If someone could give me his or her’s opinion on this it would be greatly appreciated:
Right now I’m using a mid 2012 MBP 2.5Ghz i5 with 16GB of ram as my work machine. I’m currently thinking about upgrading to a 13" 2015 MBP i5 with 8GB of ram that came my way at a reasonable price. Personally I don’t want to upgrade (or can afford to do so) to anything newer than a 2015, I like the fact that the 2015 models still have all the ports available.
Do you guys think I would benefit from this upgrade?
No. The 13in MBP used old technology for a long time - it was basically the same as the 2012 model, just a slightly faster CPU (with 2 cores, not 4 like the 15in).
If I would go for one then it would be the 2015 15in 2.5 GHz model with the dedicated graphics card.
Btw you really should download MacTracker - it is free and has all the info on Macs and Mac accessoires (you can also get it in the App store). Belongs on every Mac.
Yes, the trackpad was upgraded too. I find the one on the 2015 a lot nicer than the one in my 2012.
It has some extra ports too, plus the retina display wich I’ve read can bee a problem in some of the early 2015s. Oh and it runs a bit faster, 2.7 vs 2.5 GHZ wich I would probably won’t even notice.
As for RAM - my 2010 17in 2.53 GHz i5 MBP upgraded to 8 GB and a 1 TB SSD running MacOS 10.12 Sierra never felt slow - and I usually had about 20 large apps (like Xojo, Word, Excel, Keynote, Preview, Safari, VMware Fusion with Win7, GraphicConverter, OmniGraffle, Skype, TeamViewer, Handbrake, etc) and over 360 webpages open. Best laptop I ever had … sadly died 2 months ago …
I still use my 2012 MBP 16Gb 768Gb SSD every day
Probably the longest I have ever held on to a machine but it is getting swapped out for a new 16" this weekend
For a LONG time there just wasnt a really compelling reason to upgrade
But I need the ability to drive more screens than the 2012 can handle - hence the update to the 16" which can drive 4 4K screens
After the advice I received last night I decided I’ll wait until I can afford a modern 15" or 16". I’ll have time to figure out how to connect that thing to the cinema display. I think I got the video part figured out, losing the power connector from the display to the laptop would be a bummer and I have not been able to figure that out yet.
This is how I connect the MBP to the cinema display. I love the ports on this laptop.
I also like that it has a pile of ports
But - they all are for outdated connectivity and so much slower than USB-C &/or TB 3
I’ll end up with a dongle for each of my older monitors but the new 43" monitor supports USB-C directly and has a KVM hub built in so I wont lose out on being able to attach all my old USB-3 time machine drives and externals
Time marches on
I have
“Portable” isn’t in their job description
While I dont travel all the time its enough that if I got a desktop I’d need to also have a laptop anyway
the way I have gone with my computing is a deconstructive model. Meaning, my core machines exist in my network rack. Any laptop device, raspberry pi, or intel nuc, chromebook can RDP / VNC to the core machines. Once connected, I cannot tell that I am in an RDP / VNC session. Then if I travel, I can vpn back to connect from my travel device
This way, any device that I use is nothing more than a thin client without the high processor / ram requirements which saves on the overall cost.
I have an old macbook mini which I like very much but as @npalardy mentions I like the mobility of a laptop.
Granted that packing the mini and moving it between the office and home office wouldn’t be a chore I still like a screen atached to whatever I’m packing
I do most of my work in my home office but I still need to be at least a couple of hours in the “real” office three times a week.
