9to5Mac‘s Ben Lovejoy, and all of us here at MacDailyNews, who currently have Intel-handicapped 16-inch MacBook Pros which are seemingly powered by cooling fans, have been waiting impatiently for the 16-inch M1X MacBook Pro ever since the stunning performance and battery life of the 13-inch MacBook Pro were revealed. If the latest rumors are correct, and the 16-inch M1X MacBook Pro is launched at WWDC, he may not have too much longer to wait.
I am, however, expecting it to be a very expensive upgrade, for three reasons…
First, and most obviously, the purchase price. Looking at the current Intel model, the cost of the base model with middle RAM option and 4TB storage (I’ll get to that) is over $4,000. The M1X version is unlikely to be any cheaper.
Second, the fact that I’m upgrading sooner than would usually be the case… selling a 2019 machine in 2021 is going to result in a higher cost of ownership, even without the third factor.
But that third factor is the likely additional hit to the resale value of an Intel machine when it’s suddenly been turned into last-generation tech.
MacDailyNews Take: As we upgrade to 16-inch M1X MacBook Pro, if we go that route (we may go back to iMacs on the desks and MacBook Airs in the backpacks), we’re going to market our Intel-handicapped 16-inch MacBook Pros not as laptops, but as hot plates that double as high speed hot air balloon inflators. They should be big sellers. 🙄
Eagerly awaiting the day I can replace my brand-new 16″ MacBook Pro : )
Silly.
Yes, indeed. They served up a serious nothing burger with this goop.
Silly Ray Wood has spoken
Very true. Intel MBP gets crazy hot and sounds like a hairdryer.
Insane that they originally refused to make a mobile chip for the iPhone.
They didn’t refuse. The chip they offered was rejected by Apple, and rightly so.
Correct.
Intel refused to commit the resources that would have made Atom a best-in-class player in the mobile market.
I have been upgrading every two years and selling my MacBook Pro since the Powerbook 170. The only time I did not is in 2016 when they switched to all USB-C ports and crappy keyboard. I still have my 2015 AND I have my 2019.
I have NEVER found it hard to sell a recent MacBook Pro because there are PLENTY of people who simply would never spend the money to get the latest and the greatest. To them the 2019 will be a steal. Even better, my friends know how I care for my computers and even have the original boxes, stickers, and twisty ties. I used to have a waiting list.
Historically I found I was always able to get minimum a half to 2/3 the price of the new one. That’s really not a bad upgrade, half the price of new one.
I look forward to it, especially after experiencing my wife’s M1 MacBook Pro. Here is a fun stat:
I used Compressor to export a one hour project:
MacPro 2013 took 1 hour 17 minutes
MacBook Pro 2019 took 13 minutes 59 seconds
MacBook Pro M1 took 12 minutes 12 seconds!!
I honk my laptop for 12 hours a day, running a medical record database, video, animations, medical imaging programs, etc. It is the newest MacBook Pro with 64 gigs of memory and a 2 terabyte hard SSD and the most advanced processor available at the time. I almost never hear the fan and the computer is fast, never feels hot in my lap and never crashes. I remember all the praised MDN sang about this machine that is evidently now a hairdryer. I think that the M1 (or M1-X) machines will be fabulous and are likely to be an improvement for most users. I also wonder if most users will notice the difference.
Running Chrome, Unity, Photoshop, FCP etc. can often result in a very warm MBP and the fans to kick in.
Which you won’t experience on a iPad Pro.
Chrome is a hog of a browser. It is not even fast. I use it because of all the Google tools I need for my business, but if I could dump it I would.
I remember as a young man being able to honk my laptop for 12 hours a day.
Good times…
I am quite happy with my MacBook Pro 2015 as well. For what I do, it is a fine tool that accomplishes everything I through at it. I also have a 2017 iMac that will be replaced by the new bigger iMac when it is available.
I won’t be selling my fully spec quad core intel MacBook Pro as it runs a lot of plugins that will not run natively on the new silicon.
It will become my last resort computer from the intel age (just as my Mac Pro G5 is from the old and age) Intel Mac Pro is still blisteringly fast and capable but I’m now looking to get on the new generation of silicone with Apple with a new the upgraded MacBook Pro which will take me forward for a good 5 years+ if it comes anything close to meeting the rumours on processing and speed.
Speculation until it is announced.
With Apple Silicon, it costs less for Apple to produce a computer (eg- $699 M1 Mac mini) . . . however, I have noticed with some Apple products they have moved from 30% margins to 40% margins — so there is a chance that Apple might charge more for the new Macbook Pro 16 inch — because they can.
40% margins still doing manufacturing in a criminal state that uses slave labor, ethic genocide and forced organ harvesting against minorities. Sounds like the priorities of a socially enlightened corporation to me.
Better pick up a TSMC M1 chip sooner then later. Once the CCP takes back the “rouge” province of Taiwan then the CCP will decide who gets priority of TSMC chip manufacturing. In unrelated news In the near future Hauwei phones, tablets and laptops are now available with a surprisingly similar chip design but at a fraction of the cost.
Rouge or rogue?
The world’s first 17-inch pro laptop was announced by Steve in January 2003. Bought one maxed out over $3,000 in May of that year. My, what the same amount of money will buy today.
A bit disappointed Apple and beacounter Cook shaved off an inch, why?
Their are tons of 17-inch PC pro laptops out there but clueless Cook can’t help himself. Shaving an inch to maximize profits and a step back from the 2003 trailblazer.
Will pass final judgement when the cost and number of ports are announced…
How accomplished you must be to refer to Tim Cook as clueless!
My accomplishments have absolutely nothing to do with Cook screwing Apple making one bad decision after another in the name of almighty profits. Sorry, Apple apologist…
This is what you just sounded like.
You are not interested in facts brown clow from San Diego..,
I’m eagerly waiting for me to have a MacBook Pro in my hand too. I also want me to get one of them someday.
I just hope that Champion Social Justice Warrior Tim Cook and Chief Clown Officer Creg Fedderrici announce that they’ve fixed the MDM spec for Apple Silicon at WWDC. Until then Intel Macs are the only viable solution for the enterprise market.
My 2017 15” is a lemon between the keyboard and random non starts with the question mark folder that has been back to Apple 4-5 times with no problem found. I can’t wait for the M1X. I will find the money or max outa credit card.