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Yeah I had almost the same configuration (2tb/32gb/2.4 ghz). I’m literally getting the new Air for half of what I’m selling it for.
Where are you selling it? I want to know where to buy a used 16” MBP.
So... I'd be feeling pretty silly right now if I bought the Mac Pro in 2019 for like $7,000. (Which I almost did!) https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/457 M1 is comparable to baseline Mac Pro on multicore performance and better on single core performance. And several thousand dollars cheaper (and smaller).
https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/mac-pro-late-2019-intel-x...
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Replacing my 16" MBP (8 core i9 2.3ghz / 32GB RAM) with the new Air as well. All of that power (yes I know, it's not sustained) without a fan is incredible.
Why did you pay a fortune for 32GB RAM, a larger screen, and a dGPU if you don't need it? You could have bought a 13" MBP and saved enough cash to get the new Air and now have 2 laptops.
MacBook Air with M1 vs. XPS 13 with Tiger Lake i7-1165G7: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/4306696?baselin... Single core similar and multicore 50% better for MacBook.
How is Apple so far ahead even with the same instruction set?
The 16GB max ram still seems a head scratcher. Not what would suppose I want for video editing.
The three models Apple chose are all the consumer, low-end ones. You will see much higher specs on the Mac Mini Pro, MacBook Pro 14/16 and Mac Pro planned for next year.
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There's still a lot to be said for software support, IO, RAM, etc.
Yeah, the Mac Pro supports up to 1.5TB of DRAM (vs. 16GB), it's got a bunch of slots and discrete GPUs, and it can run Windows and Windows VMs. I hope it doesn't end up as an orphan system like the 2013 "trash can" Mac Pro, which was an interesting system that got zero upgrades. Perhaps Apple will offer Apple Silicon upgrades to Mac Pro buyers. Assuming they can build it (and they have implied that they can scale the…
Given their performance/watt, this sounds like it could be potentially game changing.
https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=136526&curpost...
https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=185109&curpost...
Personally I'm not convinced, until I see something like SPECint/SPECfp results.
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Surely a version that can beat a 8 core Xeon is made for 'actual professionals'?
It still has a lot of limitations that matter to many pros - max 16 GB of RAM, max 2 displays (only 1 external for laptops), only enough PCIe lanes to support 2 thunderbolt ports. eGPUs aren't supported either, but hopefully that is a software thing that will be fixed. It will be very interesting to see what the performance will be of the more "pro" chip that overcomes those limitations that they'd put in the 16" and…