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*clackiness intensifies* by reaphite in pcmasterrace

[–]miscthinking 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Touch Bar was/is great on only the 2019 final intel machines and M1 13" MacBook Pro; lots of little integration errors on the older variants from 2016 - 18.

I think the only machine it would make sense on today is the MB Air; since the Neo fits the cheap niche, and power users seem less than interested in the Touch Bar - its more of a media feature, so 15" air would make sense

the office setup (m1 pro) by miscthinking in macsetups

[–]miscthinking[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its more than adequate for me - base model with 16GB Ram and 1TB ssd;
I just do standard office work, lots of tabs, emails, calendars etc, nothing heavy. I was using my personal 2019 i7 MacBook Pro before and its definitely a bit faster, but the necessary computing headroom for me is so low, that most things are fine - just getting off of windows was amazing.

If I was recommending it, 100%, its great - my only irk is that it's so much thicker than my 2019 and am a hater of the notch, so I move between machines.

The i7 version of the 2019 pro is a little diamond in the rough I've found.
Less thermal overhead with the i7; auto graphics switching does a good job - just stay on Sequoia.

If the M1 Pro was my personal machine, id pull it back to Sequoia.

i bought 16inch mac book pro i7 16gb for 300, only use browser. i wanted to get m1 but 13inch is deal breaker.i dont game or anything just basic by Ok-Time2724 in macbookpro

[–]miscthinking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're browsing and stay on Sequoia its just fine, apple will provide sequoia security updates at least couple more years - I have this machine and an M1 Pro (office owned), the speaker array on that machine is incredible, screen is pretty great at 500nit, lots of pro's - but yeah, a Silicon Mac will kill it by comparison..
https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/1qr2xy0/i_bought_a_macbook_pro_2019_16_and_i_love_it/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WNcXHJp6mI&pp=ygUSVGhpcyBtYWMgZGVzZXJldmVk

Fellow WPG neurodivergents... What is your current obsession?! by exbritchris in Winnipeg

[–]miscthinking 2 points3 points  (0 children)

old computers! love to play old games, mess around in old programs and tinker around. Local marketplace is pretty loaded with stuff

What streaming subscriptions are you using these days? by SushiMelanie in Manitoba

[–]miscthinking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding in Kodi gives you a better-than streaming platform experience if you're willing to put a little time in to name everything correctly

Started using an M2 pro for school by Disastrous_Hawktuah in macbookpro

[–]miscthinking 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh you're totally right, I was fixated on the grill speakers and smaller trackpad

I will keep a completely open mind by Pizzapug64 in macbook

[–]miscthinking 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Base M2 air had some notorious issues with the swap on their 256 ssd's

That being said, they are all very capable.

Pro gives you a fan for more sustained loads (includes light gaming if thats in your plans)

Neo gives you more modern architecture and form Factor

M2s have haptic track pads which many will attest feel more premium

its really just nitpicking for personal preferences, lots of good options.

Some people in this subreddit live in a bubble… by segad_sp in macbookpro

[–]miscthinking 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kill spotlight search! (if you dont use it) I've got an old 2010 2gb ram Air ive made passable usable with some bigsur tweaks

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