zcx910508

Good deal?

11 months ago Up 0 | Reply

Anonymous

Any PC / Laptop that only has the "bare" minimum hard drive space is not a good deal.

The laptop looks like a good deal, but what are you going to do with that small amount of hard drive space? //@zcx910508: Good deal?

11 months ago Up 1 | Reply

Anonymous

Only about HD, should be able to add second M2 drive

8 months ago Up 0 | Reply

Anonymous

8G RAM kill the deal, Any deal with 16G RAM at least?

3 years ago Up 19 | Reply

Anonymous

I love Macbook Pro for their performance and above all the reliability. I still have an MBP working flawlessly since 2012 (had to change battery once). My gripe with the latest MBPs are Apple's strategy of soldering RAM and SSD to the motherboard thus making upgrades impossible. I understand this is a way to make more money upfront, but leads to customer dissatisfaction.

3 years ago Up 10 | Reply

Anonymous

So expensive

3 years ago Up 5 | Reply

learnserve

I would buy if it is $1199 or below

3 years ago Up 4 | Reply

Anonymous

Pass too crazy expensive

3 years ago Up 5 | Reply

Anonymous

Apple no longer sells to the low income market. Not surprising to hear people complain that they can't afford it. But if you can afford it, it's an incredible value.

3 years ago Up 6 | Reply

Anonymous

Ram is so cheap these days but still Apple sells a premium price laptop with only 8GB. And that is suppose to be a deal.

3 years ago Up 9 | Reply

Anonymous

8GB kills the deal.

3 years ago Up 4 | Reply

Anonymous

I bought at 1217 - Open box excellent at best buy. So good. It is just the same as new. //@learnserve: I would buy if it is $1199 or below

3 years ago Up 2 | Reply

Anonymous

They want the chip to overheat and fry so they can sell more mb’s in 3-4 years //@anonymous: Ram is so cheap these days but still Apple sells a premium price laptop with only 8GB. And that is suppose to be a deal.

3 years ago Up 4 | Reply

Anonymous

True, you basically have to spend 1600+ or else you are buying subpar equipment that will fail in 3 years //@anonymous: Apple no longer sells to the low income market. Not surprising to hear people complain that they can't afford it. But if you can afford it, it's an incredible value.

3 years ago Up 5 | Reply

Anonymous

Very much agree! //@Anonymous: 8GB kills the deal.

3 years ago Up 4 | Reply

Anonymous

Apple doesn’t do that. That sounds like a Lenovo strategy //@anonymous: They want the chip to overheat and fry so they can sell more mb’s in 3-4 years //@anonymous: Ram is so cheap these days but still Apple sells a premium price laptop with only 8GB. And that is suppose to be a deal.

3 years ago Up 8 | Reply

Anonymous

Now, as you know, apple chips are not getting much better, partly because of lack of good engineers and the slow improvement over the 3/4nm node. So... getting M1 pro instead may be a better idea.

3 years ago Up 5 | Reply

Anonymous

Previous gen M1 processors are a better value and should be more than sufficient for 70-80% of all users. If anything, Apple has bad marketing. No professional user is going to buy the MB with low specs, and no average user is going to spend $1.2K+ on it either. They should have significantly lowered the price, or not have an option with 8GB RAM/256GB storage.

3 years ago Up 8 | Reply

Anonymous

Don't pay Apple Tax

3 years ago Up 6 | Reply

Anonymous

This will not sell

3 years ago Up 5 | Reply

Anonymous

Lol at 8GB ram.

3 years ago Up 7 | Reply

Anonymous

It is simply too expensive compared to PC

3 years ago Up 6 | Reply

Anonymous

Agree! //@Anonymous: It is simply too expensive compared to PC

3 years ago Up 7 | Reply

Anonymous

1), M1 is super fast with no heat. 2), Mac is very efficient in using memory. I am a programmer converted from PC to MAC ~ 10 years ago, never look back. Of course, I bought a MacBook Pro, but I got a M1 MacBook Air for my son, he is very happy about it.

3 years ago Up 4 | Reply

Anonymous

With M processors RAM is IN the M2 processor. Completely different story compared to other laptops.
//@anonymous: Lol at 8GB ram.

3 years ago Up 4 | Reply

Anonymous

Ram is ram, built-in make it faster but that doesn’t make it larger //@anonymous: With M processors RAM is IN the M2 processor. Completely different story compared to other laptops.
//@anonymous: Lol at 8GB ram.

3 years ago Up 4 | Reply

Anonymous

Ram doesn’t make the computers run faster. It makes you open more programs at once. The cpu clock makes the computer runs faster. ( i7 12700 has 5ghz clock, it makes the computer run faster than i5 cpu) You need to understand the basic functions first. //@anonymous: Ram is ram, built-in make it faster but that doesn’t make it larger //@anonymous: With M processors RAM is IN the M2 processor. Completely different story compared to other laptops.
//@anonymous: Lol at 8GB ram.

3 years ago Up 4 | Reply

Anonymous

Agreed. Many people are talking nonsense //@Anonymous: Ram doesn’t make the computers run faster. It makes you open more programs at once. The cpu clock makes the computer runs faster. ( i7 12700 has 5ghz clock, it makes the computer run faster than i5 cpu) You need to understand the basic functions first. //@anonymous: Ram is ram, built-in make it faster but that doesn’t make it larger //@anonymous: With M processors RAM is IN the M2 processor. Completely different story compared to other laptops.
//@anonymous: Lol at 8GB ram.

3 years ago Up 3 | Reply

Anonymous

Not entirely true. When you run out of ram, which is relatively easy to do with only 8gb,the computer is forced to use swap space which is basically your ssd drive. Swapping memory pages in and out of disk is slow. I'd much rather have a slightly slower cpu with more memory. //@anonymous: Ram doesn’t make the computers run faster. It makes you open more programs at once. The cpu clock makes the computer runs faster. ( i7 12700 has 5ghz clock, it makes the computer run faster than i5 cpu) You need to understand the basic functions first.

3 years ago Up 4 | Reply

Anonymous

Your computer RAM is essentially short term memory where data is stored as the processor needs it. This isn't to be confused with long-term data that's stored on your hard drive, which stays there even when your computer is turned off.(info wouldn’t stay the your ram, the temporally memory pages are always on your SSD.) //@anonymous: Not entirely true. When you run out of ram, which is relatively easy to do with only 8gb,the computer is forced to use swap space which is basically your ssd drive. Swapping memory pages in and out of disk is slow. I'd much rather have a slightly slower cpu with more memory. //@anonymous: Ram doesn’t make the computers run faster. It makes you open more programs at once. The cpu clock makes the computer runs faster. ( i7 12700 has 5ghz clock, it makes the computer run faster than i5 cpu) You need to understand the basic functions first.

3 years ago Up 6 | Reply