Hi! I just ordered a MacBook Pro 14" M2 Pro 10c/16c with 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD. It’s used and sold from a third party (not a marketplace like eBay). I paid around 1,800 euros (in Germany).

Should I wait for the same model with the M3 Pro? I could’ve bought the Air model with bumped up specs, but 1,800€ for a Pro model (idc if it’s old) is just very good. What do you think?

  • Kn3cHt@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Sounds like a really good deal. I bought the 14“ with an M1 Pro 8c 16GB Ram and 512 GB SSD pretty much a year ago for 1900€. To this day I can’t complain and even with the M3 Pro with everything else being the same I don’t think I would notice a difference outside of benchmarks.

  • FabioC93@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    Sounds like quite a good price to me. Mind sharing the link?

    I wouldn‘t wait for the M3 unless you want a little more discount on the M2 models… I expect the performance difference to be only marginally better in day-to-day usage… except if you‘re editing videos all day long, of course…

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    I agree with the other posters. Sounds like you got a deal.

    I used to be the upgrade-every-time with chip changes. That was in the 2000s, when the difference was very noticeable. Modern hardware is so damn fast that you’d only be able to notice if, as @FabioC93@feddit.it said, you’re doing super heavy lifting all day every day.

    I’m still loving the performance of my M1 MBP and likely won’t upgrade for a couple more years. Unless there’s a super-compelling new feature, of course.