MacBook Pro 2012 Released Additional site navigation. Apple MacBook Pro 15' Retina /Quad Core i7/ 16GB / 512GB SSD OS Big Sur. If you need more computing power, you already know who you are and what you are looking for, but you are in the 5%. Apple Macbook Pro 13' Laptop UPGRADED i5 16GB RAM 1TB HD MacOS WARRANTY. It's like the lack gigabit fiber is really what is holding users back from needing 'more' compute power. It almost seems like 1000 MB/s storage, 16 GB RAM and something like a 4-core 1800pt GB5 single will work for todays web browsing workflows for 95% of users now. My M1 Pro MBP16 feels very much like a workstation, without the noise and heat.Īrguably, x86 OEM's relentless push to put ever more power consuming CPUs and GPUs into PCs is a disservice for 90% of the buyers out there.

Not good for a certain subset of people: gamers, anything not in Apple's niches, but as a laptop, they are truly good. Yup, the Apple Silicon laptops are possibly the best laptops made. It was running hot, fans spinning and chewing through battery while my M2 Max was quiet and only used about 10% by the time it finished (and it had more updates).

I still have my 2019 16” i9 MBP and I fired it up to update macOS and other software. Haven’t had time to test anything yet as I was busy downloading/installing software, but looking forward to seeing how it performs. Original ship date was Feb 10th, then updated to Feb 6th then all of a sudden I get a notification to pick it up yesterday.

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