Apple Destroyed my Expectations. - M1 Mac Mini Review

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[@snazzy]

Saw the review on Floatplane! I think the LMG team did fantastic work with this one. By far the greatest number of benchmark graphs published, the best explanation of the Rosetta translation layer and how it affects performance, and theoretical future performance with larger chips. It’s certainly not the end-all-be-all of silicon performance but it makes me excited for the future. It’s fun to see Macs not suck!

[@nexusproductions2064]

I’ve learned to be patient😂

[@wasir3703]

Waiting for yours one. I was waiting for both of you to release your thoughts. Linus did. Now to wait for yours. Anyways, happy marriage and holidays.

[@ProfilpcchukRed]

you saw a flane floating wow thats so cool I thought thats how they worked :)

[@GC9exe]

Kindly send it through this is the tijt and the answer to this email address is not good for the future but the best for the future.

[@blackpepper2610]

Nah, it definitely not fun for you at least

[@toomanyrahuls]

I like Linus, Anthony should let him host more videos.

[@wiva4707]

I can’t tell if this is a joke

[@LazyShady]

This made me laugh more than it should have

[@lazythomas_archive7129]

Other way around bud

[@ancientnoodle8372]

Anthony tech tips

[@mad_max21]

@@wiva4707 You might have to get treatment for the assburgers.

[@cardbored_]

I picked up an M1 with 16GB Ram and 1TB SSD. Amazing machine, blows my 2019 MBP out of the water, especially when it comes to heat and noise. The 8 core i9 in the 2019 MBP gets so excruciatingly hot that you really can't use it as a "lap" top.

[@18yearsoldnot]

16 or 15 inch model?

[@bassyey]

Anything blows Intel at this point lol, not much of an achievement.

[@LuisRosa72]

"Don't take my word for it, take Apple's word for it. You guys are good at that" Linus Savage Tips 2020

[@SaNo_MaNCHeY]

linus gives savage comebacks.. like always

[@SaNo_MaNCHeY]

@aIysdexia im sorry i dint get u

[@SaNo_MaNCHeY]

@aIysdexia hahaha... haey eh sevig a gaf

[@amanagarwal1939]

At least Apple has build enough trust so that customers do take their word for it. unlike windows OEMs who advertise 25 hours of battery while hardly delivering 7.

[@SaNo_MaNCHeY]

@aIysdexia hahah

[@dulciejuana7891]

Commended for doing the review with a straight face having that as a wallpaper behind.

[@AdamSalehx]

@Mingyao Liu yes this might be the deep fake simulation

[@charles_1523]

haha i didn't even see it

[@AlejandroLZuvic]

We (and I mean I) need that wallpaper

[@mrwoodcat]

I dont realize it lol

[@farithrosh]

Bruh

[@ich0halt1]

And remember: no matter how bad your 2020 was, it was worse for Intel

[@jepulis6674]

Not really. AMD cant supply products so people are forced to buy Intel.

[@harrihu]

@@jepulis6674 AMD: Oh no our product is so popular that we sold out! Oh gee guess some people will have to buy Intel while we make more oh no. Guess we're winning a little too hard over here boo um hoo.

[@jepulis6674]

@@harrihu Majority are forced to buy Intel or wait ridiculous amount of time for a cpu. Its a problem.

[@AlejandroLZuvic]

@@jepulis6674 being unable to supply demand is certainly not ideal, but look back 8 or so years ago, AMD was facing possible bankruptcy. Now they are way above green on their finance. It's a huge win.

[@ericmatthews8497]

Intel still did great this year.

[@DillonHockett]

I subscribe to this channel two days ago and I'm almost ashamed to admit how many of these videos I've watched. Genuinely impressed by the thoroughness and sheer volume of information presented in each and every one.

[@alienbreedersamigaretrocom5188]

I almost feel bad for the mini. It is meant to be an entry level system, but people are testing it against high-end workstations. It does well anyway, but this is a bit unfair

[@Glade4]

Thats because it has high end workstation price, and thats a fair comparison, Id still take Mac Mini over any high end workstation anyway, software integration does miracles where Windows machines cant compete, not even close.

[@_Digitalguy]

@@Glade4 high-end workstation price? under $1000? Sure it lacks upgradability and a dedicated GPU, but at this price I wouldn't talk about high end workstations....

[@vikramsathish1245]

@@Glade4 how is 700$ for the base model high end workstation price, even if you max it out its only like 1700-1800 dollars not quite high end price

[@McFartyPants]

@@Glade4 bruh ur high if u think 1k for a pc is "high-end"

[@grandparamsayy5068]

The fact that a mac mini is already comparable to a high end mac pro is impressive.

[@julius_caesar_grzfz]

"some flickering" Visuals of Rocket League literally breaking apart

[@prabhnoorhans9765]

It's emulation.

[@quadroshfu2328]

Not native

[@RCmies]

Isnt rocket league made for Mac though? Pretty sure they even had a beta on Mac back when it wasn't even released.

[@phionfire]

@@RCmies it runs and it runs well... But Psyonix dropped online support for MacOS and Linux :(

[@wobblysauce]

HA, looked like early sli.

[@AlanGarcia-tl7gq]

The MacOS Big Linus wallpaper killed me 😂

[@joshyi589]

@Luke Missirian-Parise lmao

[@basantatamang2249]

@Luke Missirian-Parise mmmm...may I know why?🤔

[@bngmapping]

same 😂

[@RogerBarraud]

... You Got Better?

[@professorconfundus8793]

“Big Linus” XD

[@gioiamariella]

I currently was provided with a 2020 M1 MBP and it has been working sooooo well for me! 16 gig memory really does wonders. I could have around 20 tabs opened while exporting something on After Effects. For my personal computer, I'm looking at buying the Mac Mini and I'm so glad I came across this video. I'm a year late but this has been super informative, thank you! I think I'm actually already sold on this.

[@mahfah7911]

Love the format of these videos. I hope more channels do that. After zooming in, it firs perfectly on iphone without chopping away any content

[@nikanj]

Intel: AMD are slaughtering us. This couldn't possibly get any worse...

[@cartilagehead6326]

This is like DBZ-the heroes are stuck in the hardest fight of their lives against the androids, villains so powerful that Trunks literally had to go back in time to help stop them. And suddenly Cell shows up out of nowhere and nobody has any idea who or what he is and he just eats the androids like they’re nothing, just gobbles them right up with his butt...before challenging everybody to a fighting tournament, naturally.

[@VanSanProductions]

intel was running on the apple bandwagon for so long. now that Apple is going to be transitioning to their own silicone Intel isn't going to do so well.

[@TheDanielShepherd]

@@VanSanProductions Intel have also lost out on both consoles - which tells me that a lot of (especially Xbox games) will be more AMD optimised going forwards which might work out well for AMD based PC gamers, they've lost Apple and they've lost to Ryzen in general in the PC market...they're really getting battered on the consumer front.

[@ksjoet]

Intel have themselves to blame for getting complacent and milking the marked the last decade.

[@fleurdewin7958]

@@VanSanProductions But Intel's real cash cow is the datacenter. Apple is just puny compare to their enterprise customers.

[@Allmageddon343]

“Don’t take my word for it, take Apples word for it. You guys are good at that” DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN

[@Paultimate7]

As if any other brandfanboys are different.

[@lilrockstar77]

@@Paultimate7 right. I said the same thing in my head.

[@unpugnouomo6135]

@@Paultimate7 so?

[@Eckster]

TACTICAL NUKE LAUNCHED

[@lifewater]

I got a good laugh out of that one

[@TheTraveler33]

My heart bleeds for those who ONLY have a 1gb ethernet port. Lol. I live on a 1.5 MB connection!

[@harrisonjr98]

To be fair, 10GbE is more usually used for connecting to other things on your local network- that’s what Linus uses it for. Very few people have wired internet faster than gigabit at this point.

[@robinarora8137]

@@harrisonjr98 rarely people have that fast internet unless they are professional

[@basantatamang2249]

😀😁😶😐😑😔😅😫😭

[@Aeziy]

Sad third world country noises*

[@TheTraveler33]

@@robinarora8137 Home users who are techies are already talking about 2 and 3 gb connections. These are the same people that want a TB of ram, when they don't use more than 32-64 gigs. Lol!

[@TheCookieCrisp]

Dude. Thank you for mentioning the CodeWeavers thing. I've been watching every review for the Mac Mini M1 for sound and animation and you're the only one that mentioned it. You really are a much better quality KZbinr.

[@stereodark]

Finally some benchmarks that compare a decent range of cpus to the M1 and in useful applications. I was looking forward to see this content!

[@VMYeahVN]

There's plenty of those videos out there on other channels as well. Search them up.

[@JaydevRaol]

Yup

[@BitWalker]

anyone gonna point out they labeled the ryzen cpu 5600? not 5600x

[@anshulshah1219]

Ya

[@edtExodus]

@ALEX A Which is fairly irrelevant, because they're not single-core CPUs. The more relevant factors are performance per watt (because mobile market) and multi-core performance (because CPU-heavy tasks in modern software are generally multithreaded). The M1 looks very good for the role it fills, but that is a very different role from where the 5950x is sitting.

[@patrickvonderhaar279]

I love that Linus has just embraced the meme of him at this point

[@lauridscm1]

Partly him, partly his team trying to screw with him

[@itsjugu]

Not like DBrand did a whole skin drop about the meme

[@Mister-Tea]

On a marketing view, it is really a good move to embrace the meme ! Meme are very popular and spread everywhere on internet. What a good way to make people know about you while laughing at a funny pic and knowing that you are fine with that makes you look like a good guy with humor

[@natsukage3960]

@@lauridscm1 Using M1 screws.

[@limepotato]

At this point? A long long time ago.

[@ValerioPiselli]

This is just the entry level of the M1, so is impressive.

[@shayneoneill1506]

Yeah, give it a few years, and if Qualcom catches up (And the race is *definately* on), Intel is in serious trouble, especially with AMD snapping at their heels from the other direction

[@TalmoTheSell]

@@shayneoneill1506 Qualcomm has been competing with Apple for a long time, they're still not catching up

[@franchocou]

@@TalmoTheSell the reason Apple silicon is faster bcuz it had higger power consumption, & ios doesn't allow fully app multitasking thus make it very efficient, no need JVM, etc

[@CocaColaM14]

@@franchocou Says who? Apple's chip were always more power efficient (example A13 has a TDP of 6W and SD865 had 10W). And what does multitasking have to do anything with chip performance??

[@AdamsBrew78]

@@shayneoneill1506 Qualcomm has been struggling to catch up in the smartphone SOC arena for a decade. Each year, Apple’s A-Series maintains at least a 2x performance lead over Qualcomm’s offerings. This won’t change, as Apple has far superior fundamentals in their chip design.

[@MCAlexisYT]

By far, the biggest flex was that M1, M2, M3 will put more bigger “screws” on Intel. No offence intended!

[@jackrodgersjr]

Yeah. Wait until the M6 gets here. My days work will be done before I wake up.I'll be able to watch my FCP movies before I make one.

[@validnick9226]

I’m liking that wall paper behind him 😂

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@DMoney Industry oh damn, thanks man

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@DMoney Industry thx 🙏🏻

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[@DennisLP]

If i ever become a youtuber i'll know the Ridge Wallet's promotional phrase perfectly thanks to Linus.

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btw. this comment is brought to you by Tunnelbear(yeah those were the times)/NordVPN/Briliant/Skillshare...get 10% with the code Linus

[@TallxNinja]

for me its mxr plays XD ive seen it so much it hurts

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Ridge wallet is programming the masses

[@z.a260]

glasswire

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I'm ready for all my sponsorships before I even get them 😎

[@reallygreat6668]

The war: Team Blue and Team Red Apple: Team White has joined the war

[@zeeninetynine]

Well, it's Apple remixing Acorn architecture

[@bullymaguire6388]

@@zeeninetynine int that case, it’s Team red remixing Team Blues architecture.

[@ethanol2733]

No it's Team Space Gray or Team Silver

[@samyconpro9430]

Welp team blue seems to be losing to team red and white so... and Microsoft is making their own right now so color rainbow might join?

[@dexter2392]

AMD isn't battling with Apple, they make completely different products. Desktop Ryzen will still completely trash the M1 but come on, they're in different power classes and you can't directly compare them anyway. You can't put a 5600x into a Mac Mini-sized box without incredible cooling.

[@simonsalazar2106]

Its an interesting step on the way to transition to ARM, something Microsoft couldnt pull by themselves but with Apple pushing the change, developers will start paying any attention to developing ARM apps, specially reffering to Windows.

[@gijora]

I know no one will see this, but WoW has an option in the "advanced" section for a FPS cap. You have to fiddle with that.

[@PottyShidder]

I see it.

[@realcartoongirl]

i see it stop beating yourself

[@jamesberkly7575]

niceee.

[@testname2635]

wow!

[@jimmywoods7404]

The retard in the house has seen it

[@AlexandreRocco]

Well done review removed the natural hype and really showed what the product can or can't do.

[@sladesurfer]

ummm, that should be with all companies. Nvidia and AMD sooo much hype nowadays

[@MrGamelover23]

@@sladesurfer Competition is deserving of all the hype.

[@devluz]

Yeah glad I waited for this video. Half of youtube compares M1 hardware encoding with software encoding on the intel and completely pretends AMD processors do not exist as a comparison. Makes me sad to see how biased most youtubers are.

[@sladesurfer]

Tech people---M1 overhyped, overrated Tech people---AMD and Nvidia hype, great for competition

[@ericmatthews8497]

This isn't even close.. not even a little bit .. to the best M1 reviews I've seen already. It's a light weight take on this new product. VERY LIGHT WEIGHT.

[@Akula114]

Very good, well-delivered non-BS driven information. First time viewer, and I'm already a fan. Good job!

[@Firestorm637]

Great review as always. Bought M1 Mac mini to compare to my last years iMac. The Mac mini so so much fast. I enjoy the speed of my phone and just wanted faster speeds on my computer at minimal investment. I am totally happy. I have a couple older Mac mini’s on my TV’s which I purchased knowing they are not expandable. I would not buy a Mac mini thinking I would expand it. Apple has fast seamless products that work well together for my needs. PC’s are clunky and slow for my needs and significantly slower with age. I have 15 year old apple products that still work fine.

[@snappyie]

I was curious about MacPorts and HomeBrew. Your's is the only (watchable) review that addressed it. Thanks for the info.

[@sadieangelina]

Linus: reviews M1 BMW: "I'm so proud of you"

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UK Secretary of State for Traffic : "Thank you for liking it"

[@compactc9]

This is exciting to me, I'm most anxious to see how this evolves into their higher performance machines!

[@iphilou9023]

Hi, great vid ! I think i’ll go for this Mini M1, could you recommend a display that would work great with it (ideally in a 24’’, 4k format) ? Thanks

[@Nebunie]

"It just works" - Linus Sebastian / Todd Howard

[@anshulshah1219]

Yeah he appreciated Rosetta too

[@FakeXic]

KING CRIMSON it just works

[@loop5720]

Jen Hsun: you guys said something?

[@dervvy]

Ah yes, Bethesda.

[@benedictodiptasuta9306]

Linus used Apple preferences for reasons...

[@ReticentDuet]

I was worried about diving in on a first-generation model like this, but I really needed something to use as a dedicated DAW, and the price point was too enticing to pass up (I got the 16GB/512GB model for $1200). I am so freaking glad I did. The lack of expandability is a minor bummer, but the Satechi hub will take care of that for me when (if?) it comes back in-stock. I think I might pull the trigger on a base model for my daughter so she has easy access to iMovie, since I got her a GoPro Hero9 for Christmas and she's interested in video. I'm definitely planning to get a 16" MBP when they release one of those. I'm happy with my 2018 15", but the mini has spoiled me.

[@jayjayloks6965]

Hey I was wondering how the mac mini is treating ya? I'm currently deciding to get one since I need a desktop work place and using my 200 dollar intel core 13 and 4gb Ram laptop doesent seem to cut it for desktop use. Im a college student rn and the standard mac mini is extremely enticing to purchase, because of that price!

[@ReticentDuet]

@@jayjayloks6965 Hey, man, it's still serving me really well. I just got Final Cut Pro yesterday so I can't report on how well that runs, but for Logic Pro X it's still been absolutely stellar, and when I go back on my 2018 MacBook Pro (which also has 16GB of RAM) the difference is stark. If you like Macs (and I do), it's a really fantastic desktop solution. I'd buy another one in a heartbeat if I needed another desktop.

[@jayjayloks6965]

@@ReticentDuet Awesome! thanks for the feedback!

[@c0rnd0g_19]

The M1 is a beast. Not my cup of tea, but got one for my wife to replace her 7th Gen i5 / RX 570 Hackintosh. So far it does everything better/faster (including WoW), and considering this is the first release, can't wait to see the 2nd and 3rd Gen!

[@TylerMaximus]

Is she still using her M1? How’s it holding up now?

[@PaulsPlace]

I just tested a base model M1 MBP. I’m a PC guy and it blew my mind. Finally some innovation from Apple, extremely happy with my purchase.

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[@jdwmyt]

Q: What is the tallest building in the world? A: The library! It has the most stories!

[@makasete30]

What do you mean, finally? They’ve been leading with the iPad, Apple Watch, and AirPods for ages. That’s why Linus is happy to use those particular products and praises the innovation. The arm chip in the iPhone is 2 years ahead of the competition. They just bunged the arm chip in the macs. Where they are behind is in fixing and durability but that is intentional in my view.

[@mukunddhar6657]

I'm buy one tomorrow... The base model though

[@vinaycharitarth]

Finally, some attempts at ML benchmarking on a video! I hope that it is occasionally included on gpu reviews. There is a significant lack in this.

[@mohamadeen]

They're like "It has the best ML core ever", but you can't even verify our claim yet.

[@jeremy6844]

@@mohamadeen If you use the xcode ML libraries it works fine. Python and tensor flow need to be updated to use these cores.

[@MsShauna1234]

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[@rafyyc7529]

Excellent video, good job LTT. Although I never thought I would hear the word affordable in a sentence for an Apple product, haha. Maaaaaybe I would try a Mac mini in a generation or two once the Apple Silicon is more robust and eGPUs work (unless they heavily beef up GPU too), and more likely if Windows for ARM will be polished for Apple silicon. But for now, I rather spend my money in a Strix 3080, if only I could get one of course...

[@awlabrador]

Still waiting for Anthony's full reviews of the M1 MBP and MBA.

[@mini-_]

Normal Linus: Reviews a product Linus in the background: Come join the Apple side, we've got fancy wallpapers

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[@fuzzjunky]

@@aussieglizzy6998 you been saying that for months dude. how did you know this was posted here exactly?

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@@fuzzjunky I, didn't, I clicked the link and saw that the KZbinr didn't make the bots

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@@aussieglizzy6998 how would you know he didn't make the bots?

[@explosev6513]

The fact that the ryzen cpu was even on this CHART is saying something

[@TheVirtualObserver]

Ikr? Like damn, Apple's definitely putting its best foot forward with this one! Glad they're doing that tho so the transition is less painful than the transition from PowerPC to Intel was back in the day.

[@130rne]

Not just that but it almost matched it in single threaded performance. The Ryzen is good, this chip is amazing. Completely destroys other chips in performance per watt.

[@deflepperdrocks12954]

​@@130rne That's what happens when you compare RISC and CISC chips in loads that can take advantage of RISC, even with the special sauce x86 bits it loses in single core to the intel part when having to emulate a normal desktop cpu despite having such a commanding lead over it in native apps

[@UnrealOG137]

I want to see the M1 compared to the 4900hs.

[@RandomGuy-om1vy]

@@UnrealOG137 in terms of efficinecy, m1 crushes the ryzen mobile cpus.

[@umar78669]

One of the best Contect topic for 2020 you just created ! 🔥🔥

[@RYXPfan]

Yeah I haven't watched a LTT video in a while since I haven't been looking for a new computer in a while, but this video was super well made. Nice job!

[@tylobedo]

For world of Warcraft there is a “target fps” (default 60) that you need to disable under the advanced settings to go above 60

[@winnieid2727]

It seems they rushing the review

[@lasarith2]

Well that explains why when i did get a graphics card that could max the settings I never went over 60 fps .

[@Arkya_Sengupta]

@@winnieid2727 or maybe because most of them don't play the game and so they didn't know that existed.

[@zemstafreda]

I remember Doom 2016 could automatically adjust to my monitor refresh rate. Why other games can't do that?

[@Arkya_Sengupta]

@@zemstafreda ig its some work. Not worth paying a couple of employees some extra bucks for.

[@dovidmorris5652]

Linus is so user friendly, that I can watch him, enjoy his content, and not understand a single word he has said all video.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

xD

[@JohnPlissken]

Keep watching. Pretty soon you will be playing Crysis at 12fps on your custom water cooled rgb, and your mom will bring your plate of tendies and ask when you learned to use a screwdriver.

[@b.28]

This thread is just gold🤣

[@anshulshah1219]

@@JohnPlissken I am playing crisis at 30 fps

[@oldnepalihippie]

ha! Just the skill required for all tech communicators, and in my case, while writing for IBM (before we even had a color screen), sometimes I didn't even understand what I was writing, but somehow I had to make it consumable by the reader. A life skill for sure.

[@YakobtoshiNakamoto]

4:32 - Extra * - Not all iPhone/iPad apps are available on the store. The developer has to opt in to allow their iOS app to run on the M1 macs. This caught me out and may hinder your expectations if you're expecting all your iOS apps to suddenly run on your Mac.

[@Permafry42108]

I'm working on making a mac mini sleeper computer using a referbished mac mini since I have been looking at building a sleeper for a while and the mac mini m1 size combined with the power and low heat makes it perfect for using as a sleeper device;

[@ex0stasis72]

That M1 screw joke at the end was pretty clever.

[@jpfidalgo7]

I laughed way too hard at that joke! But, as mechanical engineer, I'm mentally damaged so its fine...

[@loop5720]

@@jpfidalgo7 omg its mechanical engineer guys !!! Plz dont call ufo i scared too much if u do, or make ufo for me !!!! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👀👀👀😃😃😃😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😀😀😄😄😄😄🤣😄😄😄😏😏😏😆😆😆😆😏😀😃😅😄😆😁😅😅😂😅🤣🤣🤣😆😁😁😄😀😃😛😝😜🤭😉🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@anch95]

Biuler?

[@benskyddd]

@@loop5720 idek why but this made me laugh lol

[@JokerzWildmuse]

People might give you and your staff a lot of crap, but there's a reason you guys are at the top. Great vid. Awesome content.

[@ChristopherKendalls]

Someone might actually learn something from their videos. People don't like that.

[@hiddeninthewires2308]

He soften message to not alienate his userbase of apple fans who live in an alternative reality. Im kind of disappointed he glossed over all the challenges from games glitching to limited 3rd party application support. It seems to me he just jumped on board the band wagon because its costly to lose views even though i think he knows the challenges make this a product not ready on launch day. Im also disappointed the way graphs were presented unsorted and conclusions drawn and excuses for why it under performs previous generation. Apple is not giving a discount to consumers... they are marketing it a direct replacement to intel generation and while it does better in some tests others it under performs.

[@fugitivephilo]

The transition from 32 to 64 to M1 is painful, especially for audio/video production machines, but it reminds me of the shift from OS9 - a huge architectural upgrade. Now if only we could get those USB-A ports and MagSafe back!

[@ishanarora7948]

well magsafe is back

[@Timi7007]

WoW FPS in a real world scenario would be interesting. So with a working V-Sync switch and in a high-level, actually Shadowlands, zone. Low power consumption and a $700 price tag aren't to bad otherwise.

[@tylerhanley1409]

in the macbook's review, can we see graphs that compare it to a similarly priced laptop from competitors like HP and Asus? I think they'd be a lot more useful than the comparisons to machines that aren't even targeted toward the same people. this is a highly consumer grade piece of tech, the iMac is aimed more toward semi-professionals and business owners. people watching this want to see how it stacks up to a similarly priced windows machine so they can more accurately determine which gives more "bang for the buck"

[@fritzkier]

They most likely will. There's a reason why they said "The Macbook will be a tougher choice".

[@tylerhanley1409]

@@fritzkier I think that’s referring to the differences between the MacBook Pro and Air being essentially negligible, so choosing between either will be a more difficult choice - a conclusion a lot of other reviewers have also came to.

[@eddu4361]

As always a delight to watch! Capable little machine by the way.

[@HardwareNumb3rs]

Actually in World of Warcraft there is an integrated benchmark mode, just type /timetest 1 before a gryphon flight path, you will have no weather effects and other variables, and an integrated fps result, even tho is better to use a software like Afterburner or Capframe X

[@DanHonnen]

10:30 had me literally laugh out loud, xD Bravo good sir on the subtle yet sick and accurate burn!

[@thunderinvader9031]

I laughed like a hyena when saw this desktop wallpaper

[@benjamincusack1715]

Giena?

[@stephaniedillard5769]

This'll change your opinion about the LTT Corp. :-\....kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYnNlZqVatKciac

[@PolarDog]

@@stephaniedillard5769 That link leads to a random gaming video lol, good try bot

[@thenittanylion1406]

I too laughed like a giena

[@zaneandre6387]

Hyena?

[@SandroFasola]

Hi LInus and team, question, does it work such a setup ? - NEW Mac mini Apple M1 Chip with 8‑Core CPU, 8‑Core GPU and 16‑Core Neural Engine - Docking station Lenovo for Laptop ThinkPad and attach both to - Monitor Samsung odyssey G9

[@juddrizzo]

This is a super interesting video. I understand that you guys are big-time gamers and most of the systems you build are for gamers. However,… I would love love love to see you guys do a comparison of a custom built PC with either Windows or Linux on it compared to an M1 for audio production. Please please please more audio production recording artist computer builds. I’m desperately trying to figure out if I want to try and build my very first PC and run either Windows or Linux on it and use Reaper as my DAW or if I want to just buy myself an M1 Mac mini with 16 GB of RAM and use any peripherals I want.

[@autumnakbel]

Ryzen 5 in charts says 5600 instead of 5600x, might get confusing in the future if we get a 5600

[@iOSbreaker1]

And RTX 2070 super

[@paulallen1370]

@@iOSbreaker1 how

[@raypalmer5125]

@@paulallen1370 Don't mind him. He was saying M1 is better than a Ryzen 9 4900h a couple of days ago.

[@xUltraShadow]

@@iOSbreaker1 look at his about page. Apple fans. xD

[@iOSbreaker1]

@@raypalmer5125 are you guys a part of Lenovo Marketing team ?

[@Accessless]

I can't wait for Apple to get to the M5. I have a Star Trek reference ready to go.

[@rakhanreturns]

This unit must die!

[@dmulvey2]

It's about playing the long game. You get that and that's what I respect about you.

[@penfold7800]

Yes, I wonder what the M5-Torx is going to be capable of? This M1 design seems more like a development matrix. I wonder if the spare space in the case is big enough for something like a PI mini module for expansion maybe? ...the M1 looks like it would fit in a Nintendo DS3 case. Lol

[@loop5720]

That'd be faster than AMD's I guess, WHILE HAVING THAT REFERENCE, WAY TO GO

[@loop5720]

@@penfold7800 it don't even need fans, so imagine in a DS form factor

[@drinnerd8532]

Linus or someone who knows... who made your awesome animated intro? I love it. I would really like to find out who made it and see if I can track down some other work of their's!

[@gwoss]

Bueller? Love it! My fav. movie of the eighties! „Dankescheen!“

[@nuayoung25]

the review i've been waiting for. i like being skeptical towards any company, because at the end of the day, they are companies. they want your money and money only. this mac mini maybe my first mac as my work needs seemingly excels in macos environment. thanks for the review linus, cheers. stay safe xo

[@crazysunofatech1438]

That wallpaper is like that scene from the shining... "Where's Linus" 😱

[@butwhowasmoto2739]

Here's* Linus

[@t3h51d3w1nd3r]

its "heres Johnny" not "wheres Johnny", "wheres Johnny" is what my gf says after the johnny "falls" off xD

[@peterdeck2696]

@@t3h51d3w1nd3r I need more details

[@MsShauna1234]

SeaWordCuteGirl.Link

[@JaydevRaol]

😂

[@nathanmielke1977]

Anthony videos are always of the highest quality. Good job Anthony

[@t3itguy]

19:00 Don't worry Linus, I laughed at your dad joke haha

[@CjaeMusic]

so did i lol

[@tylerbivins2393]

"It just works" --Todd Howard --Linus Sebastian --Michael Scott

[@yungdama]

Don’t forget jontron

[@koekblik]

-- Jensen Huang

[@MaCJaX88]

Until you drop it

[@yomper4516]

@@yungdama if you do the thing, and you do it right

[@Tomieszek]

"Sweet little lies"

[@FilFee]

4:17 oof that burn-in tho.

[@user-jt6xh2ln9z]

did they use the shittiest monitor they could find? The colour accuracy was atrocious too

[@APieceOfMonay]

I believe it's their subtle advertising at their ltt store. Their keyboard shirts I believe

[@transcending6959]

This'll change your opinion about the LTT Corp. :-\....kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYnNlZqVatKciac

[@panda12333]

its not burn in because that is a standard lcd monitor not an oled

[@JoseGarcia-mi4ig]

@@transcending6959 Stop trying clickbait self promoter

[@bluefaolan]

“Bigger and bigger screws-“ love it, Linus. Just love it. And yeah... I agree.

[@whoyoum]

Great video as always! How many Thunderbolt buses M1 Mac Mini has ? Thank you.

[@Mineav]

I'm a fanboy of technological progress and healthy competition in the marketplace. As such, well done, Apple. I hope you keep it going and force AMD and Intel to try even harder to create better products for us all to enjoy.

[@MarcosElMalo2]

Does anyone think Intel is going to get its shit together? They sold off their ARM division a few years ago. At least AMD has some engineering innovation chops-they might not be able to catch up on mobile, but they’ll still rule the desktop (potentially). I think it’s the ARM companies where we’ll see the most progress.

[@mmmobrdl5021]

Lukav thats the exact point of view which i have and agree. Finally someone who comes and made something NEW. Doesnt matter if it is apple or some other company

[@michaelandrews4783]

@@Traumatree Ryzen 4800U is Faster in some multicore, 20%+ slower in single core and has much slower igpu. So not really an accurate statement. www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-apple_m1-1804-vs-amd_ryzen_7_4800u-1142

[@aguadoia]

@@michaelandrews4783 I wouldn't argue with you when posting such accurate facts...yes sir!!

[@shock9616]

Finally! I've been waiting for the LTT coverage on the M1 chip macs!

[@transcending6959]

This'll change your opinion about the LTT Corp. :-\....kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYnNlZqVatKciac

[@DanC8111_]

@@transcending6959 Well anytime there is a suspicious comment like that it is either A. Self promo (which 99.99% of time leads you to a waste of time) B. Some shitty content from some shitty youtuber nobody cares about (similar to self promo) C. Somehow a fucking Corona virus fake mask don’t work the earth is I don’t know a fucking train conspiracy theory. I honestly don’t know how that works but I’ve seen those videos.

[@PacificEmperor]

@@DanC8111_ In this case it's neither of those. He's trying to harass someone else by linking their video in hopes that people will dislike said video.

[@SeanGoresht]

18:14 never thought I'd hear Linus utter these words.

[@SinisterSkyler]

im looking into buying a Mac Mini M1 based box. Is there anything it can and cant do? as its to be used with audio equipment e.g. Interface + AMP + Dynamic Mic. As I heard M1 wont support all hardware and software like Intel does?

[@GadgetAddict]

I'm loving this M1 chip. Apple made a bold move and so far it appears to have paid off.

[@marceelino]

maybe 2nd or 3rd iteration will be useful. for now it' meh. not useful at all

[@derekhsieh8713]

@@marceelino it depends on what ur doing on ur Mac

[@arn999]

@@marceelino ah, why? The new Macbook Air just became the best bang for your buck of all laptops of its type by a mile. Its CPU is super fast, it has no fan, its battery lasts a very long time and its GPU is very competitive, all for $999 to start.

[@dijabreu]

@@arn999 I agree. But there are no versions of the apps I use for macos, nor there are versions of them compiled for any kind of ARM. So it's not useful for me.

[@marceelino]

@@arn999 but it's limited to ARM architecture. This is not linux. This is locked Apple. You are not getting the freedom you need when you have a normal laptop. I just don't see it as a good value now. And you seen in the review. There is no software or software is not build for it properly. In few years it might be viable. Not now.

[@KameshSS]

4:17 wow thats some display burn.

[@CinceTheDay]

and that's one of these expensive high-refresh gaming panels, right?

[@ThinkBeyondTheBox]

I was going to comment the same. Now I am curious what "Typists & Gamers pick your..." is from

[@TKFeather]

@@ThinkBeyondTheBox lttstore.com

[@ThinkBeyondTheBox]

@@TKFeather good detective skills haha

[@TKFeather]

@@ThinkBeyondTheBox Thanks! _I definitely didn't read that from another comment above_

[@kenm2709]

It's like PowerPC, remember those days? G3? G4? Now it's gonna be M1, M2. Pretty Soon We will have the Apple M5 "The World's first 128 bit personal computer".

[@user-sx7hf3kr4z]

Not a bad thing per say, AMD is supposedly following apple with the BIG.litte cores in their upcoming CPUs so it's going to be interesting. Apple hit silver with this one not gold quite yet

[@ecalzo]

LINUS:: needing HELP from ITALY ... Will you save money to buy an M1 basic mac mini or getting an used 2012 i7 mac mini with SSD and 16Gb RAM???? for HOME use?? Thanks appreciate your answer

[@AliSot2000]

I like Mac. I like the experience of the UI and generally the system. What bums me out is the fact, that Apple continues to lock down their platform. I like to be able to pull out a harddrive, if my pc doesn't work and I want to recover the data. I like to be able to upgrade parts of my system, when they are outdated. What you have now is litterally the repair experience of a smartphone just in a computer with a upto 2x the price tag.

[@willd0g]

fair - I'm new to Mac and spent big on a machine. It's still a bit disconcerting when it comes to repair 'options'.

[@cadenchurchill4296]

Damn the M1 is simply phenomenal! I would love to see a desktop version that’s entirely performance cores - that would be amazing. Looking forward to seeing your thoughts on the M1 iPad Pro! Wish Apple would have either shrank the Mac Mini, or simply made better use of the extra space by allowing some form of expansion and/or creating a more powerful, desktop version of the M1.

[@quantuminfinity4260]

Likely to keep cost down during the start of the transition, so they could just charge $100 less as it doesn't sell in very high volume and are saving a redesign for future versions.

[@cadenchurchill4296]

@@quantuminfinity4260 Most likely

[@koolsush]

Hey man, your prediction turned out to be absolutely bang on. I'm a Bolly-Wood film editor currently using a Mac Studio Ultra and cutting feature length films. Man this thing flies while editing. Simply phenomenal.

[@cadenchurchill4296]

@@koolsush Lol I guess I was 😂 That’s awesome!

[@manp1039]

wondering if this is connectable to SteamVR and to oculus quest 2 wired or via Virtual desktop.

[@jedikv]

A nice hype-less review of a pretty great device. I wish other tech tubers like Jon Morrison or Rene Ritche could learn that scepticism isn't 'hating' and we should always be sceptical of any brand/device till it's out in the real world.

[@soda_pressed6254]

Bruh, Morrison is so fricking biased towards Apple. I never watch his videos.

[@G1Z1]

12:30 smokes the i7 mac mini, shows charts where the i7 mac mini wins LOL

[@PacloverN1]

Yeah very confusing

[@homeape.]

did any of you get it? did they mix up charts? i really dont know what to make out of it

[@user-cg1qy3gc5j]

I guess it is more about price to performance, also thermal performance, also silent

[@homeape.]

@@user-cg1qy3gc5j how is that relevant, it's about the performance shown in the graphs they contradict Linus's utterances

[@indiekiduk]

no one reads youtube charts

[@framestomind7548]

now months later I wish to know if I am going to wait for the Mac Mini Pro M1X in October and what I can expect from that in being a better choice than the first Mac Mini M1 you got here! Some thoughts on that please 👉🏻😎😇

[@PaulFloyd207]

Considering buying one of these. I really wanted to build a PC but I also want to start editing video again and I am getting tired of waiting for graphics cards to be back in stock. I have the case I used for my original pc build before I returned all the components out of frustration because the motherboard I got came Doa on my first ever pc build. The M1 does pretty much everything I want but I would really wish it had expandability.

[@davidcooley2694]

if only i could be this early to the 3000 series launches 🙁

[@alwins]

I felt that.

[@bobbstr.]

That one hit me hard😞

[@prajeethamand7213]

But for that u need notification 😜😉

[@Toni_Kensa.]

Same but you still wouldn’t get one. Damn scalpers

[@sleepycomposition]

lol

[@Haak333]

Therapist: Wallpaper Linus isn't real, it can't hurt you. Wallpaper Linus:

[@beefgoat80]

So glad I'm not the only one

[@harrazmasri2805]

@Takeshima antivank HK loves Trump2020 i guess... congrats

[@sa-k]

HE IS LOOKING AT YOUR SOUL

[@finnegannnn]

I was weirded out by the screen burn in at 4:17 has to do a double take haha

[@marksapollo]

It will be very interesting to see what Apple does with the iMac with their silicon, and the Mac Pro with all its expandability and current Xeon performance. Apple certainly seemed to have had enough of Intel though.

[@mathieul6399]

whoohoo finally some deep learning benchmarks (trying to at least)

[@ctre97]

I know that this is a Mac review, but damn those Ryzen benchmarks are impressive

[@arfuzzaman]

Yeah LoL I was also focused there

[@transcending6959]

This'll change your opinion about the LTT Corp. :-\....kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYnNlZqVatKciac

[@evancrazyerror]

@@Mikeonut 11:23 It got close with single threaded performance. Considering it’s a quad-core processor going up against a 6C/12T part, an “M1X” that used similar power to the R5 would probably beat it

[@fuzzjunky]

@jo e no. 4 of the cores don't do any real work

[@duffman7674]

@@Mikeonut Yeah, with only 4 high performance cores and no SMT/Hyperthreading, a multi-core win for the M1 was unlikely to happen. But 24W for the whole system under load while having similar single threaded performance (at least in Cinebench) is pretty impressive.

[@mortmortmort8908]

Under the advanced tab in the WoW settings (in windows, at least) is a framerate limiter as well. Might have missed that.

[@garygauthier5556]

I understand that Bluetooth connectivity has been an issue with the M1 Mac mini. Has this issue been resolved yet (April 23rd, 2021)?

[@andrewpalardy8588]

Really happy to see such a thorough review. I was about to buy an Intel macbook pro, but held off to wait for your review of the new M1 macs. I'm still waiting for the air/pro review, but it looks like the M1 itself is extremely competent for the kind of stuff I need a laptop for.

[@robertp457]

You should hold off and get the real "pro" version whenever it comes out instead of the M1 version.

[@N495illithian]

I say - send it, the things that would give me pause are if you do any kind of semi complicated coding work, or if you want this to be your main machine that you use as a docked workstation. In those cases I think you should wait, as the other commenter said, for a later iteration with more power. But if you want an on-the-go machine and can do the majority of your work in a web browser or applications that you know will run well, I think the M1 machines look excellent and I don’t see much reason to wait.

[@RashidTak]

if the current macbook does well what you want it to do, I'd rather go with the air instead of pro. Not as many benefits for the increase in price. Otherwise it's better to wait for the 8 performance core versions

[@andrewpalardy8588]

I have an early 2014 Macbook Air right now, so the new M1 Air should be more than adequate. I still have a desktop for anything graphically intense. Still waiting on LTT's comparison between the Air and Pro, but they seem nearly identical functionally.

[@Wizzy0037]

@@andrewpalardy8588 get the M1 air, no compelling reason to spend more on the pro

[@treesparks1467]

Here’s a fun fact, segues are actually just warnings for advertisement slots. I find it so easy to 10sec skip the sponsor spots. Thank you so much for this!

[@phoenixra04]

i think it's segue not segways

[@anonymoususer69]

@@djhokage1 maybe he’s riding the Segway into the sponsor spot

[@treesparks1467]

@@phoenixra04 thanks

[@a-a-ronl]

I’m actually looking to get a new computer since my laptop is on the fritz and I’m planning to get a Mac since I also just swapped to iPhone. This video is making me think it’d be simpler and a better value to get the M1 MacBook Air

[@tylermcfadden9237]

Yeah it’s a good laptop. The M1 Mac mini is a good desktop option, as well. You can get one for $699 right now, and with a magic keyboard, mouse and curved monitor, it would still come out $100 cheaper or more than the cheapest iMac. I just bought one not too long ago with the entire set up and a 27 inch Samsung monitor (larger than the base 24 inch iMac) for less than $1200. All new.

[@yegorberdyugin3738]

@13:18, I appreciate that you tried running Tenserflow! Helped me decide if I should wait a bit before buying a Mac Book (Air or Pro).

[@AngeAlexiel]

seeing now Apple dominating the SOs on desktops as they do on Mobile since years is quite fascinating, i've run a benchmark from my M1 macbook pro and it's scores in the Top 5 to top 10 CPU ever tested... despite the fact that Apple made a weird conference, i think it is a revolution for the industry as a whole.. cos Intel and AMD have to react now... when i see the battery life i got with it , i mean the power efficiency ratio is nuts... if apple would put more power cores into the next MacBooks or iMacs these things will crush everything, and we tend to forget that at the moment most of the app you tested and benchmarked are on rosetta , but the performance when it's native is off the charts. i'll never miss windows anymore, i was worried at first about bootcamp, but i'm not now.

[@drewgall2026]

11:57 the r5 5600x is so good, there’s just no bar

[@shiskeyoffles]

Lol. For those who don't know, Xcode is only available on macos

[@shahriartahmeed9507]

@@shiskeyoffles i see watson told you

[@drexter09]

@@shiskeyoffles no shit sherlock

[@vartannazarian3451]

@@shiskeyoffles Hack in Touch ?

[@user-pj7ur2pk4t]

@@drexter09 beat me to it

[@alanjoe1961]

I started to change my mind to buy mac mini. Thanks for the video!