*** Apple event 10th November @ 6pm - One More Thing: Apple Silicon Macs Reveal ***
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Yeah I got the 16” about 5 months ago and I’m happy with mine for the next few years at least and then Apple Silicon, apps etc will have matured enough and it should be pretty awesome by then. There’s always that temptation with shiny new tech though and I love the idea of the fanless Air!
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Interesting reading
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16226/apple-silicon-m1-a14-deep-dive/4
In those particular benchmarks the A14 does very well, you can see why Apple needed to move past Intel, the M1 is only going to be faster. If you think the A14 is only like 5W and the M1 is at least 3x that, if not more.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16226/apple-silicon-m1-a14-deep-dive/4
In those particular benchmarks the A14 does very well, you can see why Apple needed to move past Intel, the M1 is only going to be faster. If you think the A14 is only like 5W and the M1 is at least 3x that, if not more.
This shows it all:
As Anandtech says:
As Anandtech says:
Anybody looking at the absurdness of that graph will realise that there simply was no other choice but for Apple to ditch Intel and x86 in favour of their own in-house microarchitecture – staying par for the course would have meant stagnation and worse consumer products.
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While the chip design improvements alone are super interesting, I think what is really exciting is that it speaks to Apples philosophy of bringing everything in house and doing it better/extremely fine tuned for their exact needs.
It’s going to go this way for almost every feature of their products/services and there will be continuing cross talk so that eventually it truly is an Apple experience, not distinct categories (watch/phone/desktop).
It’s going to go this way for almost every feature of their products/services and there will be continuing cross talk so that eventually it truly is an Apple experience, not distinct categories (watch/phone/desktop).
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Good timing for an upgrade on my 2015 MBP.
Other than the fan, what is the measurable difference between the Air and MBP?
Also I would still like to see how these stack up against current models. FCPX running a BruceX test without using the T2 chip. That should be a good test of CPU performance over x86.
Other than the fan, what is the measurable difference between the Air and MBP?
Also I would still like to see how these stack up against current models. FCPX running a BruceX test without using the T2 chip. That should be a good test of CPU performance over x86.
Looks very slick, I have to admit despite just owning an iPad (I have forced my family into Apple products e.g Watch, iPhone, MacBook and iPad to save my the headaches 
) I do applaud the Apple ecosystem which I know irks a lot of people!
Sorely tempted to dive in with one of these. Will wait for a few reviews.
) I do applaud the Apple ecosystem which I know irks a lot of people!Sorely tempted to dive in with one of these. Will wait for a few reviews.
They showed it running Baldurs Gate 3 - but I don't know how graphically intense that is, or it's requirements.
I've cancelled my order for the Air with 16GB / 512GB. I know that I'll want to swap in a year or so when newer/better ASi Macs are released, so it doesn't make sense to buy into the upgrades. I'm leaning towards grabbing the cheapest Air with education discount for £899. Majority of my usage is Office 365, web and email. I do a little bit of Lightroom CC work as well, but considering how well that runs on an iPad Pro, it should run equally as good on the new Air.
There are gamers using Apple laptops with integrated GPUs? Personally if I want to play a game, a PS5 on my 55" LG OLED is where it will happen, not a 13" laptop.
Yea if it's just for browsing then the iPad is a solid choice. I use mine for work.
The issue is my mrs is cabin crew and her iPad is quite old so I've offered her mine to take with her. I was initially looking at the larger size iPad to replace it with but it's far from cheap. Work provide me with a 15" Pro which spends most of it's life in Clamshell mode connected to two monitors and a USB-C hub. I rarely move it but I do fancy my own portable laptop and the Air fits that perfectly.
I've gone for the cheapest Air via education at £899. I have no doubts this machine will be very capable, looking at how capable a similar priced iPad Pro is.
I'll get a new ASi iMac when they redesign that, then the Air can be a secondary portable device. I never did get on with using an iPad as a keyboard even with Magic Keyboard.
Well on the iPad Pro it screams, lightning fast. The Air is faster than the iPad Pro, so I have confidence it will work well as Lightroom CC is pretty much already ported to ASi.