Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:30 pm
#1838791
I'm looking to replace my old MacBook Pro, which is coming up to ten years old and is showing signs of old age. I'm not a 'power user' or a gamer, but I do like to edit videos (not professionally!) and the old MacBook is struggling with this now. I also have an additional screen plugged in (Thunderbolt) and run hard drives for video footage, back up etc.
I thought buying a new MacBook would be easy - but I'm rather confused!
I'm after another machine which I hope will give another decade of service or so - so I thought that the latest MacBooks from Apple, with their new M1 processor would be the way forward and offer some form of future proofing with regards to OS and other software upgrades. But - the older MacBooks with Intel chips offer four Thunderbolt ports compared to only two on the newer M1 Macs and seem to offer better memory options. The Intel ones are also actually quite a bit more expensive and I guess have more power than the more modern M1 MacBooks.
Would the Flyer resident Mac experts go with M1 or Intel if buying a new MacBook for themselves?
Many thanks.
I thought buying a new MacBook would be easy - but I'm rather confused!
I'm after another machine which I hope will give another decade of service or so - so I thought that the latest MacBooks from Apple, with their new M1 processor would be the way forward and offer some form of future proofing with regards to OS and other software upgrades. But - the older MacBooks with Intel chips offer four Thunderbolt ports compared to only two on the newer M1 Macs and seem to offer better memory options. The Intel ones are also actually quite a bit more expensive and I guess have more power than the more modern M1 MacBooks.
Would the Flyer resident Mac experts go with M1 or Intel if buying a new MacBook for themselves?
Many thanks.