Mr. Yikes
15 de julio de 2024
At this point, seems a moot review, but here goes.
These are still nice machines to work on. I use it mostly for Lightroom on large photo jobs, with some smaller jobs in between, and occasionally to do some lighter teaching work and administration. I've swiched my old machine over to doing most of that. This is still a pleasure to work on. Maybe the denoise will take a little less time on a newer machine, but it's not enough for me to care. It never seems to choke and it's always responsive, despite Adobe's bloat.I'm coming from a 13" retina i7 machine. This is an order of magnitude better. For smaller jobs, it's nice to just stick the SD card in and ingest a set of pictures. Bigger jobs, I still like to use the CF Express reader with the Thunderbolt ports for the speed, and this has one more on the other side, so I can be more flexible in whatever random workspace I happen to be in. For me, portability is my main concern. This fits in the same bag, so it's not very noticeably larger. I have a portable monitor, so I can make more screen space when needed. There's an HDMI port, so I don't need to carry that dongle. Not to mention that it's an order of magnitude faster. This is the new equivalent of the 15' Macbook pro, but it fits in the same bag as the 13". This is excellent for me.Moving from the Retina 13", the keyboard is a lot better. Just make the change. At this point, this is a bargain way into Apple Silicon. I did the very hard job of replacing the keyboard on the 13" with an aftermarket one. That repair is not recommended for casual tinkerers, but it fixed all the usual complaints about the butterfly keyboard. I also replaced the battery, twice now. I actually like working on the retina now, but before it was always such a struggle between battery life and the keyboard. The 14" is better on all levels and probably the best in the industry. The keyboard has excellent accuracy and feedback. The touch pad is the best in the industry. The color rendering is excellent out of the box with a setting for photographic work. I don't need a custom profile like I did with previous generation machines. If you need a relative bargain, these M1 Pro machines are still very good to work on, and I don't plan to upgrade for a long time.Ver másVer menos
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