I’m budgeting for a new laptop. I changed my current macbook battery 3x. I was able to do this myself for 30usd each time.
What should I budget for buying a new m3, and how does that compare to an m2? I’m only interested in AI performance, so I hear the m2 isn’t much slower, so I could choose either.
Hard to answer without being able to see into the future and know what battery replacement costs will be in the 4 or 5 years when you might need to do it…
If you care if your betters, get m3 pro not m3 max, very similar but max use more ram etc. To do same things couple seconds faster but you won’t see the difference, I have mine M1 Pro 16” since February 2022, use Aldente, I have 93% health and easily with just surfing web I get 13-16h on battery every day, at harder tasks 8-12h never had less than 8 mostly 14h
Get the M3 MacBook Pro but get AppleCare+ yearly with it.
Get the M3 MacBook Pro but get AppleCare+ yearly with it.
But I thought applecare only goes for 3 years max?
But I thought applecare only goes for 3 years max?
Hard to answer without being able to see into the future and know what battery replacement costs will be in the 4 or 5 years when you might need to do it…
Exactly. I was last quoted about 150, but the price has increased since.
We can only go by this trend and assume the worst.
I’m increasing my budget to 3000-5000usd for 5 years. This is an insane amount.
Is there a.more premium brand than apple to look at? For this money I expect fast video work, run most AI models etc. The inconvenience of having to replace a battery and no ability to take the SDD out for privacy is not something I want to pay m3 prices for. What competes with apple at the top end these days? I could consider a top end gaming laptop
Exactly. I was last quoted about 150, but the price has increased since.
We can only go by this trend and assume the worst.
I’m increasing my budget to 3000-5000usd for 5 years. This is an insane amount.
Is there a.more premium brand than apple to look at? For this money I expect fast video work, run most AI models etc. The inconvenience of having to replace a battery and no ability to take the SDD out for privacy is not something I want to pay m3 prices for. What competes with apple at the top end these days? I could consider a top end gaming laptop
If you care if your betters, get m3 pro not m3 max, very similar but max use more ram etc. To do same things couple seconds faster but you won’t see the difference, I have mine M1 Pro 16” since February 2022, use Aldente, I have 93% health and easily with just surfing web I get 13-16h on battery every day, at harder tasks 8-12h never had less than 8 mostly 14h
Thank for reminding me of aldente :) I wanted to use it but it’s a bit crippled on Intel. So that should help in this area 👍👍
Thank for reminding me of aldente :) I wanted to use it but it’s a bit crippled on Intel. So that should help in this area 👍👍