That's true, but some people need the larger screen and discrete GPU. I personally run bootcamp Windows all the time (for development as well as gaming with an eGPU) and I just run macOS for compiling my iOS apps. ARM Macs won't be able to use an eGPU it seems.
Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro
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Re: Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Replacing my 16" MBP (8 core i9 2.3ghz / 32GB RAM) with the new Air as well. All of that power (yes I know, it's not sustained) without a fan is incredible.
Why did you pay a fortune for 32GB RAM, a larger screen, and a dGPU if you don't need it? You could have bought a 13" MBP and saved enough cash to get the new Air and now have 2 laptops.
1. How do you know he didn’t need it?
2. Even if he didn’t need it, why assume he didn’t want it?
3. Why are you assuming that money is an issue for him?
Re: Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro
#53And this test is very likely not the native test, but ran with translation from Rosetta. Kudos to Apple. This has the highest single core performance of all processors including highest end desktop processors from Intel and AMD: https://browser.geekbench.com/processor-benchmarks
Re: Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Replacing my 16" MBP (8 core i9 2.3ghz / 32GB RAM) with the new Air as well. All of that power (yes I know, it's not sustained) without a fan is incredible.
Yeah I had almost the same configuration (2tb/32gb/2.4 ghz). I’m literally getting the new Air for half of what I’m selling it for.
Where are you selling it? I want to know where to buy a used 16” MBP.
Re: Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro
#55That's true, but some people need the larger screen and discrete GPU. I personally run bootcamp Windows all the time (for development as well as gaming with an eGPU) and I just run macOS for compiling my iOS apps. ARM Macs won't be able to use an eGPU it seems.
Hardware is able to use an eGPU, but Apple decided to not compile the Radeon drivers for arm64 macOS at least for now.
Hopefully they'll reverse that decision. (or their GPUs in the higher end machines will have to be really good)
Re: Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro
#56ARM is the future, at least in laptops.
Apple lead the fray again, it's incredible.
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#58I am really looking forward to where this goes.
That said, I am definitely waiting for at least one generation to pass before I jump on the train.
I’ve been through this before. It will be great, but Apple is a master at smoke & mirrors. Things will not go as smoothly as the sizzle reels make it seem.
Re: Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro
#59I've been holding onto my late 2013 15" MacBook Pro for almost 7 years now and it's wild to see it get absolutely out-spec'd by the MacBook Air. It's been a long time, but I've always convinced myself that I'm not missing out on that big of a processor improvement. I do a lot of audio work with it, but even then it doesn't always feel like a slow experience.
My favorite model, the keyboard is heavenly.
Re: Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro
#60Air vs. Tiger Lake 1165: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/compare/4306696?baselin... And the GPGPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/compute/compare/1800719?bas...
Is this arguably comparing a 28 watt part to a 10 watt part?
We don't know the boosting behavior of the M1, so we have no idea how much power it's pulling during Geekbench's short burst.
Also the i7-1165G7 is a 12-28w part, configurable by the OEM. I'd assume the XPS 13 is running it at top spec, but that'd also need validation.