Apple MacBook Air with M1 review: A fan-less notebook faster than most Windows PCs

Apple's new MacBook Air is stunningly fast. It's raring to go the instant you open its lid. Want to browse the web? Watch it load bloated sites faster than you've ever seen on a laptop. Want to play some games? Step back as it blows away every ultraportable, with no fan noise to get in the way. And if you need to take a break, don't worry. It's got enough battery life to last you all day. Using the new MacBook Air is like stepping into a new world where we can demand much more from ultraportables.
All of this is thanks to Apple's new M1 system-on-a-chip (SOC), its first for Macs. After more than a decade of building its own mobile chips, Apple has accomplished an impressive feat: It proved its computers no longer need Intel inside.
Pros:
- Incredibly fast performance
- No fan noise
- Excellent keyboard and trackpad
- Retina Display looks great
- Can run iPhone and iPad apps
- Excellent battery life
Cons:
- Still has a 720p webcam
- Only two USB-C ports
Engadget Score: 94
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[@Thoxxxik]

You gotta love the irony, that the Macbook Air is the one that doesn't have a fan 😉

[@bebop2523]

It was Steve Jobs’ original vision to have the first MacBook Air debut with no fan but the technology wasn’t possible at the time. There’s a story about him breaking down crying once the engineers made it clear to him that it was impossible.

[@Jay_Script]

@@bebop2523 imagine he is still alive today seeing his own company designing extremely powerful and efficient Apple silicon chips today where a laptop no longer needs a fan to run better than most PC laptops

[@NvanRoblox]

@@Jay_Script yeah he’d be crying but in happiness

[@zacharycoleman1117]

@@bebop2523 source? I wanna read about this lol

[@user-wk2gi5cp9y]

@@Jay_Script if steve jobs were still in charge probably that would happen in few years sooner idk

[@divefraggle]

Coming from a 2013 Air. It has held up well but struggles on most websites nowadays. I can't wait to get this.

[@BatmandakhBatchuluun]

Same here

[@MrVikingdane]

2011 here lol ... it’s time !

[@nathanjiang100]

still holding on to my 2012 air. i’ll wait for better optimization before i splurge for a new mac

[@emilioaldako]

I love mi Air from 2011... But now is too slow 😰

[@AffablyAndrew]

Same. I have a 2012 pro and it’s showing it’s age even with me upgrading it to 8gb and an sad. I’m excited for these

[@kahuna3901]

As a windows user, I am genuinely impressed. Apple have pulled off a hardware and software miracle here. The part that gets me is the fact it runs x86 software better than its x86 laptop versions. That's all whilst it's using translational coding approaches to get over the architectural hurdle. That's crazy! I also like the fact that iOS apps are there, even if it's not the greatest implementation. I don't think I will buy a mac, certainly not until ay least a second gen version. Aswell as I am in the data analysis profession, so I constantly use Windows pcs, don't really want to have a Mac as a home laptop if I am switching between them. Also gaming is not about laptops, its about desktops for me, so not really interested from that angle either. But it is tempting, these are clearly game changers, I would definitely be tempted in the future.

[@Alusky]

This games just fine. Hook up a monitor/mouse/keyboard and you got a pc

[@NNTorious]

@@Alusky yes game on the fanless laptop. It certainly will not throttle the cpu due to heat.

[@yuyas.4823]

@@NNTorious yes it wont, look up the real life results

[@NNTorious]

@@yuyas.4823 there is no way I can believe that. Even cellphones throttle and the chips are using WAY less power.

[@BDA84]

@@yuyas.4823 what result ? These game can be run by any mid range phone, we need to see AAA games in 4K.

[@scogginsscoggins]

Clear presentation with a soothing voice. Bravo.

[@kenisonline]

Now if only Apple's storage and ram were reasonably priced.

[@GauravRupani]

absolutely

[@kereamohau]

Exactly

[@BlissOn47]

Of boy it's gonna go up

[@ATommy-lz4jd]

8gb stick costs 25 bucks or less. For 200 bucks you get 128gb ram. What a rip off

[@hi9580]

That would decrease apple's exclusivity

[@todaysgrailtomorrowsbeater]

i really love both the touch bar and the amazing butterfly keyboard

[@harshadborgaonkar4539]

Got my first apple laptop after decades of intel based windows laptops. The M1 based air with 16 gb ram blows my high end video editing laptop by miles.

[@apom316]

Awesome review, Thanks!

[@terrynitro5330]

Would like to see a comparison between the 8 and 16 gig ram versions.

[@ImperatorHagi]

I bought a new Thinkpad for around 1200€ in March. I'm a sworn Linux-User, but I can't help but feel, that I should've waited for the MacBook, that performance is unbelievable.

[@Mitch_Rogoff]

I love the touch bar

[@nokialover31]

Great review!

[@musclehead1992]

I would get one when I can do software virtualization and run windows on boot camp. I need both for work.

[@brett2396]

You can't even buy a fanless laptop that isn't a tablet or a chromebook which obviously will have a much slower processor. Pretty insane. Once you use a fanless laptop you'll never want to go back

[@WISEYOUN]

Thank you for a very balanced review. I went on ahead to buy a MacBook Air M1 with 16 Gb RAM and 2 Tb SSD. I was surprised to find that they won’t be able to deliver it until January 7, 2021. A lot of people besides me must have come to a similar decision for the delivery date to to pushed so far beyond Christmas.

[@DJMIXXTHAT]

I had the mid 2015 had so much trouble i downgraded to a 2012 17” i7 it run better but not great. Just gotten my MacBook Air m1 3 weeks ago. I also have Mac pro 5’1 2010 for video editing but boy is that thing runs HOT. M1 just works all my other apples will be sold fast. Thanks

[@rav7n188]

I'm so tempted to get one

[@Marco-jo7vc]

Look , this is my 1st MacBook , and really I am stunned with the brilliance of this little machine , the best laptop I’ve ever had though I used top class windows laptop but this little fan less boy is crazy

[@sailenkatel3436]

I'll upgrade my 2017 macbook air in about four years time...here's rooting for the m5

[@aymansiam515]

I wanna know the engineers behind this revolution

[@allen2770]

Srouji is one of them

[@guccicakes6238]

The same one that built their phone chips lol

[@aymansiam515]

@@guccicakes6238 yeah but like who they r and their insights

[@ithinkitspickingupalittleb8011]

@@aymansiam515 you can look at one of them announcing the transition of mac computers to apple silicon in WWDC2020

[@samilojia]

I love the Touch Bar !!!!

[@Jimmyxsx]

This thing is a beast, and its their entry model. Cant imagine what their top of the line models are gonna perform like.

[@pigknickers2975]

Imagine Imac's with 2 or 3 M1 chips. It's going to get awesome.

[@veloce5491]

@@pigknickers2975 they're not gonna use the same chip on imac. they'll probably make a more powerful chip with 20 high power cores. the air has only 4 high power cores.

[@pigknickers2975]

@@veloce5491 really. Wow. This M1 is fast enough as it is. I presume they will be against doing dual M1 now I’ve understood the architecture changes. It’s going to be on one chip I would think for a long time.

[@veloce5491]

@@pigknickers2975 dual chips arent used because its simpler just to double the number of cores in a single chip.

[@pigknickers2975]

@@veloce5491 amazing stuff

[@iron_recluse]

Got mine yesterday to replace my 2016 MacBook Pro and I’m really impressed how fast everything is. Also I’m so so glad the butterfly keyboard is gone.

[@TheFalkingFive]

now im waiting for bezelless design and im sold

[@kingmilanovic6733]

had it for a day....its is great!

[@DLITINTHEHOUSE]

Mine’s in the mail and can’t wait! Gave the early 2020 Air to my wife so we can still have Windows (partitioned 50GB via bootcamp) to run Windows-only programs in the house.

[@cadenchurchill4296]

I want this so bad! Sounds way more powerful than my HP Spectre X360 2017 with a U-Series Core i7 CPU! Even though this would edit photos much better in Lightroom (I’ve only got 8GB of RAM) and I’d love to have MacOS, I’m going to get another year out of my PC and get next year’s MacBook Air. Given the massive improvements made with the move to ARM-based chips, I’d be very surprised if I ever go Windows again.

[@bgimusic]

niceee review!! 🤍👏

[@wawahamdan1159]

I'm a law student which means that I'll be heavily using only the Office apps so I decided to pre-order the M1 Air base model. It's my first time switching to MacOS and I hope that even the base model would serve me well. I looked up other high end Windows laptops like Surface and Dell XPS and was shocked because their price tags are similar, if not higher than the M1 Air 😂. Can't wait for mine to arrive and I hope that even the base model won't disappoint me!

[@jackneri9]

Still rockin a baseline 2013 MacBook Pro Still will probably be a few years until I upgrade

[@tviperjester3978]

This is a game changer in my opinion, that M1 is a performance beast, excited to see the rest of apple’s lineup roll out in the next 2 years as they move their macs to apple silicon.

[@Lead_Foot]

It better be good, they're on tsmc 5nm.

[@MusicBeSweetYo]

My first Apple purchase. Windows and Android for the past 12 years!

[@DPauyo76]

Just upgraded from an early 2016 12 inch MacBook Air dual core intel processor to a new 2020 16 gig, 1 TB MacBook Air in Gold! Excited to pick up this beauty tomorrow at the Apple Store! So psyched! Much needed upgrade for grad school! 😀👍🏾👏🏾💃🏾👩🏾‍💻💻🛍🎁💯

[@bluebird1954]

Omg the performance from going from a MacBook 2016 to the M1 air is huge 😮

[@jmadluck]

Ayyy, asus zephyrus g14 user here 😁 can confirm - cpu is unmatched

[@tshanegilman6278]

Thanks! Just picked mine up today (base model) and love learning more about its capabilities. Now, do I keep my 2018 13" MBP???

[@tomsullivan2726]

probably not lol I love this new m1 air! I like it more than map 16 that I sold because of this

[@tlatsegms]

Amazing⚡️

[@stabgan]

I use the 2015 macbook air and I don't yet have a reason to upgrade. I run android studio and all other development stuffs all week. I never face any problems

[@roxiun5965]

Really? I’m really laggy on my mba 2015 when using development tools

[@terrynitro5330]

My 2012 MacBook Pro is long in the tooth and pretty beaten up. Time to try an Air.

[@ytwos1]

Then just wait as this 5nanometer procedé is only going to get better. I have no laptop. I have an iPad Pro. I want to run fusion360 though.

[@talalztube]

my Mac air 2012 still running, accept for the r key

[@real45x63]

I concur with everything this man said. I'm so overjoyed with my new Silicon MacBook Air. This is a super fast and efficient machine.

[@terrynitro5330]

Did you get the 8 or 16 gig version of ram?

[@darrelldouglas7610]

Mine’s arriving in 3 days!!😁😁

[@vihaankulkarni2528]

Thanks to the M1 chip, the MacBook Air is definitely faster than most of the Windows PCs. The speed is top notch and superb performance.

[@sebluketravis2438]

CANNOT wait for the 2021 M1Z chip 14'' MBP with Mini LED, and slim bezels. Using Big Navi graphics - it's gonna be special. If Apple can provide that at 16gb even at 256gb SSD for $2000 or under, well, they are gonna sell like hot cakes.

[@terriersforever23]

My first MacBook very alien to me massive mistake back to windows computer for me

[@aswinmahesh9160]

Any idea on 2nd generation release dates..?

[@claudiusmoi108]

Very professional this review, good job👍

[@anrn5303]

i have the mac air 2015; can an external drive or disc drive be attached and work without performance issues? since the new MacBooks no longer has regular usb/SD card peripherals; im planning to buy the mac air M1

[@Madeintheshade65]

I would go out on a limb and say this is revolutionary in the computer 👩‍💻 industry

[@muhammednaijun]

Can I install old versions of photoshop cc(2016) & ms office(2016) in this? Is there any system requirements issues regards with that?

[@w99mmt]

Somebody call for an ambulance. Apple just KILLED the competition !

[@bri1085]

Don't think you call an ambulance for dead bodies

[@hanniffydinn6019]

🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑🚑

[@Wongseifu548]

LOL oh how foolish you are

[@BlindBison]

In power efficiency/thermals yes, but in raw performance for sustained production and gaming? Yet to be seen with real world tests - going off Jarrod’s tech there are a few laptops with 4800H + 1660 Ti around the 999-1249 price range - especially given those laptops have true active cooling it seems very unlikely that they wouldn’t rather dramatically outperform VS the Apple M1 laptops in the same price range.

[@Wongseifu548]

@@BlindBison exactly which only a few reviews state. You will never see that come out of apple reviews like mkbhd and j morrison

[@commentarytalk1446]

Definitely best in class, but I'm waiting on the next Surface devices to see how much improvement because that form factor (ultra portable) is what I need as opposed to a new laptop - something Apple won't be offering as it attempts to keep iPad and Mac lines separate.

[@TNTsundar]

M2: 16 Core CPU, HBM3 memories and SSD on SiP. One chip to rule them all.

[@pramitkhanna7163]

HBM3??? I hope thats not true, they'll get one heck of an excuse to jack the (already pretty steep) prices up. HBM ain't cheap!!!

[@AndyOjoks]

I got my current MacBook Pro in mid 2012. It has lasted me 8 good years and I think this MacBook Air 512gb will be a good long term replacement. Only if I had the money now :(

[@terrynitro5330]

I'm in a similar boat. Just tired of a hot laptop with the fan running all the time. Time for a cool change!

[@jhpark5]

Same here! I have a customized 13” MacBook Pro (2013) which is going strong still. Eyeing the MacBook Air M1 w/ a bigger SSD.

[@ankushgoyal7936]

Pls suggest fanless silent laptops in budget

[@SAYANTANDAS82]

New macbook m1 chip model compatible with adobe software?

[@dude-e]

I’d be more interested to see how the ARM version of Mac OS and it’s apps handle RAM. Do they need less ram in general, making the 8gb version a fully viable option for non-professional power users? Apple’s iPhones and iPads consistently manage to do pretty well despite their significantly lower RAM when compared to android devices

[@rene837]

This is the first time in my life that I have genuine interest in an Apple product xD

[@mrc2176]

Same here, I currently own a gaming pc running windows and an android phone and have always looked down on apple products. This new M1 chip however is looking real nice but there are a few issues I still have with it. 1. I have never used MacOS so I don't know how I'll like it compared to windows 2. I want to wait till the next iteration where they will hopefully redesign the chassis but I may need a laptop before then 3. Storage and RAM is incredibly expense and it is very difficult to justify spending an extra $360 just so I can feel comfortable with the specs.

[@kaineuler]

As long time Windows power user, guys, I'm ready to take that leap of faith.

[@aaronchapa1117]

Great choice! Welcome to the Apple community

[@yabito]

Same here. I do hate Apple, but this chip is impressive

[@cityraintunes]

Come to the dark side my friend.

[@alanegedy5649]

Very welcome!

[@ProPrince]

i used to be just a windows pc guy and hated on MacBook. I remember seeing $1000 for an i3 and a jet engine noise. But now I bought the M1 macbook

[@thematt5325]

These new Airs look amazing but I’m holding off until my ‘15 Air gives me reasons to switch. It’s still pretty fast with its i7 and 8 gigs of ram, which cost me like $1700. These things are pricy.

[@PatrickPecoraro]

Clearly he's never had a puppy.

[@Anderson_Hwang]

Also curious. How’d u get verified?

[@jdkgcp]

@Bu Rida By using a font and putting a check mark behind his name. I mean really....you guys couldn't figure that one out? lol I'm guessing you guys also missed the entire joke/point he was making about the completely nonsensical statement in the video.

[@jdkgcp]

@Bu Rida Sorry for pointing out the obvious. Have a nice day. Side note....you should really go back and understand the point he was making in the first place. Narrator guy was saying reeeeeaaallly stupid sh*t.

[@jdkgcp]

@Bu Rida You too. No sense in getting wrapped up in negative discourse. This year has been bad enough as it is. I wish you and yours a prosperous 2021.

[@goudendynamiethd2117]

@@jdkgcp Uhm, he is actually verified. So what you are syaing is the actual bs 😂

[@Roy-rr5ds]

The best value for me is a refurbished Macbook Air and iphone 8 plus. I can buy both for £700 quid, with year long guarantees.

[@DasBaum91]

Coming from a 2015 full stack MacBook Pro 15 inch I’m thinking about switching to the 13 inch mbp with M1. But my "old" one is still working so smoothly 😅 I don’t need that 15 inch anymore....I don’t know 🙈

[@WhiteHatMatt]

I’d wait until they release the new 16” Pro-it’ll likely have more ports and definitely have more power.

[@jteli01]

2014 MacBook Pro here I’ll wait to gen 2 before I get the air

[@ttrtilley]

Same here. Got the much cheaper Mac Mini for now :-)

[@jteli01]

@@ttrtilley I’m rocking the 2012 mini that I had since ‘13 ungraded with an SSD 4 years ago

[@jmanna66]

Can I get Google for Mac on the M1 Air?

[@ceremonious_houseplant]

A mac without a fan? How will poor Louis Rossman ever fix them now?

[@ThisisTechie]

It’s basically impossible to repair now which sucks

[@superqaxclub]

Nah he will continue bashing Apple like any other anti-apple do

[@Wongseifu548]

@@superqaxclub yeah its kinda justified over the years

[@hanniffydinn6019]

He’ll be out of business within the decade. People won’t repair old macs when they can upgrade to virtually repair free arm macs. Windows laptops aren’t even worth repairing, there is no value in them. 🤯🤯🤯

[@mcslender2965]

@@hanniffydinn6019 How tf does ARM macs repair free? Are you saying they are indestructible?

[@SapanKumarDas]

is that 13.3 inch or something ?Thanks

[@halgrynshaun]

“Like seeing the internet for the first time” that’s bold, this must be like a brand new experience never encountered before!

[@kshitizgupta4405]

@Engadget: is 13.3 inch screen size too small for a laptop and should one buy a 15.6 inch windows laptop instead of buying a macbook?? Your answer will be of immense help.

[@munibohara9282]

Supernice

[@jj7958]

impressive. Apple has blown aways the PC competition.

[@Zouzart]

Is it normal that my M1 macbook’s keyboard is wearing out VERY fast the space bar has become all shiny in less than a month

[@andersonkenna8393]

"Spinning Beach Ball of Death"

[@bradavon]

Is it important it's faster? Seems like everyone is fixated on the least exciting aspect ARM brings. The segment ARM is currently targeting on Mac and Windows isn't the speed focused segment.

[@oopz1]

Coming from 2 weeks old Macbook Air 2020 :( Thanks to impulse buying..I should have waited!!!

[@gfyGoogle]

You literally could have returned it within 2 weeks. This laptop was announced like a full week ago.

[@oopz1]

@@gfyGoogle I live in a country where they will replace only if the product is defective..Infact I had heating issues for which the authorized repair has came back stating its common for these models. I am going to test it properly with temperature gun. Reseller has confirmed that I have time till Dec 1st in case if needs to be replaced :/

[@oopz1]

@@tri-a7655 Thats right buddy. M2 should be better than M1 :)

[@oopz1]

@@tri-a7655 😆 and a 1080p camera too 😀

[@ChandrakanthReddySoodiReddy]

@@oopz1 If you really want to show heating issues to get rid of it, run a python script to stress out the CPU and show them.

[@pashafaith3639]

I wish you could test Microsoft office!

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

Most people don't even have a solid state drive in their machines yet. What Apple has put out here for capability will be in the upper third of performance for a PC laptop. It is going to suffer bleeding edge hardware issues as far as optimized programs for it, but any new CPU architecture suffers from that for a couple of years. The next generation of PC's are also going to have many of these features, including new features in the CPU and GPU that optimize using AI portions of the chip to get better performance. The biggest boost you are going to see in upper end machines is going to be high speed solid state drives bringing really fast boot times and program loading times along with added performance when handling large files or application that access the hard drive regularly. My current set up is my first with a solid state and even though it is just a SATA interface one, it makes a huge difference in productivity and large program load times. I just hope that they have a good plan as far as 3rd software development goes moving forward. Their inhouse software has always been very well done and focus on user experience in a way that more developers should shift to, but it is the heavy work applications that really make or break a system and make in the default choice like what they did with creative software suits when they shifted to the x64/x86 architecture.

[@mealsonwheels247]

Its almost 2021.. people still use a mechanical hard drive? I have been using SSDs in all customer computers for 5+ years now.

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

@@mealsonwheels247 Not everybody has had the money to upgrade to them.

[@ZeroRiskAppetite]

To the devs out there, docker does not yet work. Just something to keep in mind

[@carlsmith9497]

Wow never have I heard loading a web browser the benchmark of success lol!

[@whkee]

Fanless MBA still have many Fans🥰

[@samhaokip9126]

How does the M1 compare to the latest ryzen processors? Just curious.

[@axe-z8316]

it beat everything on single core. wich is most of the time real world case, multi core, it depends... but you need a desktop chip.

[@adamp9553]

In the Air it's run at less than 15W. If someone managed to overclock it, I wouldn't be surprised if it outperformed the fastest desktop CPU with proper cooling.

[@Raja995mh33]

@@adamp9553 Or we just wait what Apple will do with the first iMacs or Macbook Pro 16" with a M1X chip or whatever.

[@nehankaranch2149]

the mac studio (not even top of the line) has already proven to be one of the fastest in the world, let's see what apple will do with m2 and m1 ultra max

[@samwaymachinery]

Insane M1 bright embrassment to AMD & INTEL.

[@broodfusion]

I just wanna know how many tabs can I have opened in my Chrome 😂

[@kudota6732]

Watch the Wall Street Journal's review on KZbin, Joana Stern talks about just that. Hint: 50+

[@veloce5491]

it only has 8 gigs of ram

[@yashkshirsagar3273]

@@veloce5491 my windows pc has 8gb of ram and I have tried opening around 30 tabs and switch between them and the apps without hiccups. So we can imagine what that macbook can do.

[@spaceowl5957]

I use a old ass MacBook with 8gb ram and it can handle basically infinite tabs from my experience

[@rnburley]

Its all we ever do on PC's these days anyway..

[@hony1717]

I wish microsoft would start polishing their garbage OS.

[@BlindBison]

As a Windows user I agree - I have other reasons beyond the UI to use Windows over Mac but I won’t deny Apple’s UI is miles better than Microsoft’s.

[@hony1717]

@@BlindBison After Bill realised they had killed all competitors in their niche, (which is the budget highly functional worldwide office space basically), they completly stopped innovating. Linux will never get there as a open source project and no money lobby. And Android is just garbage OS aswell.

[@hydraagod]

We give a lot of hate to windows. But we need to acknowledge that windows has hell lot of more devices to support. That's not an easy task by any means

[@ganbly]

@@BlindBison I like it. I don't like Mac os UI

[@faowi]

​@@BlindBison right, like how could they not update the file explorer's UI?

[@aishwarya1946]

all good about Mac. However I landed in a unresolved issue on my Mac some months ago in 2020 when after installing the Windows 10 I found that the Mac Serial number says 'unavailable'. Today I cannot use iMessage and FaceTime apparently due to missing serial number under 'About This Mac'. I feel some issue cropped up from Boot Camp. Not only this I found horrible crackling sound from internal speakers. I am located in India. All effort to get Apple support so far has failed on this issue.

[@nokialover31]

Now we are waiting for a gaming desktop pc from Apple! and for games companies to produce games mac compatible

[@levi.s722]

It‘s usually such a no brainer, but the questions are ‚what comes out next and when?‘ Are we seeing a different looking 14 inch next year? How fast will the performance models be? How much of a price difference will that be? That is what holds me back from upgrading.

[@andyH_England]

Next year is a major refresh that will include miniLED displays and a new design as well as M1X chip and dedicated graphics. I suspect it will be in Q3 of 2021 and they may even wait for the next update to the A15 to base the chip on, so maybe M2X? Pricing, it is Apple so do not expect cheap, probably inline with current versions and although no doubt the M1 is cheaper to make than buying Intel, they have many years of R&D to recoup.

[@levi.s722]

Thanks for your answer. MicroLED, FaceID, Design refresh and M1X at the same time? That’s what makes me sceptical. Sounds like 2-3 years to me.

[@andyH_England]

@@levi.s722 I am hoping at the same time, but knowing Apple, probably not!

[@RK-um9tu]

How about a touch screen, pen support, MicroSD slot, ample ports, 1080p webcam, 2-in-1 design, face unlock, etc? Basic stuff the vast majority of working people use/need. Maybe then Apple's laptop market share will rise above 8%...lol

[@Vibranium375]

Finally a person who isn't an isheep in the comment section.

[@RK-um9tu]

@@Vibranium375 We must speak truth to mindless marketing!

[@soravulpis96]

And user upgradable RAM and storage.

[@nehankaranch2149]

you're crazy, this is an amazingly fast laptop at its price and its just insane. now you tell me a decent laptop at $1000 with all of those features

[@alvarorivera7372]

Which is the best option for this Black Friday? a) Buying the 16” MBP 2019, and later upgrade to the M1 16” MBP 2021 or b) Buying the M1 13” MBP 2020, and later upgrade to the M1 16” MBP 2021

[@tonyclifton2172]

I just Got this amazing laptop. It’s faster than my $2500 gaming rig

[@lucio20006]

Skynet its near my friends.

[@tomosima1992]

Ill prolly buy the M2 Air when it comes out dont want to be a beta tester

[@BrVendan]

Imagine being Intel and AMD right now

[@andreigiurgiuman5160]

Drinking game: Have a shot each time he says "shock" / "shocking" / "shocked"

[@cringefairy2687]

And MS have had Windows on ARM since 2011... way to throw away a nine-year lead!

[@birddown7835]

It's not really MS fault. They simply don't have the same kind of resource or experience in designing their own chips.

[@Rudenbehr]

@@birddown7835 Microsoft is worth 2 trillion dollars, they design the Xbox. Please. Lmao.

[@glumpy1148]

@@Rudenbehr microsoft actually contracts amd for the xbox's internals. microsoft hasn't designed their own chips in years

[@birddown7835]

@@Rudenbehr MS net worth has never reached 1.8t yet so I don’t know why you are saying it’s worth 2t. And plus, MS don’t design their own chips for Xbox do they? Both the GPU and CPU is outsourced to AMD. I never said MS can’t design their own hardware. Xbox and Surface devices are all beautifulI pieces of hardware. But they aren’t equipped with in-house designed chips like Apple devices has been doing for years. Note I only said MS can’t design their own chips in my original comment.

[@dr_aaronplummer]

Watching this one on the new M1 (aka ARM) chip.... RIP intel. Windows is also changing to new ARM style processor.

[@ttrtilley]

Apple has demonstrated that it is possible to make an ARM compatible computer that just works. Microsoft's next attempt will be more successful than their last. Windows users will demand computers like this. Fun to watch.

[@kurushunwalla]

Will the MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) for Mac work seamlessly on the M1 too. Please clarify and thanks for the super review. Cheers

[@mar1o0o0o]

Yes

[@kurushunwalla]

@@mar1o0o0o thanks

[@manishrawat1079]

It seems that apple is back in business after a long break.

[@wayne8797]

I wanna see a conparison between a 16gb air vs a 8gb pro. The entry 8gb air only has 7 core gpu... don’t really care about gpu but I also don’t wanna get short changed... decisions decisions...

[@alliejr]

MacOS runs fine in 8GB RAM. More RAM means you can open 100 Chrome tabs instead of only 50. If that is your requirement, upgrade. Otherwise, 8 is fine. Also, use Safari.

[@wayne8797]

@@alliejr the only way to get the 8 core gpu on the air is to buy the 16gb version I think

[@ghostrider2214]

Imo if you need gpu power you probably shouldn't be buying a mac or at least not their entry level one. I snagged the base model with 7 core gpu w/o a second thought, I have a full blown water cooled pc for gpu tasks.

[@adityayekhe8882]

Watching on the damn MacBook Air itself😂