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Are there still some less popular apps with compatibility issues? Or have they worked their way through that now?

Kirwan

@kirwan

Are there still some less popular apps with compatibility issues? Or have they worked their way through that now?

On the pro side pretty much all done, and the bridge software takes care of the rest with emulation if there are any left over.

Machpants

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@machpants said in Apple:

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Hey Fruit Nerds.

The Boy's 13" Macbook Air is starting to get a bit tired, he's about to turn 18, and his interest in Multimedia (including video/photo editing, effects, music, etc) means he's probably due a new macbook. When I go to JB Hifi here in Oz and lock the price margin in at $2k-$3k, it ends up with basically 2 options if I want to go New:

Macbook Pro 13-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2199
OR
Macbook Pro 14-inch with M1 chip and 512GB @ $2999

The third option is a Refurb:

MacBook Pro 13-inch 2.0GHz i5 chip and 512GB @ $2549

Size of monitor isn't really a thing as you can always plug in a decent 4K unit, so I guess my question is between the New M1 and the refurbed i5 chip.

Advice appreciated.

Go for the pro, that's a tenth gen Intel processor.

They all say "Pro" in the name?

Yeah the M1 chiped apples are great, the standard 13” “pro” with standard M1 CPU is f ine for 99% or people. If you want a bigger device or a bit extra grunt - then go for what you can afford

NTA

Back to this: in the end, JB were having a sale on Macbooks so we got him one of the Macbook Pro 14s with 1TB drive. It isn't the little bastard's birthday for another 10 days, but the sale ended Tuesday so we surprised him early.

Transfer process was pretty good. Just a few apps had to rediscover themselves on startup.

Did a rendering test on one of his school projects in Adobe AfterEffects versus his 2015 Macbook Air...

Old mac = 8 minutes 1 second
New mac = 1 minute 25 seconds

Pretty good then.

https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/apple-macbook-pro-14-inch-with-m1-pro-chip-1tb-ssd-space-grey-2021?queryID=00dfe392f7ae6cd7e8a32f82e4473815&objectID=552124

NTA

Oh yeah and the screen quality is pretty fucking good, if I do say so, as a non-fruit fan.

Can I get that level of equipment and visually stunning display for less in a Windows machine? Sure. But the Catholic School system is what it is, and it is Mac.

Machpants

Best thing, an equivalent price windows laptop would also be able to play some decent games. Little bugger can't do that on a Mac!

NTA

@machpants he's got a PS5 for that.

And the MacBook can handle Minecraft so he's sisterly happy.

Machpants

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@machpants he's got a PS5 for that.

And the MacBook can handle Minecraft so he's sisterly happy.

PS5?

🤮

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