Left my swe job to finish my degree and other reasons. I was using a company M1 MBP 16Gb and loved it, I was wondering if I buy a used one or get a m2 equivalent. Is the M1 dull future proof?
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There will come a time, maybe 8-10 years down the road, when Apple stops providing software updates for your M1. In that sense, no, it’s not future proof, but no computer truly is.
When that time comes, you can install Linux on it and continue to enjoy the laptop. I have two Macs from 2009 that are both happily running Ubuntu.
Oh yes. They are beasts!!
I absolutely love the form factor of my M2 air, but I don’t think performance is much different than an m1 model
Define future proof.
Can I get another 4 years out of it as a developer
If it suffices your needs today, highly likely.
Got a M1 MB pro (the basic one) so I could write papers and do school work a few years ago. This year, I finally retired my big hackintosh rig for a M2 Max MB pro because I didn’t need a full size computer anymore and it was 10+ years old. Anyway, it’s kind of hard to tell the difference between the two. The M2 certainly does big tasks better, but my son uses the M1 all the time for music composition and it does a fabulous job. If you really need power, get the M2 pro or max, but only if you really need power. Otherwise an M1 will likely be fine. I read countless reviews and tests, and the M2 is supposedly 20%, but the extra GPU is what I went for because I needed 3 monitors (which is still not easy to get working), otherwise I would have saved the money and gone with an M1. Unless you need 3 monitors, then an M1 will be fine for the next 5 years.
my m2 max struggles with 2 4k displays at 60hz. But I have a feeling that is more of an issue with my dock (cal digit ts4) than the MacBook itself
