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This is amazing as having only vaguely followed the announcements I thought it’s was published today until the very end.

evolve2k 5y ago
I’ve been sitting on my 2015 MCP considering it good enough for my needs until now. I’m sure I’m not the only one.
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- numbsafari 5y ago
  You aren’t. Very ready for this upgrade. ps… 6 years for a laptop that… works very well to this day is why I have no qualms about the price of this thing.
  - chrisweekly 5y ago
    Yeah, my (maxed out at the time) 2012 mbp15r is amazingly still usable -- and there's finally a suitable replacement.
  - jrochkind1 5y ago
    Same! Still have the 2015. Really the only thing that doesn't work well on it to this day is the dreaded Microsoft Teams, which brings the thing to a screeching halt. Well, plus trying to do more than minimal VM/container use, to be honest.
    - sgt 5y ago
      We have a lot of people at work with 2015 models - and they are SUPER happy. I have the 2018 model with i7 and I can't really see any difference in performance. I love the display, but mostly I use a 27 inch high DPI external screen along with an Apple magic keyboard. One thing I strongly dislike about the i7 is how hot it can get with long compiles and such. So I think it's time to upgrade to the M1 Pro or Max.
    - FridgeSeal 5y ago
      I’m fairly sure that is a ms teams issue, it runs like trash despite how much hardware you throw at it.
      - jrochkind1 5y ago
        Of course it's an MS Teams issue, but I am required to use MS Teams for work, so it's problematic to be using a machine that has trouble running it! Unless you're saying even a new M1 mac has just as much trouble running it!
  - JohnBooty 5y ago
    Got the same life out of mine, although the battery swelled up this year. :-/ Didn't bother to look into the cost of replacement as my initial research indicated that they'd want/need to replace the keyboard and upper chassis as well, so probably a $600+ repair. So I opted for a company laptop instead.
- iscrewyou 5y ago
  Team 2015 MacBook Pro here. This thing still works so very well and only turns into a pavement grinder when it comes to the fan sound when I play Civ6.
- foobar1962 5y ago
  Yep. I have a Mac mini, a 13 inch MBPR an 11 inch Air all from around 2013 and they just dropped off the MacOS update path in the last few months. All are more than adequate for general office work including software dev.
- rukuu001 5y ago
  After the 2016 models came out I felt like I'd won the lottery when I found a 2015 model going cheap-ish. It's been a long wait to upgrade

evolve2k 5y ago

I’ve been sitting on my 2015 MCP considering it good enough for my needs until now. I’m sure I’m not the only one.

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numbsafari 5y ago
You aren’t. Very ready for this upgrade. ps… 6 years for a laptop that… works very well to this day is why I have no qualms about the price of this thing.
- chrisweekly 5y ago
  Yeah, my (maxed out at the time) 2012 mbp15r is amazingly still usable -- and there's finally a suitable replacement.
- jrochkind1 5y ago
  Same! Still have the 2015. Really the only thing that doesn't work well on it to this day is the dreaded Microsoft Teams, which brings the thing to a screeching halt. Well, plus trying to do more than minimal VM/container use, to be honest.
  - sgt 5y ago
    We have a lot of people at work with 2015 models - and they are SUPER happy. I have the 2018 model with i7 and I can't really see any difference in performance. I love the display, but mostly I use a 27 inch high DPI external screen along with an Apple magic keyboard. One thing I strongly dislike about the i7 is how hot it can get with long compiles and such. So I think it's time to upgrade to the M1 Pro or Max.
  - FridgeSeal 5y ago
    I’m fairly sure that is a ms teams issue, it runs like trash despite how much hardware you throw at it.
    - jrochkind1 5y ago
      Of course it's an MS Teams issue, but I am required to use MS Teams for work, so it's problematic to be using a machine that has trouble running it! Unless you're saying even a new M1 mac has just as much trouble running it!
- JohnBooty 5y ago
  Got the same life out of mine, although the battery swelled up this year. :-/ Didn't bother to look into the cost of replacement as my initial research indicated that they'd want/need to replace the keyboard and upper chassis as well, so probably a $600+ repair. So I opted for a company laptop instead.
iscrewyou 5y ago
Team 2015 MacBook Pro here. This thing still works so very well and only turns into a pavement grinder when it comes to the fan sound when I play Civ6.
foobar1962 5y ago
Yep. I have a Mac mini, a 13 inch MBPR an 11 inch Air all from around 2013 and they just dropped off the MacOS update path in the last few months. All are more than adequate for general office work including software dev.
rukuu001 5y ago
After the 2016 models came out I felt like I'd won the lottery when I found a 2015 model going cheap-ish. It's been a long wait to upgrade