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I own a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) Apple M1 Max 64 GB. I'm just adding to this that at the time of purchase, this was Apple's top-of-the-line MacBook Pro model

I own a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) Apple M1 Max 64 GB. I'm just adding to this that at the time of purchase, this was Apple's top-of-the-line MacBook Pro model, and it's just not that great, in my opinion. Apple's new hardware pales in comparison to the relative abilities of what features existed on a 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K Display 10 years ago. All of the power of modern computers come primarily from their GPUs, and Apple's aren't very good, and have been chronically underpowered compared to the competition for years now. I'm considering relegating Apple devices to being good for just design work. Edit: I agree with Der_Einzige's sentiments. It's beyond time for us to move past Apple hardware.

_fw 2y ago
Can you elaborate on this? It’s my understanding that the CPU alone on that machine even blows the iMac Pro out of the water in terms of performance. Can you share where you’re finding inadequate performance? Genuinely curious to know
- wordofx 2y ago
  Unless Op has a very special use case that requires an Nvidia card or something then he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. The M2 Max fully specced 14” is insane. Being able to take the laptop anywhere and not need to plug it in and still get all the same power I normally get if it’s plugged in without the worry of the battery dying in 30m is incredible.
seec 2y ago
Yeah that's pretty much the problem with modern Apple hardware. If you just want a computer to do casual "home" stuff they feel very overpriced for what they will allow you to do, even though the design and build quality are good. And if you start to drop a lot of cash for a very powerful machine, they seem very underwhelming for the amount of cash you will need in comparison to a beastie PC. The MacBook Pros are in a class of their own but I suspect that most who buy the higher end ones do not actually use the power all that much (they would prefer a real workstation otherwise). When I used to work at an Apple Premium Service Provider, all the clients who had the high-end MacBook Pro were the executives and people like that who made little use of the power. Every worker, even in media agencies had a desktop workstation (iMac or Mac Pro). The MacBook Pro craze is mainly a Silicon Valley startup thing. And yes, Apple computers are mostly useful for design/media work, if you have more use cases you are very likely to hit a roadblock, which is sad for the price.

_fw 2y ago

Can you elaborate on this? It’s my understanding that the CPU alone on that machine even blows the iMac Pro out of the water in terms of performance. Can you share where you’re finding inadequate performance? Genuinely curious to know

wordofx 2y ago
Unless Op has a very special use case that requires an Nvidia card or something then he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. The M2 Max fully specced 14” is insane. Being able to take the laptop anywhere and not need to plug it in and still get all the same power I normally get if it’s plugged in without the worry of the battery dying in 30m is incredible.

seec 2y ago

Yeah that's pretty much the problem with modern Apple hardware. If you just want a computer to do casual "home" stuff they feel very overpriced for what they will allow you to do, even though the design and build quality are good. And if you start to drop a lot of cash for a very powerful machine, they seem very underwhelming for the amount of cash you will need in comparison to a beastie PC. The MacBook Pros are in a class of their own but I suspect that most who buy the higher end ones do not actually use the power all that much (they would prefer a real workstation otherwise). When I used to work at an Apple Premium Service Provider, all the clients who had the high-end MacBook Pro were the executives and people like that who made little use of the power. Every worker, even in media agencies had a desktop workstation (iMac or Mac Pro). The MacBook Pro craze is mainly a Silicon Valley startup thing. And yes, Apple computers are mostly useful for design/media work, if you have more use cases you are very likely to hit a roadblock, which is sad for the price.