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@voodoo FYI as you’re not normally a Mac guy, make sure you buy via the Education store as they have a small discount so you’ll save a bit of cash.
cheers, the school has a deal with jbhifi so think we got an OK price
We waited until post-Xmas sales and saved a couple of hundred I think. Apple don't do discounts, generally speaking.
I got my latest Air and iPhone on sale at JB, which was actually a better deal than the Education discount. Then I was going to get the tax back when I flew to NZ which didn't happen due to Gladys' Delta.
I make it a rule never to pay full price for Apple products. I once got a Macbook 11" for nearly half price at Harvey Norman Malaysia in a Xmas sale.
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Hey Fruit Nerds.
The Boy's 13" Macbook Air is starting to get a bit tired, he's about to turn 18, and his interest in Multimedia (including video/photo editing, effects, music, etc) means he's probably due a new macbook. When I go to JB Hifi here in Oz and lock the price margin in at $2k-$3k, it ends up with basically 2 options if I want to go New:
Macbook Pro 13-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2199
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Macbook Pro 14-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2999The third option is a Refurb:
MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.0GHz i5 chip and 512GB @ $2549
Size of monitor isn't really a thing as you can always plug in a decent 4K unit, so I guess my question is between the New M1 and the refurbed i5 chip.
Advice appreciated.
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Hey Fruit Nerds.
The Boy's 13" Macbook Air is starting to get a bit tired, he's about to turn 18, and his interest in Multimedia (including video/photo editing, effects, music, etc) means he's probably due a new macbook. When I go to JB Hifi here in Oz and lock the price margin in at $2k-$3k, it ends up with basically 2 options if I want to go New:
Macbook Pro 13-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2199
OR
Macbook Pro 14-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2999The third option is a Refurb:
MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.0GHz i5 chip and 512GB @ $2549
Size of monitor isn't really a thing as you can always plug in a decent 4K unit, so I guess my question is between the New M1 and the refurbed i5 chip.
Advice appreciated.
Go for the pro, that's a tenth gen Intel processor.
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@machpants I’m voting the other way. I have a big, nerdy collection of macs. The M1Pro (NOT Max) that my wife uses is significantly faster than the i9 Macbook Pro 16 I have when they are both running on battery. They are about the same on mains power.
An i5 powered Macbook is nowhere near the performance of one of the M1 powered versions.
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@machpants I’m voting the other way. I have a big, nerdy collection of macs. The M1Pro (NOT Max) that my wife uses is significantly faster than the i9 Macbook Pro 16 I have when they are both running on battery. They are about the same on mains power.
An i5 powered Macbook is nowhere near the performance of one of the M1 powered versions.
Yup, probably not even as good as the M1, let alone the pro. It would interesting with the latest 12th gen Intels, which are awesome. But they're not available. So if you want to be stuck in that dictatorial microsystem that is apple, M1 is the way to go!
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Hey Fruit Nerds.
The Boy's 13" Macbook Air is starting to get a bit tired, he's about to turn 18, and his interest in Multimedia (including video/photo editing, effects, music, etc) means he's probably due a new macbook. When I go to JB Hifi here in Oz and lock the price margin in at $2k-$3k, it ends up with basically 2 options if I want to go New:
Macbook Pro 13-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2199
OR
Macbook Pro 14-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2999The third option is a Refurb:
MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.0GHz i5 chip and 512GB @ $2549
Size of monitor isn't really a thing as you can always plug in a decent 4K unit, so I guess my question is between the New M1 and the refurbed i5 chip.
Advice appreciated.
I have the new 13 inch pro, the M1 Macbook air, and the Intel Macbook air right before that.
I don't do any video editing but do a lot on SPSS and all three handle that well (naturally the pro is faster).
Personally speaking, I get really good performance from the Air and like it better as it is lighter and easier to carry.
However, having all the ports on the Pro makes it my take to class/conference computer, and if you need power I would say it has plentyyyyy.
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@machpants said in Apple:
Hey Fruit Nerds.
The Boy's 13" Macbook Air is starting to get a bit tired, he's about to turn 18, and his interest in Multimedia (including video/photo editing, effects, music, etc) means he's probably due a new macbook. When I go to JB Hifi here in Oz and lock the price margin in at $2k-$3k, it ends up with basically 2 options if I want to go New:
Macbook Pro 13-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2199
OR
Macbook Pro 14-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2999The third option is a Refurb:
MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.0GHz i5 chip and 512GB @ $2549
Size of monitor isn't really a thing as you can always plug in a decent 4K unit, so I guess my question is between the New M1 and the refurbed i5 chip.
Advice appreciated.
Go for the pro, that's a tenth gen Intel processor.
They all say "Pro" in the name?
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@machpants said in Apple:
Hey Fruit Nerds.
The Boy's 13" Macbook Air is starting to get a bit tired, he's about to turn 18, and his interest in Multimedia (including video/photo editing, effects, music, etc) means he's probably due a new macbook. When I go to JB Hifi here in Oz and lock the price margin in at $2k-$3k, it ends up with basically 2 options if I want to go New:
Macbook Pro 13-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2199
OR
Macbook Pro 14-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2999The third option is a Refurb:
MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.0GHz i5 chip and 512GB @ $2549
Size of monitor isn't really a thing as you can always plug in a decent 4K unit, so I guess my question is between the New M1 and the refurbed i5 chip.
Advice appreciated.
Go for the pro, that's a tenth gen Intel processor.
They all say "Pro" in the name?
Yeah the M1 chiped apples are great, the standard 13” “pro” with standard M1 CPU is f ine for 99% or people. If you want a bigger device or a bit extra grunt - then go for what you can afford
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Back to this: in the end, JB were having a sale on Macbooks so we got him one of the Macbook Pro 14s with 1TB drive. It isn't the little bastard's birthday for another 10 days, but the sale ended Tuesday so we surprised him early.
Transfer process was pretty good. Just a few apps had to rediscover themselves on startup.
Did a rendering test on one of his school projects in Adobe AfterEffects versus his 2015 Macbook Air...
Old mac = 8 minutes 1 second
New mac = 1 minute 25 secondsPretty good then.
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@machpants he's got a PS5 for that.
And the MacBook can handle Minecraft so he's sisterly happy.
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@machpants he's got a PS5 for that.
And the MacBook can handle Minecraft so he's sisterly happy.
PS5?
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