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I purchased a fully maxed out M2 Max MacBook Pro when it was announced like 6 months ago. I knew it was going to be outdated eventually, but within 6 months, wo

I purchased a fully maxed out M2 Max MacBook Pro when it was announced like 6 months ago. I knew it was going to be outdated eventually, but within 6 months, wow. Did not expect that.

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mayoff 3y ago
You can feel slightly less bad. M2 Max was announced in January, 10 months ago.
chii 3y ago
i mean, if the machine does the job you purchased it for, is it really outdated? Unless the job it is doing is to be the best and latest, as a status symbol...
- spike021 3y ago
  Yeah, I still have an M1 Mini and it does everything I ask of it pretty handily. The most intense work being rendering edited photos out of Lightroom while watching videos and web browsing around the same time.
- adocomplete 3y ago
  Oh I'm super happy with it - it has handled everything I've thrown at it and then some and I'm not planning on upgrading anytime soon. But I feel like with the M2 Pro's having such a short shelf life, what that means for long term support.
  - gumby 3y ago
    Given Apple’s history and California law, I wouldn’t worry that your M2 will have a short lifespan.
  - rl3 3y ago
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    - throw10920 3y ago
      Please don't link to Asahi Linux on HN - Asahi doesn't like it.
      - rl3 3y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38102640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38102640
  - cjpearson 3y ago
    I doubt it means anything. The 3rd gen iPad was superseded within 6 months, but it still had 7.5 years of support.
- oh_sigh 3y ago
  Lessens the resale value at the very least.
artdigital 3y ago
I use a maxed-out M1 Max and have 0 complaints. There was never a task where I felt the memory or CPU performance was not enough
- moralestapia 3y ago
  Same here, battery lasts for a long while and it never gets hot, which is a big deal for me as I use it on my lap for long periods of time. When I bought it, I knew it was going to be a laptop that I'll keep for at least 5 years. So far, it still feels like new.
- smith7018 3y ago
  I have the same M1 Max as a personal machine and just got a maxed out M2 Max for work. The M2 Max does feel faster through daily use but that could also be related to the new install?
  - artdigital 3y ago
    I periodically reinstall mine and keep the battery healthy
tomr75 3y ago
I have an m1 max and I'm more than happy. Until local LLMs work really well on these chips I don't see a reason to upgrade
nortonham 3y ago
depends on how you define "outdated" i guess

I purchased a fully maxed out M2 Max MacBook Pro when it was announced like 6 months ago. I knew it was going to be outdated eventually, but within 6 months, wow. Did not expect that.

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mayoff 3y ago

You can feel slightly less bad. M2 Max was announced in January, 10 months ago.

chii 3y ago

i mean, if the machine does the job you purchased it for, is it really outdated? Unless the job it is doing is to be the best and latest, as a status symbol...

spike021 3y ago
Yeah, I still have an M1 Mini and it does everything I ask of it pretty handily. The most intense work being rendering edited photos out of Lightroom while watching videos and web browsing around the same time.
adocomplete 3y ago
Oh I'm super happy with it - it has handled everything I've thrown at it and then some and I'm not planning on upgrading anytime soon. But I feel like with the M2 Pro's having such a short shelf life, what that means for long term support.
- gumby 3y ago
  Given Apple’s history and California law, I wouldn’t worry that your M2 will have a short lifespan.
- rl3 3y ago
  [flagged]
  - throw10920 3y ago
    Please don't link to Asahi Linux on HN - Asahi doesn't like it.
    - rl3 3y ago
      https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38102640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38102640
- cjpearson 3y ago
  I doubt it means anything. The 3rd gen iPad was superseded within 6 months, but it still had 7.5 years of support.
oh_sigh 3y ago
Lessens the resale value at the very least.

artdigital 3y ago

I use a maxed-out M1 Max and have 0 complaints. There was never a task where I felt the memory or CPU performance was not enough

moralestapia 3y ago
Same here, battery lasts for a long while and it never gets hot, which is a big deal for me as I use it on my lap for long periods of time. When I bought it, I knew it was going to be a laptop that I'll keep for at least 5 years. So far, it still feels like new.
smith7018 3y ago
I have the same M1 Max as a personal machine and just got a maxed out M2 Max for work. The M2 Max does feel faster through daily use but that could also be related to the new install?
- artdigital 3y ago
  I periodically reinstall mine and keep the battery healthy

tomr75 3y ago

I have an m1 max and I'm more than happy. Until local LLMs work really well on these chips I don't see a reason to upgrade

nortonham 3y ago

depends on how you define "outdated" i guess