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I think the price/performance ratio depends on whether your use case works with with the 8/256 or 8/512 configurations. The moment you need to go 16/512 or more
by glogla 5y ago
I think the price/performance ratio depends on whether your use case works with with the 8/256 or 8/512 configurations. The moment you need to go 16/512 or more, the price difference to 14" is not that large, especially considering the better display - with the first improvement in resolution since October 2012, so over 9 years.
- raihansaputra 5y agoTrue for the pro at $1600, but 16/512 for Air is $1400 against $2000 for the 14". Is it worth $600 for 2x GPU, ~2X CPU, 2x Memory bandwith, MiniLED display + size, great speakers, etc? Probably. But that $600 can feed my family for a month, and the actual performance difference to my workload would probably be +25% instead.
- cehrlich 5y agoI recently bought a 16/1TB Air over a similarly specced 14” Pro. I can see the advantages of the Pro, but the Air also has things going for it - smaller and lighter, better battery life, 100% silent in absolutely every use case, no moving parts. I love this computer. It’s without a doubt the best one I’ve ever owned, even better to me than the 2012 15” Pro was for it’s time. However due to the bloat of modern software I might have to upgrade to a 32GB machine in the not so distant future. Hopefully there Air-class machines wont be limited to 16GB for too much longer.
- alphabettsy 5y agoI’ve had the 16” M1 MBP for a month and have yet to hear the fans. With my 16” i9 MBP the fans were a very regular thing for the same workload. Fast, responsive, silent and incredible battery life make it easy to call it the best machine I’ve owned.