khumenny Posted January 23, 2024 Share Posted January 23, 2024 I need to upgrade my workstation and looking at a macbook pro with external monitor. Anyone out there have an opinion whether it's worth it to go for the top model with the M3 Max chip or is the M3 Pro enough for Vectorworks rendering, etc.? Quote Link to comment
VIRTUALENVIRONS Posted January 23, 2024 Share Posted January 23, 2024 I have the Mac Pro Laptop (new) M3 Chip, with external monitor. I really like it. I only have the 18 GB version and it seems to render fine. If you are doing very heavy computational work, RAM is still a key player. Th more the better. Quote Link to comment
Pat Stanford Posted January 23, 2024 Share Posted January 23, 2024 It depends on what kind of drawing you are doing and how detailed and photorealistic you want to be. If you are mostly doing Plans, then the Pro and 18 GB RAM is probably fine. If you are doing simple models and rendering then Pro and 36GB is probably fine. If you are doing high-end renders of complex/very large and you want near photorealistic in shortest time, the Max + as much RAM as you can afford is your best option. I bit the bullet and went Max + 128GB RAM. I still have a 10GB+ model that has run out of memory on multiple occasions. HTH. Quote Link to comment
E|FA Posted January 23, 2024 Share Posted January 23, 2024 Not exactly apples to apples (pun intended), but I'm seeing RAM issues with a 24MB M2 15" MacBook Air. However, in addition to VW, I'm using Luna Display to drive a 27" iMac 5K display and often have too many tabs open in Safari, both of which are known to affect memory use. If I could do it again, I would have bought a 36GB (min) MacBook Pro. Quote Link to comment
Gaz Posted October 6, 2024 Share Posted October 6, 2024 Does anyone have an update on this? I like to use animation tools to walk my clients through my designed, so need a strong laptop. My current Macbook Pro from 2017 struggles and often crashes. I was thinking of purchasing the following specs: Apple M3 Max chip 16-core CPU with 12 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores 40-core GPU 16-core Neural Engine 400GB/s memory bandwidth 48GB unified memory Quote Link to comment
VIRTUALENVIRONS Posted October 6, 2024 Share Posted October 6, 2024 The configuration you show should be fine. I am an animator. But, at this point I would wait six months for the M4 chip. Quote Link to comment
Vilardaga Posted October 7, 2024 Share Posted October 7, 2024 15 hours ago, VIRTUALENVIRONS said: But, at this point I would wait six months for the M4 chip. Aren't all the techtubers expecting M4 MacBooks in the upcoming October Apple Event ? Quote Link to comment
VIRTUALENVIRONS Posted October 7, 2024 Share Posted October 7, 2024 Not sure when. Googling it seems to indicate early 2025, but you could be right.....don't know. Quote Link to comment
VIRTUALENVIRONS Posted October 7, 2024 Share Posted October 7, 2024 (edited) Just found this online Apple MacBook Pro 2024 rumored release date and priceThe expectation for the next MacBook Pro that'll surely come with the M4 chip on-board is that these laptops will arrive towards the end of 2024. Edited October 7, 2024 by VIRTUALENVIRONS Quote Link to comment
Tom W. Posted October 7, 2024 Share Posted October 7, 2024 Can't imagine many people here are in the market for a Mac Pro... Quote Link to comment
VIRTUALENVIRONS Posted October 7, 2024 Share Posted October 7, 2024 HI Tom,,,,good catch.....missed that. Got confused in my old age. I just modified the post.....thanks. I am thinking of getting one. Quote Link to comment
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