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

[Chris344]

Not sure if it’s the cheapest, but Costco has them for £1690 with a cast iron 2 year warranty.

That’s helpful - thank you. What’s their warranty like and I read they have a 90 day return period?

 

[thewanted]

That’s helpful - thank you. What’s their warranty like and I read they have a 90 day return period?

Never used it myself, but it has a reputation for being amongst the very best. The first year will be covered by Apple too.

 

[Stu999]

Where the cheapest place to get a 14” base pro at the moment?

Unless you need it really quickly you could wait until October and see if they get refreshed with M2? The M1 will presumably then be cheaper.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

Unless you need it really quickly you could wait until October and see if they get refreshed with M2? The M1 will presumably then be cheaper.

More likely it will remain at the same price and M2 will take up the higher new price, like the Macbook Air. Inflation init.

 

[ChrisD.]

Unless you need it really quickly you could wait until October and see if they get refreshed with M2? The M1 will presumably then be cheaper.

I doubt there will be M2 Pro/Max this year.

 

[Dangerous Dave]

Has anyone had issue with the screen getting damaged due to the the really tight tolerances between the keyboard/top case and the screen ?

Over the course of a few weeks cycling into work and carrying it in a backpack on the train the screen ended up with 30-40 pits as far as I could tell due to small bits of dust/dirt from the keyboard/top case getting rubbed into the screen when in a backpack. I was wiping down the keyboard and screen before taking it in the backpack when I noticed a couple but the issue kept on occurring.

Apple store replaced the screen but wouldn't give any reasons for the cause but admitted they'd replaced a few. I expected a fight with them saying user damage the tell tail question that they know it's an issue was asking do you carry this a lot in a laptop bag.

My main concern is it's going to happen again when you put it in a backpack/laptop bag. My old XPS was carried for 3 years probably hundreds of times in a backpack and the screen had no marks on it.

 

[ChrisD.]

Since the latest Edge update it's hammering my battery.

 

[Dangerous Dave]

Since the latest Edge update it's hammering my battery.

Mine is the same after the Safari/Monterey 12.6 update checking the CPU usage most processes seem to be running on the performance cores rather than the efficiency ones, CPU temps were up in the 60s and battery life down. A reboot fixes it temporarily but reoccurs after a few hours.

 

[uvarvu]

I don't own a laptop but I dug around anyway and saw someone posted about this issue on the microsoft forums. It might get more traction if you comment there.

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[thewanted]

microsoft forums

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Hi Ken. I'm Greg, 10 years awarded Windows MVP, here to help you.

What a douchebag.

 

[ChrisD.]

Still no Edge update, I might have to use Chrome or Firefox until they fix it. I use Safari as my main browser but if I watch Twitch or other web based streaming platforms, I find Edge much better than Safari especially for audio.

 

[HACO]

Still no Edge update, I might have to use Chrome or Firefox until they fix it. I use Safari as my main browser but if I watch Twitch or other web based streaming platforms, I find Edge much better than Safari especially for audio.

I never liked Edge on macOS, it's quite sluggish and just doesn't feel quite as snappy as Chrome or Safari.

 

[GMac11]

I never liked Edge on macOS, it's quite sluggish and just doesn't feel quite as snappy as Chrome or Safari.

I was never that partial to Chrome on it either. I’m probably just one of the sheep at this stage but I find Safari is by far the best option.

 

[ChrisD.]

I don't find Edge sluggish at all, but I use it for very few sites. I'll use Firefox for the few sites until MS sort their **** out as I'm not going to use Chrome.

 

[thewanted]

Does anyone know if Apple's Black Friday deals extend to the refurbished store?

EDIT: Sounds like a "no" according to this post.

 

[uvarvu]

I'm finally Windows free! I've been allocated a 16 inch paving slab MacBook pro by work and I'm mostly happy with it. The MagSafe cable back is back in the box as it's an abomination, they should have put more Type C ports in its place. I've been through the suggested software in the other thread and installed Rectangle which is cool, also signed in with my personal Apple ID to get all of the integration working as well.

 

[ChrisD.]

I'm finally Windows free! I've been allocated a 16 inch paving slab MacBook pro by work and I'm mostly happy with it. The MagSafe cable back is back in the box as it's an abomination, they should have put more Type C ports in its place. I've been through the suggested software in the other thread and installed Rectangle which is cool, also signed in with my personal Apple ID to get all of the integration working as well.

I like it when I'm using it on the kitchen table, as I don't have a power port underneath the table and my mrs is extremely clumsy.

 

[Throrik]

I'm finally Windows free! I've been allocated a 16 inch paving slab MacBook pro by work and I'm mostly happy with it. The MagSafe cable back is back in the box as it's an abomination, they should have put more Type C ports in its place. I've been through the suggested software in the other thread and installed Rectangle which is cool, also signed in with my personal Apple ID to get all of the integration working as well.

Paving slab is right I'll definitely not go for 16" again once this one needs upgrading. It's mahoooosive. 14" is so much more normal.

 

[ChrisD.]

Yeah it's a beast, I have both the 14" and 16". I also have a 15" in a drawer.

 

[Throrik]

Yeah it's a beast, I have both the 14" and 16". I also have a 15" in a drawer.

Same, the work one is a 14" and I decided because I wanted to differentiate to go for 16", it's like back when 17" laptops were in.