Poll: *** The official 2020 MacBook Air/13" MacBook Pro thread (it has the M1 chip and everything!) ***

[ElliorR]

So far so good. Accessing my Synology NAS was nice and simple but I'm still trying to not do things the windows way. For example every time I want to close a window I move the cursor to the top right of the window. I'll get there.

 

[Feek]

For example every time I want to close a window I move the cursor to the top right of the window. I'll get there.

cmd-w to close an active window, cmd-q to quit the application

 

[syke]

The more I see reviews/comparisons of these machines the more tempted I am. Currently got a 2019 i5 2.4/8GB/256GB MBP... could easily run with either base models of the models. Decisions..

Well, decided to get one.. went for the MBA. Soon see how it is!

 

[rIcK]

Mine arrived today.

16gb 8core GPU machine I mention above. It's really really snappy to use, puts my 16" i9 and 12" to shame in terms of general OS responsiveness.

 

[Rilot]

You guys are making the anticipation of getting mine so much worse. Got to wait until 10th Dec ish.

 

[CEUOTC]

Got the base silver model, love it. Went from an MBA 2017 -> MBA base i3 2020 -> MBA 2020 M1. Speedy little monster.

 

[crazy8s]

Got the base silver model

Same. It's faster than my current desktop PC based on what I've read so far. Wonder if it'll eventually replace it completely!

 

[Alpherah]

Been using the 8/8/512 Air for a few days and I’m still literally blown away.
The battery, whilst being no Pro, is phenomenal - easily getting through an 8 hour WFH day with 40% to spare.
Sidecar has proven really useful as well (whilst not an m1 feature) and allows pseudo 3 display setup - and the thing still doesn’t skip a beat.

Looking forward to seeing the 16” next year

 

[ElliorR]

I'm testing the battery life today, not that I'm expecting much difference from all that's been reported so far, so I'll use the MacBook every time I would have used my iPad Pro.

I installed WoW, just to test it on here as I don't play it any more, and it ran smoothly. Impressed with that.

I'll always have my desktop as a PC as I'm a PC gamer but I get the feeling my future laptops will be Macbook's. Just got to get used to the OS.

Of course it's not all rosey as I couldn't get my free years subs to AppleTV+. Whenever I went into the AppleTV app it wouldn't bring up the option. Eventually I discovered I wasn't logged in to access my films on AppleTV even though I am logged into this MacBook on the same account as my iPad. Once I logged in there the free year showed up. I was surprised the inital setup and login to my Apple ID hadn't carried through to other items installed on the MacBook.

 

[RJC]

Whats the Education pricing like on the Air's?

My sister is at College and apparently signed up to some student scheme and was thinking of having a word!

 

[HACO]

Whats the Education pricing like on the Air's?

My sister is at College and apparently signed up to some student scheme and was thinking of having a word!

10% off on macs. For newer macs, this is the almost always the best price you'll get. For older ones, shop around, sometimes they're cheaper elsewhere.

 

[RJC]

10% off on macs. For newer macs, this is the almost always the best price you'll get. For older ones, shop around, sometimes they're cheaper elsewhere.

Cheers, I was after one of the new Apple Silicon Airs

 

[LiE]

Cheers, I was after one of the new Apple Silicon Airs

The Edustore is cheaper and has 4 years warranty.

https://www.theedustore.co.uk/mac/macbook-air/13-inch-macbook-air-apple-m1-chip-with-8-core-cpu-and-7-core-gpu-256gb-gold-4-year-warrant

 

[RJC]

The Edustore is cheaper and has 4 years warranty.

https://www.theedustore.co.uk/mac/macbook-air/13-inch-macbook-air-apple-m1-chip-with-8-core-cpu-and-7-core-gpu-256gb-gold-4-year-warrant

Thank you, I shall have a look

 

[syke]

Liking the MBA so far, definitely nice having a silent and cool running machine. Charged it up fully and going to see how the battery fairs with YouTube/Twitch etc, usually only got a 2-3 hours or less on my 2019 MBP.

 

[chef-borjan]

Charged it up fully and going to see how the battery fairs with YouTube/Twitch etc, usually only got a 2-3 hours or less on my 2019 MBP.

you will get bored before the battery dies

 

[ElliorR]

I took mine off charge at 0830 this morning and I've used it all day in place of my iPad. The battery is on 57% as of now.

 

[Spleen Sauce]

Does anyone happen to know whether the Samsung T7 Touch Portable SSD works ok with the new M1 Macs?

 

[Feek]

Tomorrow is the day. I'm thinking that rather than migrate, I'll do a fresh install and start from scratch.

 

[HACO]

Tomorrow is the day. I'm thinking that rather than migrate, I'll do a fresh install and start from scratch.

I always do it once a year. It's a good time to rethink the software that I use, check alternatives, and generally get rid of all the stuff I've accumulated but don't need.