Poll: *** The official 2021 14" and 16" Macbook Pro thread (it has an SD slot and everything!) ***
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Soldato
£1900 I think? for the 8 core M1 Pro?
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So the only update is the chip?
Soldato
Basically, only other differences I can see are :
Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.3
Caporegime
Yea £1899 for the previous 14 MBP base, but it can be had cheaper.
Got mine a little after launch and it was £17xx for the base. So they're looking at £300-400 more for 2 extra cores.
Soldato
If you have an m1 variant it just isn’t worth getting the m2 version. The faster Wi-Fi I’m sure would be great for the 3 seconds a day you need the boost and the extra power from the CPU would be noticeable when rendering something out with a stop watch but given those are the only changes, I can’t see why anyone would buy it who already has the 2021 model.
The price isn’t great but it does have proper hdmi now..
Base 16” is up £200 and the base 14” is up a whopping £250!! That was a memory or SSD upgrade before plus change from that £250 with the 14” which arguably made the devices a better investment than these new ones.
Apple needs a rethink in the UK.
The price isn’t great but it does have proper hdmi now..
Base 16” is up £200 and the base 14” is up a whopping £250!! That was a memory or SSD upgrade before plus change from that £250 with the 14” which arguably made the devices a better investment than these new ones.
Apple needs a rethink in the UK.
Unless your company is buying it or you have cash burning a hole in your pocket, the M1 is easily better value, and you can use the change to get more memory or storage.
While stocks last.
Soldato
Definitely glad I bought my M1 Pro 16 when I did, paid ~£1900 at launch through TheEdustore.
It was bought with the intention of keeping it for 4-5 years minimum so the way things are going currently that’s looking pretty likely.
Soldato
Wow huge price increase, for basically the chip and a few under the hood improvements.
Pleased I got my 14" m1pro a few months back now.
Pleased I got my 14" m1pro a few months back now.
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Surprised that Apple didn't do something more significant in terms of aesthetics, just to give people FOMO. Even Midnight would've swung it for people, I think.
As it is the M2 is exactly the same externally. I can either drop £4100+ (with EDU discount) on a M2 Max, or get the same one through the refurb store for ~£3299 - when back in stock. No brainer.
As it is the M2 is exactly the same externally. I can either drop £4100+ (with EDU discount) on a M2 Max, or get the same one through the refurb store for ~£3299 - when back in stock. No brainer.
Caporegime
M1 14 MBP bargain via Apple Refurb.
£1,459.00
£1,459.00
Refurbished 14-inch MacBook Pro Apple M1 Pro Chip with 8âCore CPU and 14âCore GPU - Space Grey
M1 Pro takes the exceptional performance of the M1 architecture to a whole new level for pro users. Even the most ambitious projects are easily handled with up to 10 CPU cores, up to 16 GPU cores, a 16âcore Neural Engine, and dedicated encode and decode media engines that support H.264...
www.apple.com
New thread up guys - https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...nd-up-to-96gb-memory-and-everything.18966106/
Soldato
I just purchased a M1 Pro 14” from the refurb store. I wanted something mobile again, coming from a iMac 27 2020.
Caporegime
Good saving there.
Soldato
Even if I purchased through the discount at work, I’d still have been paying more than the refurb store.
Was a no brainier for me. Hopefully I can sell the iMac for a good price. They seem to be holding values well.
Caporegime
Yea rumour is the iMac isn’t being refreshed until Q4.
£1459 on the Apple Refurb store: https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/produ...380306b505fa69f878386f890d61df96f9129def36947
Caporegime
M1 14 MBP bargain via Apple Refurb.
£1,459.00
Refurbished 14-inch MacBook Pro Apple M1 Pro Chip with 8âCore CPU and 14âCore GPU - Space Grey
M1 Pro takes the exceptional performance of the M1 architecture to a whole new level for pro users. Even the most ambitious projects are easily handled with up to 10 CPU cores, up to 16 GPU cores, a 16âcore Neural Engine, and dedicated encode and decode media engines that support H.264...www.apple.com
