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Do you need a laptop?
What about a Mac mini m2 or a Mac Studio? If you’re going to get a new monitor/keyboard, just get a new box to plug them into. Mac mini would be magnitudes cheaper than the MacBook Pro and could do what you require with relative ease. Mac Studio would be future proofing yourself if you needed more processing power later on..
I think you’d be happy with an m2 MacBook Pro if you’re definitely in for a laptop, as I’m not sure how much of an improvement the m3 is over it. And the m2 will be a massive jump in performance over what you’ve currently got anyway..
Save the money on not buying the latest gen and upgrade peripherals I’d say..
cornelius_blackfoot-
After a quick look at the Apple website I think the M3 Max might be a little more than I need, the M3 Pro probably sits about right.
I definitely won't be buying an M2 tho', I don't see any point in buying an older gen machine. I'm probably going to upgrade my computer more regularly now (because tax write off ⛳) so I need to think about resale value as well as initial cost, etc and come up with some kind of plan. Tax stuff is so boring, it's such a fucking scam.
RonAsheton
My 6-7yr old 15" MBP is starting to get a bit creaky and bad tempered, I fear it will give out soon. It flat out refused to let me edit a tune in Logic the other day, the processor just couldn't handle it.
So how fast a machine do I need to run Logic and Creative Cloud? Just the 2D stuff, I haven't done any video editing in ages. I'm currently running the MBP in clamshell mode through a Mk1 Thunderbolt monitor. Will probably go 13" for portability.
Budget isn't a massive issue, it'll get written off. ⛳ I may even upgrade my monitor and keyboard while I'm at it.
Gimme both guns. 💸