MacBook Pro 13-inch 2017 vs MacBook Pro 14-inch 2024

Get ready for a major speed boost! The new MacBook Pro with M3 chip is like a sports car compared to your 2017 model. Expect:

- Processing: 2-3x faster

- Graphics: 4-5x faster

- Memory: 1.5-2x faster

- Storage: 2-3x faster

It's like upgrading from a bicycle to a rocket ship! Lol 😆

Grant Bennet-Alder wrote:

if you have 16 GB RAM now, you may want your new Mac to have about that much as well.

If not more.

mykolahv wrote:

I'm looking to buy new the latest version of new MacBook Pro: Buy 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 - Apple (NZ)

Apple M3 chip

Currently I'm using:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2017, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports)

I want to understand how much more powerful and faster new macbook is going to be? Just so I have realistic expectations on how much improvement should I expect.

Thanks

Day and night difference

mykolahv wrote:

As a digital marketer, google ads which sometimes my MacBook shows the message “this page slows down the performance “ and then accidentally restart the page which makes my loose all of my progress

That may be a sign of Web pages which are overly ad-laden, or laden with some special effects or ads that are not coded in a very processor-friendly fashion.

Upgrading to a new computer will not necessarily fix those pages.

Likewise if your browser reports that it is using excessive amounts of memory. Opening hundreds of tabs at a time is one way to make a browser take a lot of memory, but you could also have a browser that is prone to losing track of memory (has a memory leak) and that needs to be quit and restarted from time to time.

mykolahv wrote:

That’s why I’m trying to get a response from experts. I thought by having newer processor, it would have better performance than mine

System performance depends on many things – not just on a single number, like CPU clock speed.

It also depends on the particular task you are trying to do – which of the hardware resources of your computer it uses; which it doesn't; and whether from a practical standpoint, the bottleneck is the computer or the operator.

Having enough RAM for what you are doing is important. If you don't have enough, the system can simulate more, using swapping to "compressed RAM" and swapping to disk. Both are much slower than accessing real RAM, and so if you force the computer to do them very often, performance takes a hit.

mykolahv wrote:

How do I find out what my computer is lacking when it's struggling to perform certain task?

For example, even when I use google docs, sometimes I get the message "This page slows down the performance". Would be great to understand at that moment, what resources my computer is running off.

When you see that message, it may be more an indication that the Web page and/or browser were poorly coded, causing your browser to waste a lot of CPU cycles and memory, than anything else. Especially if the pages that you are visiting are loaded with animated ads and video ads.

Upgrading to a more powerful computer might be papering over the symptom without treating the cause.

Unfortunately, the administrators of sites which bombard your computer with resource-hungry ads aren't always interested in fixing that problem. To them, you are the "product" and the ads are a "feature".

what heavy lifting do you do with your current Mac?

how does it fall short of your needs?

if you have 16 GB RAM now, you may want your new Mac to have about that much as well.

Why would you even consider a new computer with less memory than you currently have?

if you're interested in Apple's new AI features. I think at least it requires the M1 or higher