Poll: *** The official 2021 14" and 16" Macbook Pro thread (it has an SD slot and everything!) ***

Will you be buying a new MacBook Pro

  • Yes, 14"

    Votes: 43 31.9%

  • Yes, 16"

    Votes: 28 20.7%

  • No

    Votes: 64 47.4%
  • Total voters
    135
TBH, I don't care who's on top as long as there is competition. What Apple have done with the M1 is light a fire under Intel to produce something as efficient as Apple have. This is only a good thing for consumers no matter which hat you wear.
 
JGBR said:
All this competioni should have drove down prices but due to the weird way of the supply chain and life at the moment its not happening. Realistically its cheaper for Apple to make ARM chips but we've not seen price cuts. However maybe all this competition will result in price cuts a few years down the line, particularly is AMD and Intel strike back.
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Highly unlikely in Apple land. Lower production costs just mean higher profits.
 
Reviews all seem to be very positive so far. TBH, the main thing I'm looking forward to is the 120Hz display. My iPad and gaming PC have spoiled me.
I am wondering whether I made the right choice by going for the base 16" though. Trouble is, if I return it for a Max with 32GB I'll be waiting until next year to get it at this rate.
 
If 16GB is fine on the M1 for your workload then it will be fine on M1Pro or M1Max.
When mine turns up today I’ll load it up with some games, cad, lightroom, photoshop, and a load of chrome tabs and see how it does.
 
First impressions of the 16 while it’s transferring; it’s solid and weighty. Feels much more solid than my M1 13. The Apple startup sound had bass!
Screen is bright and pretty even staring at the transferring screen.
The one thing I need to complain about is the notch. I just don’t see why it’s needed. My iPad pro has bezels of a similar size to the new MacBook but doesn’t need a notch. That’s got a Face ID scanner in it too.
 
OK, to those wondering whether 16GB is enough; for me, I can say that you really don't need to worry at all.

Running the following:
World of Warcraft in a busy area with most options on max
Blender with a very large (150MB) obj opened
Fusion360 with a complex model
Meshmixer with one of the demo STLs
Microsoft RDP
Chrome with 18 tabs open
Some other stuff

Absolutely no slowdown whatsoever switching between apps, moving around the system.

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JGBR said:
It's not coping as well as you thought.
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I don't care whether it's swapping or not. If there is no perceptible slowdown then it's doing its job.
I'm not exaggerating when I say that there is absolutely 0 impact on any of the running apps that I can see.

Put it this way, my work HP with a Ryzen 7 5700U and 32GB absolutely chugs when switching between Fusion360 and say Photoshop. That isn't swapping at all.
 
smokedog said:
The way I see it, if I really need that 32Gb I would sell and upgrade in the next update, would make more financial sense. Hopefully then 32Gb will become more mainstream and more afford. I think the current chip shortages are pushing the prices up.
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This is where I'm at too. 16GB seems fine for my current workflow but if I need more then I'll upgrade when M2 or whatever comes along in 12 to 18 months.
The thing with MacBooks is that once you have one, the cost to change isn't too bad due to the high retained value.
 
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