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it's finally here we could talk about
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all the specs I don't know I you know do
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you want to hear me talk about the specs
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and and go into every uh new little
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thing that's coming out I I think that
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maybe we'll weave that stuff into this
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segment and then maybe future segments
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but I I just want to start with my
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takeaways this is an absolutely monster
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machine I mean you're getting the power
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of if you go with the M4 Max and and not
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the top end spec but just like the base
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level M4 Max you're getting the same
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level of power as you were from the top
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spec M3 Max from last year so I think in
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that way it's actually a really good
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value this year because the insane
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horsepower that you got with a top spec
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last year is available in the base M M4
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Max spec this year so and you also get
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um the same amount of cores um for the
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topend spec M3 Max chip last year in the
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base m for Max this year God this is so
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confusing this is why I don't want to
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talk about it you get the 14 core and
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the 32 core the 14 core CPU the 32 core
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GPU which is the same as the best model
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last year and then you get import uh
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performance increases so and I think
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this is where things get interesting so
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from what we've heard I mean Apple says
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what did they say here that it's up to
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3.5 times faster than the M1 Max I think
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that's an interesting spec and clearly
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Apple's trying to position this as a
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reason to upgrade from the m 1 Max
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because people still have their M1 Maxes
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cuz those things were so dang good that
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people keep asking themselves well why
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would I upgrade it's still good enough
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for me and that's true but knowing that
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you could get up to 3.5 times faster
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performance I think is compelling enough
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for an upgrade from the M1 Max not to
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mention you get the brighter screen
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right so now you can go from six 600
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nits to 1,000 nits which is a huge
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increase in SDR brightness which means
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that you'll be able to see your screen
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Outdoors essentially like I think 1,000
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nits is kind of like the level at which
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you can actually see your screen
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comfortably Outdoors it still goes up
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to, 1600 uh nits and brightness for HDR
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scenarios um you get about a
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25% performance increase over the M3 Max
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in single core performance that's kind
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of estimated we're going to have to wait
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to see what all the breakdowns are
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that's the thing we're at a point now
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where we're just kind of talking about
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what Apple has told us I know maxtech is
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probably spent like $30,000 ordering Max
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and it's going to Benchmark all this
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stuff and we'll know exactly where we're
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at uh next week when these things ship
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next week right I think they believe I
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think they start shipping next week so
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we'll have all those tests start coming
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out next week and we'll know exactly how
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much powerful this this is but to me it
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seems like the M3 Max is
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probably like 60 to 80 to maybe even
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100% faster than the M1 Max now is that
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a good enough reason to upgrade I think
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maybe it is
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let's see is there anything else on here
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it
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has display as an option for only $200
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more you can get the N texture display
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and I will say that um when I was in
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college like and I eventually got my you
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know 2015 renom MacBook Pro like the
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before that I had the chommy like 2008
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MacBook Pro with like the the the I
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don't think I think matte displays were
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the only option that came on those but
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like when I had the the shiny reflective
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glass display like you know you're
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sitting in a lecture hall and you put
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the thing on your lap and like you know
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one of the fluorescent lights just like
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completely outshines some text on like a
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portion of your screen and so you're
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like carefully positioning this thing or
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you know you try to be one of those cool
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people who's like getting worked on on
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like a park bench on a college green and
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it's like well I can see the part of the
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screen that's like shadowed by my face
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but like the direct sunlight on the sky
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is like completely completely blinding
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the like the the outer three quarters of
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my display even on like a cloudy Ohio
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day like the anti-reflective display I
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mean on the iPad Pro you have to like
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upgrade a bunch like three other things
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before you even are allowed the $100
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option but like any model can get the
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nanot tecture display and it's only $200
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more I don't I I don't think they've
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specified like which process it is like
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whether it's actually like laser etched
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or whether it's like the chemical coding
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that the the iPad one gets but that
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that's a that's a great option I think
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it's a good option I'm not interested in
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it because anytime you add
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a a any kind of anti-reflective coding
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it tends to dull and mute the colors on
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the screen so which I think is one of
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the reasons why they wanted to make the
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screen brighter because you can kind of
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overpower that somewhat with just more
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light coming through it still not for me
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but for those of you that need it you
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know that you need it so it's cool that
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it is an option and that it is so
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affordable I totally agree or even if
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your home office just like has an
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unfortunate window in it like my office
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has this big window in it but like you
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know I I care carefully arranged it so
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that you know
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my computer it never gets like the
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blinding Sunbeam of light directly on my
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monitor because you know again that can
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just destroy like half of your screen
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for like you know until the sun goes by
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interesting comment from Ellis in the
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chat I'm concerned how nanotexture looks
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over time from touching the keys right
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when you have your laptop closed now
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that is interesting because normally
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with the Nano texture you're not
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touching the screen I mean they even
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have like a specially sanctioned Apple
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cleaning cloth that cost $20 so that you
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can clean your screen and now your
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screen's going to be touching your
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keyboard which has like oils and all
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sorts of like Grime and stuff all over
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it rubbing against your screen a little
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bit that is an interesting observation I
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have to say that's why it matters which
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process they use because the pro display
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xdr they say don't touch the screen only
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clean it with our cleaning cloth and I
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think the same thing with the studio
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display too whereas the iPad you know
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that screen is designed to be touched it
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I would imagine they would probably use
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the same like chemical process that they
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use on the iPad rather than like the
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special laser etching thing that they
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use on the desktop displays because that
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you know that is a consideration like my
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my MacBook Pro had had to have its
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screen replaced because the the oil from
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my incredibly oily fingers was like
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tearing away at the screen over time
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yeah uh Mark Wilkinson from the chat
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knowing Apple they'll let the customers
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test that one out yeah true um so I
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would say not a huge upgrade for the
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MacBook Pros this year although I think
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the biggest area of improvement is in
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the M4 Pro chips which is not a chip
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that I'm interested in to be honest with
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you just because I want to have the best
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right but even for me the M4 Max is
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overkill I mean this if you look at I
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have this up on the screen with the base
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level M4 Max you get 14 core CPU 32 core
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GPU and 36 gigs of memory with a 1 terb
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SSD now I think what's interesting about
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this is this is finally at core parody
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with the M1 Max um from a GPU
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perspective because I think last year
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you had to spend the extra money to get
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the additional cores I don't remember so
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I now um my memory is failing me but you
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get so the M1 Max 10 core CPU 32 core
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GPU and now the base level M4 Max you
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get a 14 core GPU which is obviously 40%
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more cores and then 32 core GPU which
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match matches the M1 Max but you get the
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additional generations of performance so
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it's going to be way just more
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performance than it was before so I
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think this is the machine to go for if
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you want to spend an extra $500 you can
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get the 16 core CPU so you get two extra
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cores and a 40 core GPU and 12 extra
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gigabytes of memory so they take it up
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to to 48 gigs I don't think that's worth
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it for 500 bucks like that's just icing
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at that point I don't think that you're
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going to need that level of performance
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I don't know what you would be doing to
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require that level of performance but I
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think a lot of just creatives end up
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buying these machines and I think that
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the 34 99 MacBook Pro the 16in I'm
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looking at has plenty has more power
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than you would probably need for the
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next 3 to four years so for me that
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would be one that I'd be seriously
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considering um I also think that the M4
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Pro chips are going to be the one that's
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probably perfect for most people
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especially if you don't have a weird
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obsession with getting the best that
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Apple
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sells uh I think even just like the base
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16-in MacBook Pro with the M4 Pro like
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the 14 core CPU and the 20 core GPU if
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you're not doing a lot of like heavy
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lifting graphically or in video
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editing this is the machine to get I
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mean this is going to be the one that is
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going to serve you really well and I
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don't think there's really any reason to
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upgrade to more memory maybe to upgrade
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to more SSD storage because I feel like
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you can always use SSD storage I mean I
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have two terabytes in my current MacBook
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Pro and SSD storage space is one of
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those things that really it uh shortens
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the lifespan of your of your computer
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right like once you run out now you're
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having to spend time managing how you
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store stuff so I would almost prefer
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more SSD space space over like GPU or
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even like CPU course to be honest
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because like it's just an everyday
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practical thing that affects how you use
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the computer whereas you may not notice
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an extra two minutes of you know export
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