Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max

Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by PakG1 on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @02:22PM (#34417325)

How is the heat? I've heard from anecdotal reports that under heavy workloads, the M2 Air can get super hot, and so Pro is the way to go if you're using heavy workloads. But you're doing music/photo production, etc, so I wonder if you agree. I know that's not the same as video.

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Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by geerlingguy on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @03:11PM (#34418155)

If you do sustained work, like render or transcode video, the Air only goes full tilt for 5-10 minutes then starts throttling until you stop doing the heavy work.

If that's something you do more than once in a while, definitely opt for the Pro. For any other workload that's less than maxing out CPUs, or just bursty, the Air has been excellent.

I still think the M1 Air was a better value overall. And I liked the curves to it more than the M2's boxy design.

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Re:Apple Unveils MacBook Pro Featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max by djtriptych on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @03:14PM (#34418200)

Well I do light music production - mostly on the Studio.

For photography work it's been fine. But I haven't done multiple-minute exports since buying it so I can't really say.

I _can_ say that under my normal workloads (coding web apps, office applications open, chrome with say 20 tabs, often playing chess, live streaming / zoom) heat has never been an issue. It's also my DJ computer for gigs and no issues I've noticed there, although it's not on my lap.

Contrasted with the 2019 intel MBP it's again night and day. Heat was very noticeable, as were heat-related throttling issues. It would just grind to a halt under normal workday loads esp when screen casting zoom + having all my normal apps and IDEs running.

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