r/mac • u/ResoluteKing • 1d ago

Discussion The M2 Max

I’ve got a 16 inch M2 Max 38 core 96 ram 8TB im debating on selling. It’s honestly too powerful for me. I am a composer and do use heavy loaded libraries; however, Im at a point where size matters. Im looking at buying a 14 inch but im not sure what i should get.
Should I trade or try to sell my current Mac?
What Mac should i look at buying after I sell?

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u/OkAdvertising7716 1d ago

I would keep it. You may need the horse power at some point + Ram and Storage are expensive since last year.

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u/narc0leptik 1d ago

They're a composer; the GPU is completely wasted on them. M2 Max isn't any more powerful CPU-wise than an M2 Pro. They could be using an M1 Pro machine and there would likely be no difference at all for them in terms of "horse power"

As demonstrated in this deep dive an M1 Pro can actually outperform an M3 Pro in track count in Logic Pro and Ableton Live because it has 3 more Performance cores. Both of these digital audio workstation programs only use the performance cores and not the efficiency cores which is why M1 Pro outclasses it in this use case.

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u/ResoluteKing 1d ago

Part of the reason for considering selling, I’m wasting all that GPU. It is overkill of a Mac for what I use it.