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by OnAYDIN 899 days ago
For what it's worth I just bought a M1 Pro 14" Macbook Pro. At Amazon, some of these are being sold as Renewed-Excellent condition. It has 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD. I paid $1380 after tax. I have prime card so I'll receive 5% cashback. It has 90 days return policy. It appears Apple waranty hasn't expired yet either (6 months) which means it was first activated 6 months ago.

Its charge cycle count was 2 and the machine itself is in excellent condition. I think M1 Pro processor is way more capable processor than M3 (non-pro). I know it is 2 year old but Macs go a long way. I'll switch to a newer laptop way before its support will end. So far I'm happy with the purchase.
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gigatexal 899 days ago
You can pay monthly for an indefinite apple care warranty. Kinda nice when the soldered on components die they’ll replace it.

I think the M3 stock outpaces the M1 Pro. Edit: seems to be a toss up. https://nanoreview.net/en/cpu-compare/apple-m3-vs-apple-m1-p...

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OnAYDIN 899 days ago
I think the GPU performance is better for M1 Pro. M3 has better single core performance and a slightly better power efficiency. I don't need single core performance though as I don't do things that need burst performance on a single core. And for battery power, I think any Macbook is way beyond my needs at this point.

Also similar spec'ed Macbook Pro 14 with M3 (non-pro) is above $1900 after tax. Almost 40% more expensive. Not worth it IMHO.

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