Hi everyone,
I'm looking to upgrade from my current M1 MBA to a refurbished M2 Pro 14 inch MBP (about $1500). Recently , my work load on the Air has increased a bit since I'm doing some intensive matlab simulations. I can see the 8GB of RAM isn't sufficient since it almost goes full and the swap memory reaches like 3-4GB with CPU usage going to 100%. Tried running on a colleague's M3 Pro and it runs great. It's battery life is about similar to the M1 Air he said But since that unit is quite pricey I decided to got with the M2 Pro MBP.
I know the M2 Pro though has a bit lower battery life than the M3 Pro model. But I wanted some users perspective here. How has been your experience with the machine? How was your average battery life like with normal stuff, like emails, browsing and some videos maybe. You know the general office and home stuff. For heavy stuff I am prepared for lower battery life due to more power consumption, so that's fine with me. Thanks.