Is macbook pro worth it?

Dzeus · Aug 18, 2015

Hi,
I am looking for a new laptop. i will be buying apples product, thats for sure. I am thinking about 2015 rMBP 13 inch, but i am afraid that duo core will not get me anywhere and i need it to last at least 5-6 years. 15 inch model is quite out of my price range, i think. I will be doing photo/video editing work, some programming, web developing.
So, should i buy it now(it's on discount now) or should i wait for a new one to come?
My current pc is running on fumes, but i surely can wait 1 or 2 months for a new macbook to come, buy i heard that a new macbook will most likely be released early 2016?

VanillaSprinkles · Aug 18, 2015

Apple updates the MacBook pro multiple times a year. I dont expect apple to bring a quad core CPU to the lower end models anytime soon because, ya know, apple

joesavy86 · Aug 18, 2015

Yeah, they're good laptops with excellent workmanship.
You may want to consider waiting for the next model to be released, as it will have better performance/price ratio.
Keep in mind though, MacBooks have notoriously low specifications for the price, so you would be better buying the higher end of the 13" pro.

martinch · Aug 18, 2015

Dzeus :

I have a Dell Lattitude E7440 with a 2.7GHz i7-4600U, which is a dual-core CPU. I don't have any problems with it running large projects in Visual Studio 2013, or virtual machines (including DB & web servers) - it actually feels faster than my old i7-2600K workstation. Whilst it's not a MacBook, the underlying hardware is going to be very similar/the same.

Dunno if that's of help with regards to performance?

Dzeus · Aug 18, 2015

If some update will come, it has to come with os x el capitan, but who knows. according to this http

/www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/processors/intel-s-skylake-processors-expected-to-bring-stamina-and-speed-to-your-laptop-1300173 we will not be getting quad core this year. I think i will take 2015 rMBP 13 inch now. should i upgrade RAM to 16 or it is not worth it? im taking 256GB model with 2.7 GHz CPU

martinch · Aug 18, 2015

Dzeus :

One thing to note is that the Haswell and Broadwell mobile CPUs used a different socket/motherboard for the quad-core i7 variant (compared to the dual-core one) - certain manufacturers (Dell...) couldn't be bothered and don't offer anything using them, so you might find they're noticably more expensive/harder to find. This might explain why they're only available on the 15" MacBook Pro, and there's no option for a dual-core CPU on them...

Dzeus :

If you're doing video editing (with 64-bit software) or running virtual machines, yes (IIRC, the MacBook Pro's have the RAM soldered on, so the normal trick of buying a much cheaper upgrade kit from Crucial won't work).

Dzeus :

Photos and videos eat disk space - do you have a fast external disk? If not, it might be worth looking at a larger SSD or getting a decent external disk.

0x1eef · Aug 18, 2015

Dzeus :

I'm working on a dual-core MBP from 2010. Still can handle XCode or Atom+Safari+2 Vagrant VMs, all that with Skype, VOX playing music, Twitter client... shall I continue?

Dzeus · Aug 19, 2015

0x1eef :

yeah, i get it, but you got your 2 core mbp at 2010 and i am getting 2 core at 2015, so that is the thing. i am not sure that after 3 years or so i will have noticeably more performance with macbook pro than i would have had with macbook. maybe i am just thinking too much, but it's a lot of money for me, so...

0x1eef · Aug 19, 2015

Can you tell me why would you want Macbook and why Macbook Pro. Because I actually have the same dilemma. I'm not sure if current rMB will be good in 3 years, but I'm comparing current rMB to current rMBP w/ 16GB of RAM.

Dzeus · Aug 19, 2015

i was pretty skeptical about macbook, i thought that it is completely bullshit... until i tried it today. it just feels good in hands, display doesn't feel anything smaller than 13 inch rMBP while using. Keyboard feels great(i am used to mechanical keyboard, so i can kinda give unbiased opinion about it, i think) for me it feels better than rMBP and i can type faster. i cant say much about cpu or integrated graphics, because i didn't have a chance to give them a heavy load, but i think that after 3 years 13 rMBP and 12 MB will be both equally slow. i like using mouse while doing some more intensive stuff, charging and using headphones, so 1 headphone/mic jack and usb-c port isn't great(you can get adapter from apple for 80 bucks i think and a lot cheaper for other brands stuff, but it should have been included), but i am using that just at home, so it's not a super big deal. if i had choice between 15 rMBP with dedicated graphics card and macbook, it would be a no-brainer, but between 13 rMBP and 12 MB... idk... MB just feels better, more compact and i don't feel that pro has enough tech punch to beat that.
btw 12inch macbook camera sucks

bpanygazi · Sep 7, 2015

it just feels good in hands, display doesn't feel anything smaller than 13 inch rMBP while using

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