Same here.
Poll: *** The official 2020 MacBook Air/13" MacBook Pro thread (it has the M1 chip and everything!) ***
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Come on Apple, hurry up and ship my Macbook Air please.
Edit - It's shipped and will be here tomorrow
Edit - It's shipped and will be here tomorrow
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Man of Honour
I'm really tempted to give a MBA a go as I need to replace the Surface Laptop 4 (need to hand it back to work!); can I ask does Teams work ok on the M1 chip?
Associate
works a treat. Use it on my mini when “No distraction” meetings are required for work
Associate
Just wondering how good the new M1 Macbook pros are. Got an old 2017 MacBook Pro and wondering if the new apple silicon makes it worth an upgrade?
Soldato
They're great, with a caveat that this is a new chip and not all software is optimised for it. Emulation works amazing, but you will always find edge cases which don't, so it would depend on various variables. From a noise perspective, going back to an Intel MacBook which was noisy as anything would be impossible now.
Associate
That's my biggest concern with the new chips. I know that with time they'll become widely supported. I imagine Adobe is optimised, if not then I would be screwed. Would like to see some 3D rendering software utilise the new power to this machines.
Soldato
I don't use those types of Apps, but you can see what is optimised at: https://isapplesiliconready.com/for/m1
For what it's worth, Emulation under Rosetta 2 is fantastic the majority of the team, with applications in fact sometimes running faster under emulation than under native x86.
Associate
Cheers for the link that's quite helpful. Hopefully native support becomes a standard for more apps. Might wait for next years model for the added benefit of improved Apple silicon.
Man of Honour
Thats good to hear! I might nip into the Apple Store tomorrow and have a look; torn between a MBA or a MBP but doesn't seem a lot between them!
Associate
Air seems to run a tiny bit slower on ye olde benchmarks, likely because of the lack of cooling fan. To be honest though, unless you’re a fan of the Touch Bar though, I’d always go Air over a Pro, but the 512GB.
Base Air has the 7 core gpu, with the 512GB storage version getting the 8 core. Pro has 8 core on all versions.
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I went for a 1Tb Air with 16Gb RAM. It was the lack of a fan that made me go for the Air over the Pro but there wasn't much in it.
Man of Honour
Never used the touchbar but never really looked at it and thought "I need that!"; Really just wanting a good laptop with good battery life, nice screen and more than capable of photo editing, coding and video conferencing; the Air seems to tick those boxes!
Pro also has a larger battery, a faster charger included in the box and +100 nits on the screen brightness. Overall, they're useful but hardly compelling differences given the price difference between the two models.
Associate
+ better speakers right?
Soldato
There isn't a big difference between the M1 Air and the old upper tier 13" Pro, which should be the same as an M1 Pro? I left them both side by side at the same volume for a while when I had both, pause one and continue on the other... and I can't really say I'd choose one over the other. They're louder on the Air at the same settings as the Pro and slightly brighter sound.
If you're indoors you can't really tell much between the screen brightness and I use my air at ~40% anyway.
The choice is literally touchbar, slightly larger battery and the case shape.
I've made my Air become warm to the touch a few times now. Nothing like what I had before and the silence... such an impressive machine.
If you're indoors you can't really tell much between the screen brightness and I use my air at ~40% anyway.
The choice is literally touchbar, slightly larger battery and the case shape.
I've made my Air become warm to the touch a few times now. Nothing like what I had before and the silence... such an impressive machine.
So potentially an issue developing with my MBA.
When I bought it back in March, I could open it with one hand without any issue. Just this week I've noticed the hinge has become tighter. It's not tight but it is certainly tighter and as such, I now have to hold the base of the laptop down when I open it. That doesn't bother me too much but it's changed so much that you can actually see the screen flexing ever so slightly in the middle because of this change in how it opens. I'm sure it's also changed with how it closes. I now go to close the lid and and just before it fully closes, there's a bit of resistence and you have to push it a tad harder to fully close. These aren't massive issues but I'm worried they could turn into bigger problems later on. Has anyone else experienced this?
When I bought it back in March, I could open it with one hand without any issue. Just this week I've noticed the hinge has become tighter. It's not tight but it is certainly tighter and as such, I now have to hold the base of the laptop down when I open it. That doesn't bother me too much but it's changed so much that you can actually see the screen flexing ever so slightly in the middle because of this change in how it opens. I'm sure it's also changed with how it closes. I now go to close the lid and and just before it fully closes, there's a bit of resistence and you have to push it a tad harder to fully close. These aren't massive issues but I'm worried they could turn into bigger problems later on. Has anyone else experienced this?