Wait for the M3 Pro?
Wait for the M3 Pro?
Hi! I just ordered a MacBook Pro 14" M2 Pro 10c/16c with 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD. It's used and sold from a third party (not a marketplace like eBay). I paid around 1,800 euros (in Germany).
Should I wait for the same model with the M3 Pro? I could've bought the Air model with bumped up specs, but 1,800€ for a Pro model (idc if it's old) is just very good. What do you think?
Sounds like a really good deal. I bought the 14“ with an M1 Pro 8c 16GB Ram and 512 GB SSD pretty much a year ago for 1900€. To this day I can’t complain and even with the M3 Pro with everything else being the same I don’t think I would notice a difference outside of benchmarks.
Sounds like quite a good price to me. Mind sharing the link?
I wouldn‘t wait for the M3 unless you want a little more discount on the M2 models… I expect the performance difference to be only marginally better in day-to-day usage… except if you‘re editing videos all day long, of course…
It's sold out, but here you are: https://asgoodasnew.de/Apple-MacBooks/MacBook-Pro/MacBook-Pro-2021/Apple-MacBook-Pro-2021-14-M1-Pro-10-Core-CPU-16-Core-GPU-1-TB-SSD-16-GB-spacegrau-sehr-gut.html
Keep an eye out on this page: https://www.idealo.de/preisvergleich/OffersOfProduct/201636407E2060J2_-macbook-pro-14-2021-m1-pro-10-core-apple.html
I agree with the other posters. Sounds like you got a deal.
I used to be the upgrade-every-time with chip changes. That was in the 2000s, when the difference was very noticeable. Modern hardware is so damn fast that you'd only be able to notice if, as @FabioC93@feddit.it said, you're doing super heavy lifting all day every day.
I'm still loving the performance of my M1 MBP and likely won't upgrade for a couple more years. Unless there's a super-compelling new feature, of course.
Yeah, I agree with the other posters. Seems to be a good deal and we don’t know yet what m3 will change, but it might not be that much. I just got a Mac mini M2Pro replacing my mini with M1, mainly because of more usb-c ports and a bigger ssd, not because I‘d need the extra power. Just like with the iPads and iPhones I feel like you get enough power with each generation to last at least two or three years, if not more.