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I have a 2012 Macbook Pro that's still okay for most of what I do with it, including Android app development. Though the Nvidia GPU driver is terrible and leaks
by grishka 6y ago
I have a 2012 Macbook Pro that's still okay for most of what I do with it, including Android app development. Though the Nvidia GPU driver is terrible and leaks memory copiously, and that's annoying. Web apps are sometimes sluggish, but I got used to the fact that modern web just can't be fast on any hardware unless done by people who know what they're doing which is rare. I'm looking forward to whatever the refined and beefed up M1 successor would be. That would probably last me another decade if not more.
- asdff 6y agoI had to abandon my 2012 macbook pro for a new intel mac earlier in the year after it was overheating and killing keyboard and trackpad input during zoom calls, but before our modern zoom based world, what a beast that computer was. Perfectly performant for typical tasks, unlike computers of old that would struggle to run the latest OS after four years. I'm eyeing the ARM macs, but I think it would serve me well to wait at least two years for software to become more compatible and kinks worked out. People in my field have been having some issues with ARM and rosetta2, even having to return laptops.