16" MacBook Pro M2 Max Review | 6 Months Later

[@bakmaharangana]

I have bought M2 Max ,96gb Ram, 1TB . I am a fulltime creative cloud user with animation and video editing. This machine is fast , i am very happy with previous adobe struggle in timeline .

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

Yes, so far I am very happy with it as well!

[@markkuuss]

I can't decide either buying this model or wait for the M3

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

This is a great laptop but the way Apple releases things, it probably won't be that much longer before the M3 is out.

[@doomhammer]

I was debating about the same exact thing but then I went with the M2 Max and I didn’t even upgrade the RAM and it’s just great whatever I throw at it. Games, Blender…anything. The speakers are an understatement. This is my first Macbook ever and it literally blew my mind how amazing the sound quality is. I love this thing for sure and now I’m convinced that the M3 wouldn’t be a noticeable upgrade in my eyes because this is already so powerful (and I’m a techie guy I sadly always look at the newest and best lol)

[@sparklysteak606]

Hey Scoot! Just looking for some opinions. I have been looking into buying a 14 inch laptop that lasts me a good time. I'm looking for something I can use for work/editing and (hopefully) gaming if I would study abroad for example. The laptops that has catched my eye are: Lenovo (Slim/) yoga pro 9i Asus zenbook pro 14 Macbook pro m1/m2. Both windows laptops has 4070 graphics card. I already have a windows pc at home, is it worth switching to macOS or go with a Windows laptop. Which one would you think would fit the best. (Overall) Thanks in advance!

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

Hello! I don't have any experience with Lenovo and I had a terrible experience with my ZenBook Pro so I think I'd recommend the Mac. I'm not sure about gaming on the Mac though as I am not a gamer but for anything else, I think it's an amazing laptop. 👍

[@sparklysteak606]

Alright, thanks for taking your time to answer. Well I think I'll go with a Mac then :)@@ScooterMediaVideos

[@watnoisy1995]

I still have my M2 Max and am trying to wait till my Applecare expires before upgrading to the next version. There are still no complaints!

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

My thoughts exactly!!! 👍

[@littlenewton6]

Hi Scoot. This is a great introduction video! I want to buy a new MacBook Pro with Apple Silicon inside. My old MacBook Pro 15 (2018) has been worked for over 5 years. The old one's performance, especially when I was using a external display, is very poor. But the Windows 10 PC which have the same hardware performs much more better in the fluency of system UI. So I am wondering the disfluency is due to macOS rather than hardware. Does M2 Max can solve the disfluency problem with single external 4K display?

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

Hello, and thank you! To be honest I don't use an external display so I'm not sure how the performance compares to the windows pc unfortunately.

[@UltraKryptonian]

I'm glad that you mentioned your experience with multi-tasking. My machine is the 2021 16" MBP w/ the M1 Pro Chip and 16GB of RAM. I usually run 4-5 programs, when I'm video editing and I definitely noticed a slowdown with my RAM configuration. Maybe 64GB is the sweet spot for multi-tasking? I'm looking to upgrade to a similar laptop, like yours, so I found your video very helpful. Thanks for sharing!

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

Yes, I think if you're video editing while doing other tasks 64GB is probably the way to go...specially with all the 4/6/8K footage around nowadays. 👍

[@azmiyy]

Hey Scoot, the new m3 max just came out, do you plan on trading your m2 max?

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

Hello, no I'm not planning on trading the M2 Max for the M3 Max.

[@RichmondHomesandLifestyle]

Machine is a banger! Prefer is over the M3 myself with the memory bandwidth reduction unless you max out the newest model

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

I haven't had a chance to try out the M3 yet but this thing is amazing!! 👍

[@CassandraLang123]

i’m getting a M2 max (silver) in 2 weeks, great review

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

Congrats, it's a great laptop! Thank you! 👍

[@bakmaharangana]

Just be careful with moisture, entering on to mainboard. When i was travelling around asia, i saw many M1 & M2 brought out for repairs. All moisture damaged with dust.

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

Thanks for the heads-up! 👍

[@willkay7206]

Do you think 32 go of ram is just fine for your work ?

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

Yes, 32Gb of ram is probably enough for my work. My last laptop was 32Gb and it worked fine for editing.

[@revanthreddy448]

I have a doubt. Apart from editing, what else can I really use this machine for? @Hefty price over m2 pro

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

You probably don't need this over m2 pro...I edit everyday on it and needed it to be fast as possible.

[@Ch1mereucheya]

Music production, if it's your thing

[@christianr.5868]

3D animation and video game development

[@harmvzon]

What was your previous system?

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

My previous system was the Asus Zenbook Pro Duo

[@user-pl6wo8nu8h]

Price please

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

I breakdown the exact cost in the video: 7:47 Price

[@user-pl6wo8nu8h]

​@@ScooterMediaVideosmy question was before the end of the video ☺, my bad

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

@@user-pl6wo8nu8h all good lol!! 👍

[@Josh-ue3ns]

You’ll get 6-8 years out of it before there’s a worthwhile tech jump.

[@ScooterMediaVideos]

That sounds good to me! 👍