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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by numbsafari on Monday October 18, 2021 @05:52PM (#28912278)
You aren’t. Very ready for this upgrade.

ps… 6 years for a laptop that… works very well to this day is why I have no qualms about the price of this thing.

Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by jrochkind1 on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:25PM (#28913125)
Same! Still have the 2015.

Really the only thing that doesn't work well on it to this day is the dreaded Microsoft Teams, which brings the thing to a screeching halt.

Well, plus trying to do more than minimal VM/container use, to be honest.

Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by sgt on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @03:33AM (#28915718)
We have a lot of people at work with 2015 models - and they are SUPER happy. I have the 2018 model with i7 and I can't really see any difference in performance. I love the display, but mostly I use a 27 inch high DPI external screen along with an Apple magic keyboard.

One thing I strongly dislike about the i7 is how hot it can get with long compiles and such. So I think it's time to upgrade to the M1 Pro or Max.

Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by FridgeSeal on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @07:07AM (#28916850)
I’m fairly sure that is a ms teams issue, it runs like trash despite how much hardware you throw at it.
Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by jrochkind1 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @08:57AM (#28917566)
Of course it's an MS Teams issue, but I am required to use MS Teams for work, so it's problematic to be using a machine that has trouble running it!

Unless you're saying even a new M1 mac has just as much trouble running it!

Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by JohnBooty on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @06:09PM (#28924400)
Got the same life out of mine, although the battery swelled up this year. :-/

Didn't bother to look into the cost of replacement as my initial research indicated that they'd want/need to replace the keyboard and upper chassis as well, so probably a $600+ repair. So I opted for a company laptop instead.

Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by chrisweekly on Monday October 18, 2021 @07:16PM (#28913038)
Yeah, my (maxed out at the time) 2012 mbp15r is amazingly still usable -- and there's finally a suitable replacement.