MacBook Pro

The fact that they still natively support Linux and Windows, as well as eGPU (or internal for the Mac Pro) while being Macs still is what props them up still. Even older MacBook pros still command a decent margin because of their greater memory and storage configs over comparable used Apple Silicon

It’s amazing how far Apple has moved me down the chip line. I started using Macs on a Power Mac G5 dual 1.8Ghz in 2004. At the time? That was just sort of expected if you were serious about photo or video. That G5 became a Core2Duo 24” iMac around 2008, which led to a 27” i7 iMac around 2013 which b

I feel the release of the new PC laptop prices for this year are the best advertisement for Apple. Considering that right now, for that same price, I can get a 16” MacBook Pro M5 Pro chip with 64 GB RAM and 2TB SSD. If I go 14” instead, I can fit even more for the price.

Bruh I have M3 Max 96gb and my workflow is way, way more demanding than yours. 4 hours 4k 4 camera Multicam with 3-15 effects layers and color grading no rendering in FCP, while driving Studio Display XDR, 150 tabs in Safari, with DaVinci Resolve and Apple Motion open, while transcoding in Compresso

Under normal usage, there should be no need to do any of that. I've been using Macs almost as long as they have been around. In the early days, 20 to 40 years ago, there were all kinds of maintenance tasks that could be done like rebuilding the desktop database, repairing permissions, defragmenting

I went through a similar jump from Windows to Apple Silicon, and memory matters more than almost everything once local models enter the picture. For your mix, a MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB feels like the sensible floor because it gives you room for VS Code, containers, Kali VM work, and mid-size quantiz

That is a super common crossroad and I was exactly there with a similar Apple stack and coding-heavy local workflows. tbh, your best move is to anchor the decision on the model class you truly need in year one, not the future headline numbers. If most of your day is around coding agents and everyday

Your in America right? With the Memorial Day sales going I wouldn't hesitate at all for the Air you can buy a new M5 Air with 512GB instead of 256GB at that point as it's only $900 on Amazon right now https://www.amazon.com/Apple-2026-MacBook-13-inch-Laptop/dp/B0GR1493ZV or you can get it from Best

Yes MacBook Pro, but the critical choices are which Apple Silicon chip (M1, M2…M5) and how much unified RAM. Next one is storage capacity - as you’ll be downloading/creating lots of model weights, training data, training results etc. Invest in the most powerful M4/M5 that you can afford.

Get a MacBook Air with more RAM. The MacBook Neo is compelling, but really designed for simple, daily computing tasks. Browsing, email, writing, etc. I f you’re doing graphics work, you’ll want/need more RAM than 8GB. I’d want 32GB minimum. The last thing you’d want would be to need to constantly fi