I just bought one and my reaction was, meh.
The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
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Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
#52Yeah, right - if you choose to ignore the following: You can't upgrade the RAM, you can't upgrade the SSD, it doesn't have replaceable battery and you are forced to run a crippled OS on it (macOS Big Sur deliberately cripples VPN and firewall on it so that select Apple softwares can bypass them, allowing Apple better access and control over your data and softwares). (And if you don't care about any of the above, then…
> macOS Big Sur deliberately cripples VPN and firewall on it so that select Apple softwares can bypass them
That was debunked: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/k0c00f/macos_big_sur_d...
Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
#53Yeah, right - if you choose to ignore the following: You can't upgrade the RAM, you can't upgrade the SSD, it doesn't have replaceable battery and you are forced to run a crippled OS on it (macOS Big Sur deliberately cripples VPN and firewall on it so that select Apple softwares can bypass them, allowing Apple better access and control over your data and softwares). (And if you don't care about any of the above, then…
Using a computer and extending a computer are two different problems. If I'm test driving a car, I'm not judging it for how serviceable the tires are. However, I'd factor that in for a purchase.
Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
#54In my experience, the latest computer I buy is always "the best computer I've ever owned". They get better every year, why is this still surprising?
people don't remember good
also people have been absolutely IGNORING the massive speed gains and battery life of say an ARM chromebook or surface pro X
apparently only apple does good when they modify the ISA for x64 memory instructions to not have to be emulated so they can pretend rosetta is miles ahead of other virtualization when its hw based...
Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
#55I love my M1 MBP, but I use my 16" MBP more day to day. The larger screen seems to be more important to me than the noisiness and shorter battery life. Definitely looking forward to bigger arm macs.
Yeah! I got a 13” mbp because I thought it would travel better, but after getting a 16” for work, I ended up getting the 16” for myself. The bigger screen is just so much more comfortable if I’m out and about.
Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
#56Yeah, right - if you choose to ignore the following: You can't upgrade the RAM, you can't upgrade the SSD, it doesn't have replaceable battery and you are forced to run a crippled OS on it (macOS Big Sur deliberately cripples VPN and firewall on it so that select Apple softwares can bypass them, allowing Apple better access and control over your data and softwares). (And if you don't care about any of the above, then…
cripples vpn? that is not a small thing.
It's false. That was debunked: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/k0c00f/macos_big_sur_d...
Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
#57Not to invalidate the author's enjoyment of his own purchase, but it would be nice if he clarified which computers he had owned in the past
> The performance feels a lot better than my MacBook Pro 16”, which is only a year old and about 3x the price. Last sentence of the first paragraph
> which is only a year old and about 3x the price.
Rich people problem.
Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
#58In my experience, the latest computer I buy is always "the best computer I've ever owned". They get better every year, why is this still surprising?
I don't know what your experience buying computers has been, but my 2012 MBA was the best I'd ever owned. The 2015 MBP was worse, the 2018 MBP I owned was worse than that. The Thinkpad X1 carbon I bought after that was the best I've ever owned, and every time I see my wife struggling with her Macbook I'm glad I finally ditched that rubbish.
Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
#59tldr; I got a Macbook Pro M1 for $975 in mint-condition at a Best Buy and already put the return label on it.
While Geekbench showed great results, actual usage of the machine and headaches ensued were contrasting.
To put it bluntly - M1 machines are currently unstable. There are numerous Bluetooth issues [1], formatting issues [2], Wifi 6 issues [3], VPN issues [4], firewall issues [5], and shocking security issues in general with Big Sur and Apple's silicon [6].
I'm a power user and this is way too experimental for actual use. At the least get the 16 GB variant if you want to get anything done and not experience freeze/lockup (but for that much money you're better off with Librem 14" or System76 w/AMD Threadripper).
[1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/kpu2hy/mouse_lag_when_...
[2]: https://mrmacintosh.com/reinstalling-big-sur-on-apple-silico...
[3]: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/jy3yc7/is_anyone_else_...
[4]: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2020/11/16/big-no-big-sur-mullva...
[5]: https://github.com/objective-see/LuLu/issues/208
[6]: https://sneak.berlin/20201204/on-trusting-macintosh-hardware...
Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned
#60>It is even the best Windows PC The delusion is very strong here.
"Delusion" may be too strong a word here, but "ignorance" is almost certainly not.
Though to be sure, "PC" means "personal computer" and for this individual it might be the exact best experience they could have running Windows. It just isn't for a great deal of other people because they value different things.
I value GPU power, installing Steam, Battle.net (with maxed out settings), ~15" screens and a few other things that make my HP Omen 15 the best Windows laptop I've ever owned. And I value selecting and assembling my own components, performance value, tricked out RGB lighting and large high resolution external monitors, so my custom desktop is the best Windows desktop I've ever owned.
But I certainly don't get the mobility or battery life of an M1 Macbook. So if you value those things highly enough, you may get a better Windows PC experience on one.