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Re: M5 MacBook Pro

#11

Sad to release without refreshing the high end line on 16” MBP. I worry they nerfed the 14” MBP to ensure the M4 16” retained better specs to not make the discontinuity worse. Otherwise the 14” outperforming the more expensive 16” would be uncomfortable.

Isn't the screen size difference basically enough between these two? I can't see why the 16" would need more performance, some ppl just want / can carry large computers with them while some other prefer to have something as small as possible.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

#12

Lowest tier comes with 16 gb of memory, same memory size with lowest M. air, why Apple?

The Pro sales page says their RAM is unified, which is more efficient than traditional. Anyone have a concept by how much more efficient unified RAM performs vs RAM?

Their sales copy for reference:

"M-series chips include unified memory, which is more efficient than traditional RAM. This single pool of high-performance memory allows apps to efficiently share data between the CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine.... This means you can do more with unified memory than you could with the same amount of traditional RAM."

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

#14

Sad to release without refreshing the high end line on 16” MBP. I worry they nerfed the 14” MBP to ensure the M4 16” retained better specs to not make the discontinuity worse. Otherwise the 14” outperforming the more expensive 16” would be uncomfortable.

This is only the M4. Not the M4 Pro or Max, and the 16 has never gotten the base chip.

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post #5

Lowest tier comes with 16 gb of memory, same memory size with lowest M. air, why Apple?

It looks like the highest tier is 32GB, which really surprised me. I guess we'll have to wait for the M5 Pro / M5 Max for more memory than that. Bad news for anyone who buys the M5 MacBook Pro as an "AI" machine and finds it can't fit any of the more interesting LLMs!

It has always been this way. Base M1's max RAM was 16GB, M2/M3's was 24GB, M4's was 32GB.

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post #12

Lowest tier comes with 16 gb of memory, same memory size with lowest M. air, why Apple?

The Pro sales page says their RAM is unified, which is more efficient than traditional. Anyone have a concept by how much more efficient unified RAM performs vs RAM? Their sales copy for reference: "M-series chips include unified memory, which is more efficient than traditional RAM. This single pool of high-performance memory allows apps to efficiently share data between the CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine.... This means…

It's unified on the Air too though?

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#18
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks like the highest tier is 32GB, which really surprised me. I guess we'll have to wait for the M5 Pro / M5 Max for more memory than that. Bad news for anyone who buys the M5 MacBook Pro as an "AI" machine and finds it can't fit any of the more interesting LLMs!

Wait what!?!? My MacBook M1 has 64GB of memory for crying out loud.

M1 maxed out at 16 GB, if you have 64 it’s an M1 Max.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

#19
Apparently, in Europe, the box will not contain a charger [1]. This is absolutely mind-blowing to me.

edit: suggested retail price also dropped with EUR 100. Mind is less blown now. It seems like a good thing in fact.

edit2: in Belgium, the combined price of the 70W adapter and 2m USB-C to MagSafe is EUR 120.

[1] https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/new-macbook-pro-does-no...

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

#20
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It looks like the highest tier is 32GB, which really surprised me. I guess we'll have to wait for the M5 Pro / M5 Max for more memory than that. Bad news for anyone who buys the M5 MacBook Pro as an "AI" machine and finds it can't fit any of the more interesting LLMs!

Wait what!?!? My MacBook M1 has 64GB of memory for crying out loud.

Wait what!?!? You may have a MacBook Pro M1 Max for crying out loud.
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