in all fairness 1.6k for 8gb of ram is a bit funny. But, actually, one thing to look at it discounted m1 and m2 :D Price will be a bit lower.

@AivarsMeijers

9 ай бұрын

Good point about M1 Totally forgot to mention this in the video. Even had that in mind when I sat down to record.

Concise and to the point... Thank you!

In my experience, coming from a M1 Pro it doesn't worth the upgrade. Few people realized how much powerful are these chips. Tempted but not needed. Amazing video as usual!

Hi Aivars. I love your videos and streams, man. Keep it up. I want to get into iOS / Android development. I was thinking on buying a cheap macbook to start. Do you think this one is enough for iOS development? -> macbook pro 2013 quadcore core i7 16gb RAM. Thanks!

@AivarsMeijers

9 ай бұрын

Not sure you will be able to get latest macOS and Xcode on that machine. Check if that is still supported. If budget is very limited, mac mini can be better deal.

@mandrildev

9 ай бұрын

@@AivarsMeijers Thanks a lot for your answer. I think I'll go for a MacBook Pro or Air M1 16 RAM. I hope that's enough for the task!

Hey Aivars , you're making great videos ! I was wondering if I could help you enhance editing in your videos and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail which would help your video to reach a wider audience . Pls let me know what you think ?

Great video, Aivars. I strongly recommend checking Apple’s refurbished gear: I saved $500 on my M2 Max MBP 16

@AivarsMeijers

9 ай бұрын

We don't have Apple in Latvia, only Premium reseller 😢

@richardalbury

9 ай бұрын

@@AivarsMeijers Sorry, but maybe in Spain or Portugal? 😉

and air with m3 ?

As a software developer, any Mx cpu is more than enough. Even 512GB of SSD might be enough, although is on the lower end. However, I'm not working on any machine with less than 32 GB. Since most companies purchase, in the best case scenarios, 1440p screens, I prefer to look at a 16" laptop screen. The text that is not crisp enough really bother me. In my case, the only reason to upgrade from M1 Max, other than natural causes, is a much faster SSD. Not the case yet.

@arvi8843

8 ай бұрын

What's the difference with 32gb ram? I have only experienced 16gb ram. Thank you.

@AivarsMeijers

8 ай бұрын

16GB is okeyish because unified memory, but sure you can run in problems with all the opened tabs and a few virtual machines or simulators running.

@AivarsMeijers

8 ай бұрын

16GB is fine, if you do not have problems with it, you have enough. You will see when you will need more :)

@arvi8843

8 ай бұрын

@@AivarsMeijers Thank you! 🙌

I just bought a new MacBook Pro with the M2 Max chip to focus more on iOS development. It's a bit sad to see that the M3 chip was just announced one week later :/ But for me, owning a MacBook Pro 2012 from before, this was a big performance update :D I have usually been programming on a Windows machine, but I forgot how great it is to work on a Mac. The experience is just so enjoyable, I can't imagine going back to Windows again.

@leoingson

9 ай бұрын

Macrumors buyers guide :)

@prasannakumar-hh7cc

9 ай бұрын

M2 Max is more than sufficient for iOS development, another perspective is that you could have saved some money going with M1 chip instead. Max chips are more suitable for video editing and some ML projects. For mobile app development Max chips are itself an overkill.

@znatnodobre

9 ай бұрын

you can return it within 2 weeks in EU, 45 days in the US

It's just been a price raising event..

i need a future proof laptop should i go for m3 pro or m3 max

@AivarsMeijers

Ай бұрын

I'm waiting for M4 Max later this year 🤞

Do you think m3pro is good enough is I work with 4 k videos sometimes probably 4-5 times a year. The rest is mainly design and I use a lot of Ai.

@AivarsMeijers

2 ай бұрын

I'm using M1Pro and editing 4K videos on it. It is fine.

Speculation is great but actual differences and benchmarks would be great. Would love to see you get different specs together and compare.

I'm sticking to the M1.

Thanks for this video! I have an old intel 13" pro, and still can't decide whether I should go for the 14" or 16" 😅

@AivarsMeijers

9 ай бұрын

Both are great machines, go and take a look in the store, that can help to decide. 16" is big, but I'm not small as well, so it is good for me.

@prasannakumar-hh7cc

9 ай бұрын

16" is better. Bigger screen. Bigger speakers. Better heat management. And most important is that 16" has more area to rest your palms while typing, with 14" you will feel the palm resting on the edge , and thats uncomfortable

@giuliopimenoff

9 ай бұрын

@@prasannakumar-hh7cc better heat management? Is this proven?

@prasannakumar-hh7cc

9 ай бұрын

@@giuliopimenoff 16" has more area for heat dissipation. 16" is must for Max chips. 16" is must if you have big hands/palms.

@rafeeqce192

5 ай бұрын

Go for a 16". I visited an Apple store and tried both 14" and 16". 16" is good for eyes too.

apple selling 8gb 256 SSD macs is a joke, you can even find cheap phones with 6g or ram and plenty of storage, the only downside i have on my m1pro is the 16gb ram, i am not yet decided if will updgrade to Max now or next year

If anyone in the comments can please help me? I am thinking of buying a MacBook M3 pro 11 core, 12 core pro or a 14 core M3 Max, 18 GB or 36 would be enough, but I would like to know the difference when running MATLAB, Apple's office page is very ambiguous in the data, gives some graphs without specifying which test was done, and in the end he says little about what he did, such as the number 12 or the numeral 14-- for example the 12) Testing conducted by Apple in September and October 2023 using preproduction 14-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M3 Pro, 12-core CPU, 18-core GPU, 36GB of RAM, and 4TB SSD, production 14-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M2 Pro, 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU, 32GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD, production 14-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 Pro, 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 32GB of RAM, and 8TB SSD, and production 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-based 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with Intel Iris Plus Graphics, 32GB of RAM, and 4TB SSD. Tested with MATLAB and Simulink R2023b v23.2.0 and Parallel Computing Toolbox using a vehicle dynamics model. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.

So you can upgrade ssd and ram later on?

@AivarsMeijers

4 ай бұрын

No, you can't. For SSD you can use external drive, but there is no solution for ram

this is just FOMO upgrading. i can't justifity it anymore. linux is looking more like a stronger option every day. great video Aivars!

@AivarsMeijers

9 ай бұрын

Yep, FOMO and shiny new thing syndrome. Both :)

@prasannakumar-hh7cc

9 ай бұрын

Macbook are good for energy efficiency. These laptops don't need to be plugged for almost a day.

@joelv4495

8 ай бұрын

​@@prasannakumar-hh7ccif you're an air type user. My M1 MBP 14 lasts about 5 hours with my 40ish chrome tabs, multiple VS Code windows, docker containers, etc ...