
confirmation - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/macbook-pro-m2-p... . Slower is still probably fast enough looking at the numbers.Edited by thebraketester on Wednesday 25th January 15:38
I was going to get the base spec and upgrade to 16gb ram. Looks like it would be better to get the ‘2nd spec’ M2 with the bigger SSD and only 8gb ram?
Lee Jones Jnr said:
MagSafe doesn’t seem as good as it used to be for me.
It seems to be knocked off by the gentlest bump when using on my lap etc but holds strong when on a table and someone catches the wire as they walk past.
My annoyance is MagSafe 3 is not compatible with MagSafe 2 (or 1) can't use an adaptor etc. I have an Apple Thunderbolt display which powers my older MB Air on MagSafe 2, I was hoping a new MB would just plug I with adaptors, but not found a way yet. It seems to be knocked off by the gentlest bump when using on my lap etc but holds strong when on a table and someone catches the wire as they walk past.
thebraketester said:
Thanks will have a read.
I was going to get the base spec and upgrade to 16gb ram. Looks like it would be better to get the ‘2nd spec’ M2 with the bigger SSD and only 8gb ram?
The peak speed difference isn't worth worrying about IMO.I was going to get the base spec and upgrade to 16gb ram. Looks like it would be better to get the ‘2nd spec’ M2 with the bigger SSD and only 8gb ram?
If you will use 16 GB of RAM, 8GB and a faster SSD will be a worse experience than 16GB and a slower SSD.
xeny said:
thebraketester said:
Thanks will have a read.
I was going to get the base spec and upgrade to 16gb ram. Looks like it would be better to get the ‘2nd spec’ M2 with the bigger SSD and only 8gb ram?
The peak speed difference isn't worth worrying about IMO.I was going to get the base spec and upgrade to 16gb ram. Looks like it would be better to get the ‘2nd spec’ M2 with the bigger SSD and only 8gb ram?
If you will use 16 GB of RAM, 8GB and a faster SSD will be a worse experience than 16GB and a slower SSD.
It looks like it might be the MacBook Pro too: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/24/m2-mac-mini-2...
Lee Jones Jnr said:
MagSafe doesn’t seem as good as it used to be for me.
It seems to be knocked off by the gentlest bump when using on my lap etc but holds strong when on a table and someone catches the wire as they walk past.
Yours sounds faulty, my MagSafe is rock solid, regardless of where it is.It seems to be knocked off by the gentlest bump when using on my lap etc but holds strong when on a table and someone catches the wire as they walk past.
mikef said:
For what it's worth, here are my Diskmark readings for a Mac Mini M1 256GB/8GB
and MacBook Air M2 1TB/16GB
Different, but both fine for my use cases. The M1 read speeds were pretty impressive though
This is mine (MacStudio Max 512GB/32GB)...but don't forget that a lot of SSDs slow down as they approach capacity...so your M1 Mini above might show different speeds if you were at the same % usage as your M2 Air.and MacBook Air M2 1TB/16GB
Different, but both fine for my use cases. The M1 read speeds were pretty impressive though
Lee Jones Jnr said:
SteveKTMer said:
No, mine is perfect, same as the others I've had. You're the one complaining that it's not the same as it used to be.
(A MagSafe shouldn’t be rock solid, that’s the entire point of the design)SteveKTMer said:
Lee Jones Jnr said:
SteveKTMer said:
No, mine is perfect, same as the others I've had. You're the one complaining that it's not the same as it used to be.
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