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What Kind of MacBook Do i need? (alien.top)
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Hey everyone,

I've decided that im going to be purchasing a Macbook Pro this holiday season.

I'm not too familiar with Macs as I've come from Windows so not too good with their Chips and stuff.

I definitely want the 16 Inch MacBook Pro, but im not sure which specs to go for.

I definitely want the 16 Inch MacBook Pro, but im not sure which specs to go for.ey on thresholds I'll never reach or even get close toh Pro I should get.

I was thinking of maxing it out and calling it a day but I don't want to waste money on thresholds ill never reach or even get close to

Current Laptop Use/Usage:

8 hours per day, medium brightness, mostly Google Chrome, Excel, Google Sheets, Shopify, and YouTube. I am working for an e-commerce brand in their Marketing/Website department so im often on the Shopify website and on sheets like Google Drive, Google Docs, etc. I usually have around 25-30 tabs opened at once simultaneously. I am often downloading many pictures, videos, and designs. I only ever use Canva for anything art. I don't do ANY editing (so no Photoshop, no editing tools, no rendering, etc). Just canva. I usually have 2-3 chrome profiles opened with each having 10-15 tabs. I also have to check YouTube many times as a lot of our material is unlisted on YouTube channels. I record videos with my camera and screen using Loom. Very importantly as well, im often importing lots of material, products, and pictures onto the company website in BULK. Often thousands of pictures, descriptions, variants etc, using CSV.

That's pretty much what I use the laptop for only.

If I could get some help from any Apple/MacBook gurus as to what kind of MacBook Pro 16-inch I should get, I'd really appreciate it.

Not sure if I should get the M3 Pro, or M3 Max, what kind of SSD, ram, etc.

Thanks again!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I see absolutely no reason to max out. Go with any configuration up to what you’re comfortable spending. Seems like you’d want a good amount of storage for what you’re doing, but I don’t see any reason to really go nuts with memory. Mid-level will be plenty.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Sounds good, thanks for letting me know.
With you and a fellow guru's recommendation, I'm thinking of this stack:
Apple M3 Pro chip with 12‑core CPU, 18‑core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine
36GB unified memory
1TB SSD storage

Little more SSD and slightly more Unified Memory. Seems like I don't need the M3 Max with all the cores and GPU's

What do you think of this configuration? Is it worth the money or should i consider downgrading even more?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As for specs i would say seeing how your doing nothing laptop intensive i would say specs dont really matter, what i would say is to pay a little extra and get more storage, with you downloading a lot of photos and videos i would assume storage can be an issue but besides that even base model macs book pro can handle this very easily without breaking a sweat

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Gotcha. Alright, I'm thinking of this stack:
Apple M3 Pro chip with 12‑core CPU, 18‑core GPU, 16‑core Neural Engine
36GB unified memory
1TB SSD storage
Little more SSD and slightly more Unified Memory. Seems like I don't need the M3 Max with all the cores and GPU's
What do you think of this configuration? Is it worth the money or should i consider downgrading even more?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I’m a software engineer using heavy ides and docker , the macbook pro m2 14 inch takes everything i throw at it . I don’t see how you need the max specs for your use case . Choose some more storage and apple care , people go crazy about ram when just browsing youtube . Also use firefox or safari

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Are you sure an Air 15” isn’t enough for you?

It’s very powerful even fanless for your needs and Air Would be enough I think, you can max it out spending way less than the Pro And it’s very lightweight and easy to pick up. It would be basically half the cost of the maxed pro

But if you want a pro with a big screen, an M3 pro chip instead of max would be cheaper.

Or maybe an M1 Max, will be enough

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

15” Air with 16gb