New apple M1 chips - who's buying?
Discussion
Lee Jones Jnr said:
wsurfa said:
Mr parents have a 2012 imac and a similar age macbook air, both of which are showing their age.
I'm thinking of replacing both with a M1 macbook air 8/256.
They are you’re parents man, you can’t replace them.I'm thinking of replacing both with a M1 macbook air 8/256.
Lee Jones Jnr said:
wsurfa said:
Mr parents have a 2012 imac and a similar age macbook air, both of which are showing their age.
I'm thinking of replacing both with a M1 macbook air 8/256.
They are you’re parents man, you can’t replace them.I'm thinking of replacing both with a M1 macbook air 8/256.
wsurfa said:
Mr parents have a 2012 imac and a similar age macbook air, both of which are showing their age.
I'm thinking of replacing both with a M1 macbook air 8/256.
It's likely I'm the same age as your parents - what an admission!I'm thinking of replacing both with a M1 macbook air 8/256.
I bought an iMac some years ago (I still have it) and also purchased a MacBook Air around the same time for work and some home use. The Air got used more and more and iMac less and less.... in fact my iMac hasn't been turned on for probably a year or so and not used regularly for maybe 5 years. My newish M1 Pro is now used for everything - home and at work. It's on for 16 hours a day I should think and has made the iMac completely redundant. M1's are great laptops, mine has been totally reliable and robust.
SebastienClement said:
Grumps. said:
Just picked up a brand new M1 base Air and I am amazed, actually, astonished at how much faster it is compared to my battered 2014 pro.
What a remarkable bit of kit.
Yes indeed!What a remarkable bit of kit.
I have a base spec M1 Air and it's fantastic. Brilliant bit of kit.
Lee Jones Jnr said:
wsurfa said:
Mr parents have a 2012 imac and a similar age macbook air, both of which are showing their age.
I'm thinking of replacing both with a M1 macbook air 8/256.
They are you’re parents man, you can’t replace them.I'm thinking of replacing both with a M1 macbook air 8/256.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/5/23625972/apple-n...
Seems that the M3 chip could be out this year!
It may have been mentioned, but is there a considerable difference between the M1 and M2 Pro processors?
Up to 30% faster, again, would be blistering.
Seems that the M3 chip could be out this year!
It may have been mentioned, but is there a considerable difference between the M1 and M2 Pro processors?
Up to 30% faster, again, would be blistering.
bunchofkeys said:
Seems that the M3 chip could be out this year!
It may have been mentioned, but is there a considerable difference between the M1 and M2 Pro processors?
I can't see me needing more than my M1 Pro. It may have been mentioned, but is there a considerable difference between the M1 and M2 Pro processors?
I wonder how big the market is for even more powerful MacBooks/Airs? I would imagine the largest market is people like me - emails, browsing, bit of photography. Power-users who would genuinely use every drop of performance must be a small market?
No idea.
NDA said:
I can't see me needing more than my M1 Pro.
I wonder how big the market is for even more powerful MacBooks/Airs? I would imagine the largest market is people like me - emails, browsing, bit of photography. Power-users who would genuinely use every drop of performance must be a small market?
No idea.
Youtube reviewers?....... I wonder how big the market is for even more powerful MacBooks/Airs? I would imagine the largest market is people like me - emails, browsing, bit of photography. Power-users who would genuinely use every drop of performance must be a small market?
No idea.
commercial will go for as fast as possible I imagine...... I went for the Mac Studio to plough through photographs, which it does with ease.
bunchofkeys said:
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/5/23625972/apple-n...
Seems that the M3 chip could be out this year!
It may have been mentioned, but is there a considerable difference between the M1 and M2 Pro processors?
Up to 30% faster, again, would be blistering.
M3 iMac in Orange. That'll do, Pig.Seems that the M3 chip could be out this year!
It may have been mentioned, but is there a considerable difference between the M1 and M2 Pro processors?
Up to 30% faster, again, would be blistering.
Craikeybaby said:
The M1 Air that I use for work still feels plenty fast enough - I don't notice my personal M1 Pro being any faster. I get the feeling that Apple are just ratting through the improvements to generate sales...
My Mac mini M1 is still very fast for general office things, my M1 Pro MacBook Pro is faster for video and batch photo updating, but not being a pro user, the M1 with 16GB memory is just as good, just takes longer for some functions, like final export of a 4K video as the M1 Pro has the hardware encoder/decoder and greater memory bandwidth.The M2 is really an M1 replacement, even the iPad Pro uses M2 now, so I expect there M1 to be dropped from Mac products shortly, despite still being a better option than any Intel chip for a battery based laptop.
I'm just very happy that Apple have such a fantastic alternative to a Windows laptop that's not only faster, offers significantly longer lifespan and with a fraction of the power consumption. MacOS is the cherry on the cake, no more Windows Update
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