M1, M2, M2Pro?

Still working through which mac to get. By the time I decided on at LEAST 512gb and 16gb of unified memory, the M2 Pro was only a modest step up in price.

Anyone have any experience with any of the processors? I have an M1 in my laptop, and have not been unhappy with it.

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Tony Walker

FYI, WWDC is the first week of June. probably no m3 announcement but might be new hardware.

abondservant

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1256899#Comment_1256899

FYI, WWDC is the first week of June. probably no m3 announcement but might be new hardware.

maybe there will be a good sale on the M2 then. lol

thanks for the heads up.

Jerry Bush

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1256914#Comment_1256914

Logos does very well on my 2014 Macbook Pro - but the computer itself is getting pretty old and other apps choke or run slow sometimes.

I am holding out for the 15" Air, but I might try to REALLY hold out and wait for the M3. Doesn't look like this year though. I also have a 2019 iMac and everything is nearly instant on Logos.

I can't imagine how fast these M chips must be...

John Fidel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1256916#Comment_1256916

MBP M1 is blazing fast. Love it.

Ben

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1256923#Comment_1256923

M2 Pro, if you ever want to use more than one monitor,

Jeff Peterson

M2 Mac Mini, 8Gb RAM, 512Gb drive. Couldn’t be happier. Logos is now a pleasure to use instead of a burden as on my prior machine. Everything responds instantly.

abondservant

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1256950#Comment_1256950

M2 Pro, if you ever want to use more than one monitor,

I thought a standard M2 could do 2, but the pro was required for 3? there are some hardware hacks to get to 3 for an m2. have you tried those?

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

By the time I decided on at LEAST 512gb and 16gb of unified memory, the M2 Pro was only a modest step up in price.

Laptop Magazine => Spending more than $2,000 on a MacBook Pro is just setting money on fire - here’s why includes a storage consideration. M2 Pro with 1 TB is noticeably faster than 512 GB due to parallel read & write. The 512 GB SSD has two NAND storage chips while 1 TB+ has four.

Apple Refurbished Macs now has 2023 MacBook Pro models => https://www.apple.com/shop/refurbished/mac/2023-macbook-pro

Keep Smiling [:)]

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1257019#Comment_1257019

Amazon Renewed has 2021 MacBook Pro 16" with M1 Pro 16 GB & 1 TB SSD for $1,689.95 => https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Q4GQRXZ that has 90 day return option so looking forward to finding out soon if 16 GB is adequate for my Logos library that has many visual filters.

Keep Smiling [:)]

abondservant

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1257349#Comment_1257349

Amazon Renewed has 2021 MacBook Pro 16" with M1 Pro 16 GB & 1 TB SSD for $1,689.95 => https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Q4GQRXZ that has 90 day return option so looking forward to finding out soon if 16 GB is adequate for my Logos library that has many visual filters.

Keep Smiling

Keep me posted. I don't use many visual filters. I probably don't use half of the power of Logos like I ought.

However, I did settle on the 512gb 16gb Mac Mini M2 for under 800 new in box. For how I use Logos, its been excellent so far. I am hanging onto my PC for a while, but I doubt that I'll keep upgrading it. I added an additional TB of storage by purchasing a dock that could handle an M.2 SSD. Not as fast as the internal drive to be sure, but I only store my slow data on there any way. Sermons, and so forth. Video will play from there just fine. Logos is on the 512gb, and should be adequate storage for at least another cycle of upgrades. Will revisit my hardware after 11 is created and released

. If I find its inadequate for my purposes, I'll replace any of a number of much slower computers at church with it, and pick up the M2 Pro with 1tb and more ram.

Joseph Sollenberger

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1257349#Comment_1257349

I have that model and find that it works extremely well with the current Logos system, KS4J.

I am unable to comment on how it does with multiple monitors, but is is extremely speedy just as a laptop connected to one external monitor.

abondservant

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1257684#Comment_1257684

So far, the M2 512 16gb has been fantastic for my purposes. Planning to replace the computer I use at church with it in the new year, and will see what's out there as a replacement at that point. Maybe an M2 Pro, 2tb with 16gb or more. I'd be able to do a bit more with video that way. I use my home office machine more than the one at church.

But the Pro would let me use all three monitors I had with my PC in my home office. The Mac mini would be replacing an aging second gen i5 with 4gb of ram at the church.

R. Mansfield

You can’t go wrong with any of the M-series processors when it comes to Logos. It runs exceptionally on all of them.

I would just say make certain you have enough SSD space. I got 1 TB on my M1 MBP two years ago because I was only going to run it as a secondary machine. It’s been tight on space for my purposes. I wish I’d gotten the 2 TB model.

Lynden O. Williams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1261816#Comment_1261816

I have the M2 pro. Logos runs so fast I have to keep it tied down so it does not fly away.

[:D] Indexed 19,400 resources in about 47 minutes

Lynden O. Williams

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1261823#Comment_1261823

Went with the 1TB Drive.

Brent Carlson

Still working through which mac to get. By the time I decided on at LEAST 512gb and 16gb of unified memory, the M2 Pro was only a modest step up in price.

Anyone have any experience with any of the processors? I have an M1 in my laptop, and have not been unhappy with it.

I am a strong believer in at least 1 TB and 16GB of unified memory. I have 2 TB and already down to 1.2 TB left. Apple released several M2, M2 Pro, M2 Max, and M2 Ultra machines during WWDC. The prices for a Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro look pretty decent.

T Gerold Castle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1261973#Comment_1261973

I personally use a 14" M1 MBP... It has 16GB ram and 512 drive. I would caution against giving Apple their exorbitant prices on hard drives. External USB-C drives are WAY cheaper than Apple's internal drive prices. YMMV of course.

By the way, the M1 series chips are just silly good. Expecially this M1 Pro chip.

Brent Carlson

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1262112#Comment_1262112

I personally use a 14" M1 MBP... It has 16GB ram and 512 drive. I would caution against giving Apple their exorbitant prices on hard drives. External USB-C drives are WAY cheaper than Apple's internal drive prices. YMMV of course.

By the way, the M1 series chips are just silly good. Expecially this M1 Pro chip.

Gerold,

I agree that external drives are way cheaper. My issue with them has been that I have a number of drive failures....I would say it would be smart to have a couple of them.

Enrique Rivera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1261823#Comment_1261823

I have about 14,000 resources on my m1 Mac mini 512gb 16gb ram. My library indexes in about 5-10 minutes. Was 47 minutes for the initial install index? I was thinking about upgrading but 47 minutes seems like a long time.

Keep Smiling 4 Jesus :)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1257609#Comment_1257609

Amazon Renewed has 2021 MacBook Pro 16" with M1 Pro 16 GB & 1 TB SSD for $1,689.95 => https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09Q4GQRXZ that has 90 day return option so looking forward to finding out soon if 16 GB is adequate for my Logos library that has many visual filters.

Keep Smiling

Keep me posted. I don't use many visual filters. I probably don't use half of the power of Logos like I ought.

Thankfully 2021 MacBook Pro 16" with M1 Pro 16 GB & 1 TB SSD works well using native apps: no reason to install Rosetta & no reason to return.

Thankful Amazon Renewed MBP came with 100% Battery, which was better than promised/expected.

Keep Smiling [:)]

David McClister

FWIW, I have a MacBook Pro with a M1Max chip and 2TB of disk space, 32GB of memory. I bought it primarily to use with the new Logos for Mac silicon, and I must say it is the most stable machine and the most stable experience with Logos I have had.

John

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1264479#Comment_1264479

I haven’t installed Logos on it yet but I have an older MacBook Pro with Intel i5 chip. I am hoping the older Intel Macs don’t get left behind on compatibility and performance.

Daniel Bender

I purchased my first Mac and decided on a 14" MBP M2Pro chip 2TB drive and 16 gigs of unified memory. Thought about 32 gigs of memory but decided way more than I would need. Not really computer savvy so went by reviewer comments and friend suggestions. Best laptop I have ever owned; extremely fast. Love using Logos on this machine. The battery lasts forever.

Daniel Bender

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1264505#Comment_1264505

Oops; 1TB SSD. the 512 gb drive on my old Windows laptop filled up so went with a 1 TB; 2 TB too large for my needs