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"Future-proofing" is something you've probably heard before, but is it something you should take into consideration when buying a new Mac? Let's discuss what it means and how it might not be the best strategy (and might even waste your money...).
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00:00 Introduction
01:30 What Is Future-Proofing?
02:44 Sponsor
03:57 Not Everyone Needs Future-Proofing
05:07 Does Web Browsing Become More Demanding?
07:17 Does Software Become Harder To Run?
11:01 What Should You Upgrade?
12:12 Why Are There So Many Upgrade Options Now?
13:02 Keeping Your Mac For A Long Time
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
I'm the guy that bought a maxed out Intel Macbook Pro in 2020. My wife's new M2 Air is twice as powerful, without a fan, never even gets warm, battery lasts forever and it cost less than half as much.
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Itās true that older Macs can still run modern applications relatively well (Iām still running a 2009 MBP), but eventually they do get slower and are more prone to security vulnerabilities. Iāve upgraded virtually everything I can - Iāve swapped the optical drive for a 500gb SSD, upgraded the old 256 GB HDD for a 1TB SSD, upgraded the RAM and gone through multiple batteries. But at the end of the day, Iām still running El Capitan. At this point, changing to an M2 Mac will feel like a dream!
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Another important thing to remember is the larger your SSD is the longer is its life span. TBW is the term SSD manufacturers use and the storage size of the SSD is directly proportional to its life span.
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Upgraded from Mid-2012 13' to M1 Pro base model last year. Only life-changing improvement other than gorgeous screen with the notch and slight general fluidness was when I did a demanding task like rendering a video, which you also can do with the 13' - much slower but effortless still. Daily tasks like checking your E-Mail, browsing and/or writing a document would feel just about same. I do not regret the purchase since it is the base model and 10 years is pretty fair time for an upgrade but I still wish that I would use its full potential, for which I paid for - regardless I use it or not. Don't upgrade your Mac unless you are absolutely sure what your benefits are. I get the FOMO but you won't be missing out anything if you don't need it.
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.... like most companys... apple is the absolute top elite of milking their clients last penny out ^^
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Considering the significant price bump in the EU, even the base model is a big investment. As such, people tend to opt for higher specs - we don't know what will be sufficient for how long, but one thing is for sure, the year-on-year price increases.
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Appreciate the video. You caught me at the right time, been thinking of upgrading my 2018 Intel Macbook Air to something more āfutureproof.ā Definitely more to think about after watching this. Subscribed! Good stuff.
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Very helpful video. I am one of those future proofing guys but your logic of buying what you need, use for 4 or 5 years, resell the unit and repeat is the winner.
Genuinely helped me out. Thank youā¦
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I really struggled with the future proofing bug when I bought an M2 MBA a couple of months ago. If I doubled the memory and storage of the base model I was getting close to MacBook Pro territory, especially when the MBP 14 would go on sale. I had to take a serious look at my budget and my actual needs in a laptop. I finally ended up with the base model M2 MBA and I've been happy as a clam ever since (so has my wallet).
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I have found that a notebook (brand or OS doesnāt matter) has a practical life of 5-6 years. I buy with this lifespan in mind. After 5 or 6 years, the device likely wonāt be able to stay current on the OS without involving upgrade methods that arenāt practical for the average person. Falling behind on the OS is the beginning of the end for application compatibility and more importantly security. I do have a 15 year old MBP that still works - so, yes, they will last that long, but it isnāt my ādaily driverā because of how old the OS is and how it affects my ability to effectively collaborate with others on projects. My daily driver is now 4 and will get replaced within the next two years, once the OS begins to slip behind.
Drive space and memory are cheap, even from Apple. I always over buy in these areas because the benefit-to-cost ratio is really that good. Just about everything one does these days, except for perhaps the most basic tasks, will benefit from having more RAM and storage.
I have never upgraded my processor and have never noticed an issue. Maybe I donāt know what Iām missing. Upgrading the processor can get spendy, and the situations that benefit noticeably from more processing power within a 5-6 year lifespan are not as numerous for people who donāt really push their machines to their limits. The benefit-to-cost ratio isnāt as good for most people. I say most people. I understand this isnāt true for everyone, and one should put some thought into how they use their machine before deciding.
I guess my philosophy is donāt over think ram and storage - buy as much as you can afford, because it will come in handy.
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512 GB storage and 16 GB storage is a sweet spot for software development
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When I ordered my M2 MacBook Air as my new computing device for 2023 so-called future proofing was never in my mind and same with my choice of Windows laptops. As far as my budget would stretch Iād get the most powerful configuration so that my apps would open and run faster and get things done more quickly.
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To be honest it doesn't really get that confusing, the upgrade options are pretty basic.. the only questions is if you know what you need and if it is worth it to you.
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I am the person who purchased a future proof Intel MacBook Pro in 2020. My refurbished M1 is in the mail. Thanks for the video.
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The best tech channel by far on YouTube, thanks a lot for the information man. Still rocking my M1 MacBook Air and doing intense photo/slight video work on it. The laptop hasn't complained so why change it.
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Very earnest video; appreciate you! been struggling to decided between the 8gb m3 vs 16gb m3 and was leveraging the concept of future proofing as a means to justify the "higher spec" model. Ultimately, its only going to be used for remedial tasks and I'm now thinking even the baseline model will be more than sufficient! Thanks for creating this video
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I bought an m1 mac mini for school and personal use. I went with the 16gb even though I am the user you described in the beginning of the video. I went with the 256gb ssd only as well as I use icloud the most so I can access files and documents on my ipad pro, or iphone. I think if you have the money to spare sometimes it is worth it cuz you can get a slightly better return on resell with more ram. Before my mac I had a samsung laptop with 8gb of ram, and would constantly max out my ram with only using teams, multiple excel and word docs, and multiple browser windows. I know the m1 macs are more efficient, but figured better to have and not need then regret not ordering it. I paid less than $800 for the mac too with student discount, and plan on keeping this for a very long time. I will upgrade my ipad before my computer I bet lol as that is my true on the go device.
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Weāve got a 2008 MacBook Pro (with SSD upgrade) that still runs just fine for web, email, Word, Excel and even a bit of photo and video editing for the kids school projects. Iāve just to swap out the battery every few years (easy, Apple allowed back then to have an under plate with clips to change your battery tool free in a minute).
My every day Mac is a 2014 MacBook Pro 16GB RAM Quad Core i7 Retina. The main motivation to upgrade from here will be because Lightroom is sluggish.
Both these MacBook Pros were beasts in their day, high spec because I was āfuture proofingā and together with Mac reliability weāve gotten more than 14 yrs use from two Macs. Retina display on the 2014 is still good and itās powerful enough to do creative stuff with.
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I am a software engineer and some of the programs I use require a lot of RAM. A good example is Docker Desktop, which won't even start if you have 16 GB of RAM and have 16+ tabs open in Chrome. You have to exit Chrome and other programs to be able to start Docker Desktop, then re-open the other programs, which will end up using swap memory allocation. Because of this and other similar scenarios, I did get my MacBook Pro 16" with 64GB of RAM. So yeah, it depends on what you're going to be using your Mac for and the specific requirements of the programs you'll run. Now, my MBP 16" is late 2019 so it has the i9 processor, but it runs fantastically great, so I'm not upgrading to the new M2 model, no need for that. Nice video, it should help some people save money, keep up the good work!
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