My 2019 MacBook 16 Intel-powered (16GB RAM and 1TB SSD) Laptop is driving me nuts. It simply can’t handle my large SU projects without endless beachball twirlings and awful functioning when the full drawing is on the screen. I’ve just bitten the bullet and just ordered a new Apple MacBook Pro 16" M5…

I hope you are using TimeMachine. It helps with migrating. VRay is easy, I use it on my Mac you just have to make sure the credentials work, which shouldn’t be an issue. SketchUp will also migrate (most) of your extensions now, so even that is getting easier.

[image] mmarcovitch: I’ve just bitten the bullet and just ordered a new Apple MacBook Pro 16" M5 Pro CPU with 48GB RAM and 1 TB SSD. Anyone have any experience with the new chip and am I going to be excited or annoyed that it runs SU as it should run or has other glitches to contend with? I’m…

[image] mmarcovitch: I find that they last about five years. M series chips are extremely good, I’ve said it a lot of times, my 2021 M1 Max MacBook still feels extremely fast and responsive, I’ve seen that the new $500 MacBook neo has a lot more single core power than my MacBook but at the en…

The Neo only arrived today, so I’ve only done a couple of tests. In one I did an FPS test of the model that people have used in the forum. That gave 117 FPS. I also tried a >600 MB model, which worked fine, and measured at 34 FPS. Both models were slower on my M4 MacBook Pro. But, my work Mac is do…

The M5 pro powered MacBook arrived on Thursday and I got right to work doing the migration from my MB 2019 to the new one. Then I find that the new one’s not charging. It was the adapter… dead as a doornail. Tested it the old Mac and it didn’t charge that either. Then I tried the old Mac’s charger w…

SketchUp Vs. The Apple MacBook Pro 16 with the New M5 Pro Chip

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colin March 30, 2026, 9:02pm 5

I have a Neo on order, should come in a week or so. Will be interesting to see how a $700 Mac does with SketchUp.

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