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I don't need video configurations which is why I am ignoring the Max variations (unless you recommend otherwise).įor anybody still on the fence as to which configuration to buy, here's what I wish somebody could have told me before I ordered my 14" MacBook Pro. Which configuration do you recommend to best run your applications?
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Hi, am looking to buy 1 of the the new M1 Pro 14inch MacBooks. RAM matters more in case of stacking many large images, using large RGB/16 or RGB/32 or LAB/16 documents, working on Publisher documents who easily reach 1GB.
I personally found that switching from 6 GB to 32 GB RAM gave me a bigger performance boost than a new CPU / GPU for my typical workload (lots of open browser windows eat lots of RAM). If your workload needs more RAM than available on M1 (not pro, not max), you can get better performance on other systems having enough RAM M1 is faster that most other current systems if working set fits in available memory In case you have workloads requiring between 8 and 32 GB RAM, a system with that RAM, but otherwise much slower performance runs circle around the M1 device. Even with SSD, paging RAM to SSD is dramatically slower than having enough RAM and no need for swapping. But this holds only to the point where your working set becomes larger than the available RAM. Ok, Apple succeeded in boosting the performance out of 8 or 16 GB RAM by unified memory architecture. This is equally wrong as my posts - both are simplifications. With Apple Silicon's ARM implementation, it's simply wrong
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I'll update the table after a few M1 Pro and Max benchmarks have been shared but if you need to order immediately you'll have to go with your instinct. That's why I pulled together the 1920 benchmarks that had been shared into a table. I looked at the benchmarks shared in the beta forum but while there were some benchmarks for M1 systems they were identical configs so they didn't help with my decision. I think that was a mistake now but my rationale was that if Publisher can't handle my project I can always split the file into two but that there's nothing I can do later to add more CPU cores to speed it up. I wasn't worried about the GPU cores - anything will be better than Intel Iris graphics. I quickly chose to stick with 16MB but bump up the CPU cores to 10. I expected that if I dawdled in making my decision I might face shipping delays - my delivery window is Nov 5 to 10 and I ordered within 30 minutes. I had planned to get 32GB and the base number of GPU cores but I didn't expect to have to choose between CPU core options.
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I also know how to structure a book to avoid performance issues. I used to do this on an 0 with 1 mb so I'm not phased by a little lag. I'm using Publisher to lay out a long and complex book with hundreds of photos. I actually find all of the apps have acceptable performance on my maxed out 2015 MBP and I bought a new machine only because this one is failing. I used to do this professionally but I'm retired now so cost is more important to me than max performance. Although I use all three Affinity apps, my primary app is Publisher.
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As much as I like tinkering and building systems, I also sometimes just want something that is fast and is pain free with no maintenance. I get real excited by Apple and their chips because they, to me, are really being innovative and pushing boundaries. These new Apple Silicon chips may have 256 Bit memory bandwidth, or 320, 384? And may be using DDR5 RAM? DDR6 RAM? Or something similar? That Unified Memory is accessed by all components, big fat pipes for everyone, GPU, CPU, Neural Engine, etc. The M1, is using 128 bit memory bandwidth and 4200 DDR4X RAM? It appears that they want to take the memory bandwidth and ram specs of Graphics cards and bring it to the whole system, not just the GPU. This unified memory that Apple is pushing, there may be some truth that 8 GB may be equivalent to 16 GB in Windows, that 16 GB might be closer to 32 GB in Windows. I have 32 GB in my Ryzen PC, 3200 DDR4 RAM but the memory bandwidth and speeds are really pokey compared to my MacBook Air.
I think one thing people need to reassess is specs and what is truly needed.
No fan, stays cool even when I stress it, battery life is insane. A definite steal at that price point and it is amazing how it punches above its weight. Just the base configuration, 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB SSD, and it has one less GPU core, got it for $800. The M1 MacBook Air is the best laptop I have ever owned.
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But I am also a long time Mac User and love Apple Silicon and have M1 powered iPad Pro, Mac Mini and the MacBook Air. I bought heavily into Ryzen and have a Ryzen PC, Ryzen Laptop and a Ryzen Server.
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