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Apple MacBook Pro 13” M1 Review- Why You Might Want to Pass

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Re: Apple MacBook Pro 13” M1 Review- Why You Might Want to Pass

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Post by alisonkisk »

themgt wrote: post #21

This review is hilariously bad and biased ("no touchscreen or 5G!"), but the app compatibility is an expected chicken-or-egg issue with early adopters. The point I would make is you have to weigh the app experience in Nov 2020 against your expected experience for the rest of the life of the machine. I know people who've kept Macs running for nearly a decade (e.g. 2011 Macbook Air) and I'd strongly suspect 5 years fro…

Pointing out that the laptop is missing features many peot want, is not "bad biased". It's especially silly to make this accusation moments before you yourself say "maybe sit this one out".

Macs cost a lot and promise long life. That's a long time to not have a feature with increasing desirability. M1 enables merging MacOS with iOS. A touchscreen is an important aspect of that merge.

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Post by Closi »

grey-area wrote: post #23

This is a review from someone who uses Microsoft Edge, Outlook, and Adobe Reader on a Mac. Those are very unusual choices nowadays for Mac software, so I don't think this applies to most Mac users considering upgrading.

Outlook isn’t a weird software choice to be fair, I’ve never found another email application that comes close if you are a heavy user.

Adobe reader and edge... I agree have better alternatives that come shipped with Mac.

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Post by alisonkisk »

bstar77 wrote: post #30
CalChris wrote: post #22

A few Pro features Apple could add to the MacBook Pro: ECC, ZFS, function keys Yeah, function keys like on the Air. I don't know anyone who likes the Touch Bar. I'd like to get a Pro but the Air is very very good and I don't find anything that I really value on the Pro. Yes, the Pro is faster than the Air but the Air is fast and faster apparently requires a fan.

The pro is not any faster, it just has a fan that kicks in that prevents the machine from throttling as quickly. Someone who buys a PC with a water cooler isn't buying a machine that's faster than someone buying one with an air cooler. I realize there's a nuance here.

Throttling means slowing down. Not-throttling means going faster.

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Post by leroy_masochist »

Does anyone know if the Rosetta issue described in the review would affect the performance of a Parallels instance running MS Office products?

Maybe this question would be better phrased, does Parallels fall into the category of software that runs poorly on the new M1 chipset?

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Post by nfg »

themgt wrote: post #21

This review is hilariously bad and biased ("no touchscreen or 5G!"), but the app compatibility is an expected chicken-or-egg issue with early adopters. The point I would make is you have to weigh the app experience in Nov 2020 against your expected experience for the rest of the life of the machine. I know people who've kept Macs running for nearly a decade (e.g. 2011 Macbook Air) and I'd strongly suspect 5 years fro…

> I know people who've kept Macs running for nearly a decade (e.g. 2011 Macbook Air)

It’s no longer my primary machine but my 2009 MBP is still running just fine (new memory and disk 5 years back, battery is a bit shagged at this stage) and I use it all the time for storing and casting media, light dev work, office apps etc.

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