Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

You are reading a single comment by @Fox and its replies. Click here to read the full conversation.

•

pjay

I've been put off by apparently apple changing their intel or whatever meaning everything will become immediately obsolete. Not sure if that's right tho, this kind of thing isn't my thing. If I'm going to drop a grand I'd rather it last at least a little while.

Correct, the old Intel machines are (more or less) obsolete now. The current machines have Apple’s own M1 and M2 processors (and their Pro and Max variants).

Should probably mention I'd like to use it for video editing and Photoshop/ design

You’ll need 16 GB RAM for this. You won’t get anything new for £1000, so I’d look for a used Mac Mini M1 or 13-inch MacBook Pro M1 with that amount of RAM. If you can stretch to it a refurb Mac Studio (£1799) would be a great buy which will last you for years. You will need a decent 4K or 5K screen to plug it into.

•

Fox in reply to @pjay

Correct, the old Intel machines are (more or less) obsolete now.

lol, no but you obviously fell hook, line, and sinker for the marketing.

I just built a 'Mac Pro' with an i5...

•

sohi in reply to @Fox

I just built a 'Mac Pro' with an i5...

at least you didn't pay Apple to do it.
•

pjay in reply to @Fox

lol, no but you obviously fell hook, line, and sinker for the marketing

I really didn’t. The performance of the Apple M-series chips is way better than the Intel chips Apple were using previously. I’m still using a ten year old Intel MacBook Pro on a daily basis and it will definitely keep me warm during the Winter, but the sound of the fans ramping up every half-hour or so gets pretty annoying.

About

Avatar for Fox @Fox started