Apple made a BIG mistake - M1 MacBooks Review

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Apple’s new M1-equipped MacBooks have been out for a while now, but there are still many lingering questions.. First among them: Can they really live up to Apple’s promises in real-world use?
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[@ivyhe7234]

m1 macbooks: pro: fast, long battery life con: can't warm my hands during Canadian winter

[@naveedchowdhury542]

@Vishwajeet Babbar Literally has nothing to do with the M1 MacBooks but ok

[@randomdude1053]

Ditto

[@gorkyd7912]

Oh I miss the days when I had to wear wool pants using the macbook pro because cotton would burst into flames and polyester would melt to your skin...

[@-composer]

@@gorkyd7912 Hahahahahahaaaa!

[@kbrnsr]

Bad cooling solutions are truly a blessing in the winter season

[@MiniArts159]

Title of this video is basically: "Somebody call an ambulance... but not for me."

[@Anonymous-vh9tc]

@@Chris-rg6nm lol you can say the same about company, calm your t1ts. Oh, google, Xbox, play station and steam charge 30% as well.

[@ashthegeek7400]

@@Chris-rg6nm he tweets from his Android (I assume) made in China through the same slave labor 💀. Check yo self

[@dotapark]

Yeah a little clickbait-y but why though promise about reviewing M1 already hooked me 😂

[@curt8806]

It's clickbait. They want to piss off people because engagement is good

[@Nexus9118]

@@Chris-rg6nm Billions in research from other government? What?

[@PhoenixCNSTL]

Apple M1: *yes i am.* Intel processor: you're not that fast and great ngl.

[@antoschast2601]

Underrated

[@dracovet777]

HAHA clever joke

[@jonathanodude6660]

Almost didn’t get it lol

[@Domggo]

+1

[@jonathanodude6660]

@@manishachaudhary8225 it’s not really American or slang. The joke is that the m1 is so fast, it can respond to the intel processor before the intel processor gets a chance to generate its own output. The m1s dialogue is before the intels dialogue, but it’s responding to the intel.

[@xKrispyx]

I'm not an Apple fan, I'm not a fan of any company in particular, but colour me impressed by what they've pulled off here. This is pretty incredible stuff...

[@LorianandLothric]

I only used PC all my life but I bought an M1 Air and it’s incredible.

[@aka3927]

@@LorianandLothric im gettin one for college and ive always had pc

[@LorianandLothric]

@@aka3927 Nice! Enjoy it

[@acuaticgalaxy950]

The iPhone 12 Pro is 1159€ while the MacBook Air is fucking 1129€. This is insane lol, why are phones so expensive??

[@LorianandLothric]

@@acuaticgalaxy950 The Pro is $1000 and the Pro Max is $1100. Samsung is also expensive. They charged $1300 for the S20 Ultra and $1200 for the S21 Ultra. But if you buy the base models, the iPhone 12 and S21 are $800

[@MichaelSidneyTimpson]

When Linus recommends macs over pcs you know it is a big deal.

[@ronmiller3741]

Nope. He also recommended the 16”.

[@MichaelSidneyTimpson]

@@ronmiller3741 Yes I remember!

[@rohithmekala2608]

@@ronmiller3741 but he praised the M1 macs more

[@asadsyedali3841]

@@ronmiller3741 wdym?

[@640A]

NO, it's not a big deal, people who like the Mac will be buying them whether he recommends it or not!

[@Oliur]

How insane that Apple's Macbook's are actually relatively affordable compared to the competition.

[@Randomizer92mx]

That is if you have a $1000 budget.

[@SnapquesterMage]

As long as you never want to upgrade anything ever, and actually prefer (or can tolerate) Mac OS.

[@Smoke-mr2ef]

Cap detected

[@jackdonkey11]

Is this a question?

[@Randomizer92mx]

@@greylawson6352 My $400 laptop is 4 years old and still holds up pretty well.

[@Atlastheyote222]

Apple did a big brain move and made something incredibly competitive in both performance and price. Why buy a $2500 i7 HP when you could buy a $1700 well specced MacBook Air and have double the performance and triple the battery life.

[@User-xw6kd]

All this proves is laptops suck. Those overpriced and overheating laptops with nerfed RTX GPUs are embarrassing. Only Apple makes good ones.

[@bukanjamiel9825]

@@User-xw6kd I mean, this M1 chips are ARM based. So, it's like an oversized phone.

[@bullymaguire6388]

@@bukanjamiel9825 arm first ran on PCs

[@modcolocko]

@@bullymaguire6388 Arm was popularized in mobile devices and microcontrollers.

[@modcolocko]

@@bullymaguire6388 Ar was designed for low power, it happens that mobile devices are like that, it was never meant to go on anything.

[@dustinbaconflipper]

Linus: “Apple is in trouble: They’re gonna have a hard time topping themselves “ Apple: lmao M1 Max go brrrrrrrrrrr

[@oghenekaro]

😂😂 just what i was about to sayyy

[@jacktrusler6506]

But they cost a ton more, I've got a M1 air and I literally recommend it to everyone, it's the best laptop $1000 can buy at the moment.

[@oghenekaro]

@@jacktrusler6506 still the best laptops at their price.

[@-SP.]

The regular M1's are a much better bang for the buck, so no. So far from the GPU tests, it's not as good as Apple made them out to be

[@oghenekaro]

@@-SP. you complain about the price like you can get anything better on the windows side for the same value 🌚

[@eslipino5233]

Linus: complains about apple selling expensive products. Linus: sell $70 pillow

[@sporemaster97]

Some pillows are expensive. I got 2 on sale for about $36, but originally, they were like $40 or something a piece. Not even fancy pillows or anything, just basic bed pillows

[@jaysoncronly7041]

@@sporemaster97 so around half what linus is selling a novelty pillow for? yeah, you're right!

[@sporemaster97]

@@jaysoncronly7041 The novelty stuff is more expensive. There's extra printing, they had to find a manufacturer that would make them, and they have to make a certain amount, and $70 a piece is probably what it came down to after all of that. If you don't understand the process behind making custom products, then shut the fuck up. People said unbox therapy's case was too expensive, and he said pretty much what I said, because that's how it works. If you don't believe me, go find a manufacturer to mass produce a pillow of your design and see what it comes out to, jackass.

[@jaysoncronly7041]

@@sporemaster97 i am 100% positive linus/whoever is in charge of this sort of thing just ordered a shit load of generic pillows and had the case for it custom made. it would be absurd for linus to have a shit load of pillows manufactured for him when he could literally just order plain generic pillows from one of the many existing manufacturers. 70 usd for a shit pillow is absurd, but go you for white knighting it! PS novelty pillows are around 25AUD at my local department store, which is around 20 USD. because pillows are cheap.

[@jaysoncronly7041]

@@sporemaster97 i can literally go buy a cheap pillow for 8 dollars, take it's case off, walk into a different store with the case and ANY image i want, and have the image/design printed on the case for around 20 dollars. i could have my own knock off version of linus shit pillow, for a third of the cost (as im talking AUD not USD) price only goes down when you do shit in bulk, lass

[@ehsan_ul_haq]

"Never mind the Core i3." Hurts inside

[@hughlevantjames905]

hurts inside :) i see what you did there

[@hughlevantjames905]

@Dylaila cue the intel sound

[@CoffeeHead047]

@@hughlevantjames905 only this time it's in a minor key

[@walidfakhfakh3660]

@Dylaila paleo chocolate blah blah blah I had to go back to the store how not really for big deal right

[@PackardKotch]

I3 540... bottlenecks inside

[@angusgluck4173]

Linus tells it how it is, I love that he loves PCs so much but he never gives us BS if he sees something is actually better. Thanks Linus, this is why I will always watch your videos

[@Anonymous-pm7jf]

He's the only reviewer I go to. He is big enough that he doesn't have to appease the manufactures with soft reviews or otherwise risk being locked out of future releases. He has a history of telling it like it is. Can't say that about others our there.

[@alwxty2647]

@@Anonymous-pm7jf what about mark ass brown lee ?

[@kellywu4061]

*Looks at the clickbait title*

[@IdunDied]

it has been 6 months but one thing i will say is the multi core comparison was very weird as a ryzen 4800u, which is available at the $1k price in good windows laptops, has faster multi-core than that. So they act like nothing beats it for this when it does. 5800u is even quite a bit faster than that and same thing applies, although it is not widely available.

[@GuruTheCoder]

@@kellywu4061 bruh it doesn't matter if the content is good. And it isn't clickbait

[@lilmoris1]

When Apple wants, they do truly make awesome things.

[@nataliezementbeisser1492]

you can't repair any apple product nowadays. this sucks

[@aienbalosaienbalos4186]

@@nataliezementbeisser1492 _When Apple wants_ being the critical part :)

[@hopelfreyamikaelson9348]

@@nataliezementbeisser1492 where do u live ?

[@Yessir1506]

@@nataliezementbeisser1492 uh

[@MikkoRantalainen]

If only Apple also did conformal coating of the PCB to reduce random motherboard issues.

[@ZombieBestOfficial]

Intel has to do something NOW... losing in every market, with servers being the next one

[@nickc.8137]

Ya but intel has the kfconsole

[@NFreund]

They already lost the Server market. Many orders are already gone through the ordering process, many have gone through management and so on...we will see it end of next year. We already changed all servers to Epycs (although we only have 12, so...yeah)

[@brutalhonesty07]

Server chips for average consumers for average prices when?

[@TheFatdemon3]

Enterprise is a done deal already. At my gig we already started receiving Epyc equipped servers.

[@oofig]

"with servers being the next one..." oh boy have i got news for you... look up AMD epyc CPU's :)

[@DARK0717]

Linus: Apple made a mistake Me after seeing the speedtest: my internet is a mistake

[@hunterpugh9905]

BRO FACTS

[@Jam_s4]

Lmaooo same

[@bsoundlighting]

Yea I thought 50Mbps in Australia was amazing... and thats the premium speed plan from out ISP

[@marcelreiter181]

I was amazed they deliver 1000mbit to my house. I actually didn't think it's possible. But yeah, still pretty amazing

[@Axel...]

That was internal network speed not their web speed I think

[@dimid4758]

Don't forget instant wake. It sounds stupid at first, but it's the kind of thing that after you experience it, everything else will just be an inferior experience.

[@elise993tt]

My M1 MBP showed up yesterday, and that was one of my biggest surprises. It's like it never went to sleep.

[@Mehpew]

Almost every new device with SSD powers on in 3-5 seconds

[@tahmidazam639]

@@Mehpew but these laptops are literally instant lol

[@Eduardopy1]

thats a feature on the microsoft laptops, instant on and face unlock.

[@planefan082]

@@Eduardopy1 Yeah I just got an asus laptop to replace my old MBP, it's faster

[@jacnel]

I never thought I'd see the day when Apple offers a laptop which is a good value but here we are.

[@KrishnaAdettiwar]

Their laptops were always good value. The only difference now is that it just blows out the rest of the competition lol

[@francoismurrell4604]

@@KrishnaAdettiwar they really weren't back in Intel days. For a whole lot more you got no useful i/o, no expandable storage or ram and awful thermal performance. Apart from the i/o which is what stops me going to macbooks they've addressed all that and for that reason they're now good value

[@af2954]

@@KrishnaAdettiwar they really werent back in 2017

[@KrishnaAdettiwar]

@@francoismurrell4604 I mean it depends on who they're targeting. It was a good value for people in the Apple ecosystem because it was a fast, reliable machine with the benefits of macOS that a lot of content creators, engineers, and artists use and love. Final Cut Pro performance on the MacBook Pro was often nearly twice as fast as desktop PCs with twice the hardware specs on paper even back then. Also as someone who works for a large tech firm, nearly all engineers prefer to develop on macOS (go into any Amazon, Google, Apple office) and they find more value from MacBooks over the competing PCs because the tools are better and they are far more reliable. Also, IBM found that the cost of managing MacBooks vs. windows laptops internally was about 75% less overall considering IT and maintenance costs. so yeah, it was a really good value for a lot of people and a lot of companies. but perhaps, not for you if you don't need those things.

[@francoismurrell4604]

@@KrishnaAdettiwar I understand the development side of things, for average users purely from a thermal and computational performance perspective along with nearly all specs windows machines were superior in all ways except software integration and build quality which aren't super limiting for office work.

[@pumello]

Credit where its due. These look nice, and arent overpriced. For a gen 1 this is rediculous. Actually well done apple.

[@OAFish]

@fiv3 Apple has always domainated in arm performance, the speed difference compared to the other SoCs on other phones. Well maybe not so much on graphical performance, generations ahead in processing power.

[@Talia.777]

Agreed

[@ManuaL46]

@@OAFish Advantages of making everything yourself and making it for specific purposes only, comparing snapdragon soc to Apple is vague cuz apple doesn't have to account for different devices

[@ricknavarro8181]

Yeah I've always been a PC/Android guy due to the horrible value/performance ratio Macs have had, but recently I've been getting into software development and realized I'm completely ignorant to MacOs. I've also been jealous of some exclusive music production software/ wireless midi controller support. The $999 price tag of the Air sold me. its a great machine and I'm honestly impressed. The battery life alone makes this such a joy to relax on my couch and focus on coding.

[@kolaignad6495]

@@ricknavarro8181 I was also a PC/Android guy. Recently switched to the iPhone 12 and I absolutely love it. I'm also in the market for a laptop, but having used PC for 7 years, I am a bit reluctant about getting a Macbook, even though the M1 models are extremely tempting. How was your transition? Did you get used to the OS quite quickly? Would you say that MacOS is better than Windows?

[@CarthagoMike]

This video is a great way to bait either apple-fanboys or apple-haters who don't even watch the video, but just comment based on the title alone.

[@claqyagami6914]

So; the perfect clickbait title?

[@Bawrabawla]

100%

[@hughlevantjames905]

lmao linus one upping the clickbait industry

[@Revaq9]

So you mean it's literally clickbait?

[@tinothankachan1517]

I literally said to myself ," What did they do this time" .

[@Josh-mx3qs]

my wifi: gets faster than 10mpbs me: POGS Linus: laughs in 6000 mbps

[@abrahamgray8004]

Mans predicted the future by two years and new that Apple would be struggling now with sales because, like he said, they couldn’t one up the m1 Mac with m2 and no one’s feeling the need to upgrade to the point they ended production in February for m2.

[@taipizzalord4463]

YEAH its insane people are still recommending the m1 over the m2 MacBook pro

[@jasonRhawt]

The fact that you need a 8core gaming labtop to beat a laptop that is not even for gaming is insane.

[@benbaby100]

I need a computer anyway. Might as well spend it on a new Mac, instead of getting a lab dance

[@ev17dan]

And the gaming laptop is still cheeper...🙄

[@charliewelsh8427]

@@ev17dan It just isn’t. www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-8gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti-512gb-ssd-mica-silver Also, it’s spelled “cheaper”.

[@ev17dan]

@@charliewelsh8427 the mackbok 13" with 8 gig is 1300, get a woppin 256 gig ssd, you can get an omen with 1tb 16gig and 2060, point is you have options but go off king with you spelling big brain

[@thesurvivlist5440]

@@ev17dan but the value of the macbook is better, also your spelling sucks.

[@mRendyIrawan]

You know an Apple product is great when Linus says it’s great.

[@ben-ww7ks]

he doesnt

[@marticztn8493]

@@ben-ww7ks huh?

[@rohithmekala2608]

ben dover ok he did say they are outstanding

[@sadeepweerasinghe]

did he?

[@mRendyIrawan]

@@ben-ww7ks 16:36 “they really are just that good” And if you rewind 10 seconds before that, you’ll hear him say “it’s hard not to recommend these two, they really are just that good”

[@cakeisamadeupdrug6134]

Kind of impressed that this macbook is running Rise of the Tomb Raider at nearly 60 fps, whilst apparently emulating it?

[@6581punk]

It doesn't "emulate it", it reads the executable, processes it and converts the instructions into an ARM native executable which it then saves and runs. Emulation would mean realtime translation without modification of the original code. Also, seeing as this is an Apple custom design, the CPU actually has hardware added to it for compatibility with X86. Probably related to byte order as different CPUs often use different byte orders (little endian, big endian). For example, Motorola and Intel processors always used opposite byte orders and so emulating X86 on a 680x0 based Mac was slow as the CPU spent half the time just flipping bytes around.

[@jonathanodude6660]

@@6581punk some code is emulated, some is converted to native, and some is run through compatibility hardware.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

@@6581punk I think all modern ARMs are already running little endian (ARM allow CPU manufacturer to decide either way). The thing that M1 probably has is ability to switch to similar memory model that x86 uses meaning that memory is automatically syncronized between CPU cores. Generic ARM CPU requires extra instructions to syncronize data between CPU cores and those syncronization instructions are pretty costly. Without that special feature, you cannot translate instructions for multithreaded programs without huge performance loss. Programs originally written for ARM expect the programmer to sort this out - transcompiling from x86 to ARM is harder and I guess Apple has added syncronization in hardware to fix the performance.

[@rachelhendry2984]

Rise is available for OsX.

[@utubekullanicisi]

@@rachelhendry2984 Yes, but only for Intel Macs.

[@diskrisk9145]

THIS is how you keep a preference while still being fair. Linus is the perfect example of a fair judge in todays tech community, nowadays it feels like most people in both sides of the Mac vs PC debate have become tribalistic and LTT is a breath of fresh air in the midst of all that.

[@therino9695]

I most definitely agree. Hearing this further encouraged me to finally get the MacBook Air 2020. I've always been a Windows/Linux guy with an Android phone. But listening to LTT's objective observations on this laptop, it showed me how both sides are good; to elaborate, this showed me that Apple is more than just a brand, but is tech company that can deliver an amazing user experience.

[@evacody1249]

Well he is more into the hardware. The tech channels that are more into the hardware side a more fair in being a judge of tech.

[@regularsteven]

SUMMARY - The big problem is they raised the bar.

[@Link_t.]

Bruh xddd

[@zedrhyx1788]

Not really the problem is where are they going with this

[@tai2691997]

I really feel that the next one with real new designs will be worse than these overall, like less battery. Apple loves *smaller* and *thinner* that it just make them nut

[@kaushalkarthikeyan4547]

@@tai2691997 hope they don't reduce the battery life for the laptop being thinner

[@regularsteven]

@Brendan Rue Fair enough - summary of the clicky-clicky headline, though

[@navneethramesh7422]

*Me and all my homies love Linus meme face wallpaper*

[@whitepirate4098]

Lmao

[@LazySmurf]

Linus’ face is on the back of my iPhone 12 Pro Max and it’s the best looking iPhone on the planet.

[@navneethramesh7422]

@@LazySmurf r/facts

[@blox2542]

Where can I get it

[@dukeseb]

I actually was inspired and did this with my kids face and put it on my wife’s machine to surprise her

[@palestine2795]

I bought the MacBook Pro (16GB with Touch Bar and 1TB of storage) a few weeks ago and have been blown away by the battery life alone. As an example, at the start of this video I checked how long the battery will last (they give an estimate which is incredibly precise. You can find that information in the activity monitor if you press command space and type out 'activity monitor' in the spotlight search) and it was around 10 and a half hours while it was at 54%. At the end of the video I check again, still at 54% but this time with an estimated battery of 11 and a half hours. Best money I have spent this year, hands down. Edit: Spaced out sentences to make it easier to read and as a bonus it makes it look like a less lengthy comment.

[@Wakayams]

Maaaan your title made me all ready to come and yell at Linus about being entirely anti-Apple instead of recognizing how great the M1s are. b a i t e d.

[@sunwooooooo]

Are we not going to talk about how the thumbnail artist made Linus’ hand look so small

[@tyrannus00]

I am pretty sure those are the real size of his hands

[@3katsime]

They had a cameo by Trump

[@Noah-yw5nx]

T-rex 😂

[@pnribo]

came here just to see if i was the only one who spotted this lol

[@desmond-hawkins]

yes... the thumbnail artist, sure.

[@yungjerky]

Why are Linus' hands so TINY in the thumbnail

[@LowDoughTech]

He's secretly a carnie.

[@buddatello]

Teeny tiny

[@numlockkilla]

Baby hands mean baby feet. Hmmm linus you hiding something........

[@13100d]

They forgot to edit the thumbnail like they Deepfake the videos XD

[@Fathom_VTuber]

I hate it. I hate everything about it and I’m disliking the video for creeping me out with his hands

[@pangrac1]

Over 5 years Apple improved their CPUs by 300%, Intel only by 29%. What a shame. 🙈👎

[@sedij2358]

Let's not even get started on their main competition, AMD lol

[@Teluric2]

Shame is selling a 5400 hdd imac in 2019 and 256gb ssd on 2019 macpro.

[@pangrac1]

@@Teluric2 Who is now buyingit when cheapest Mini Mac eated both alive? :D

[@Cockalicious]

@@Teluric2 the fact that you went straight to that just tells me you can't swallow how apple made something good.

[@Lord_Rhoads]

In fairness compared to apple imtel doesn’t have much to change

[@hika9928]

Bought my first macbook a month ago. Upgraded to 16gb ram & 1tb ssd - mainly use for graphic design & video editing. Flawless and totally worth it. No issues with Adobe software at all. Super love this machine!

[@scalpel6096]

Apple clicked on one of those "last longer" ads and struck gold..

[@Vishnukp1]

Noice

[@lolcatpl]

"never mind core i3" Hurts®Inside

[@broklond]

Nice

[@the-real-sachin]

copied

[@lolcatpl]

@@the-real-sachin i know lmao, i copied but better ♥️

[@fakealizer8280]

It's never about who was first, but who did it better

[@Vezon2121]

Never once considered that performance degradation would occur because of a fan. That's really interesting. Making me rethink which one I want.

[@Visualization1]

I'm really interested what browser did you use on the battery test? And I can see it's an KZbin video, so I also want to know what resolution did you play the video on? as you mentioned, some of your test laptops can only display FULL HD.

[@chase1255]

This has somehow made Intel look even worse than it already is even on a video dedicated for Apple. LMAO

[@legatus_newt]

​@The Anonymous Sir Backspace It's not Intel specifically. it's x86/x86-64. Arm is a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing) architecture. It uses less transistors and less power to solve the same problems with the drawback of having less available instructions to do shortcuts in your assembly code (making for more efficient complex operations). Apple has shown that an Arm based processor can absolutely hold it's own performance wise for modern use cases their customers care about and that the difference in power consumption / heat generation in itself a powerful value add. I haven't written assembly since college so someone can correct me on my assembly knowledge if they want.

[@matthewg1851]

@@legatus_newt true

[@user-xr3rb6pn9m]

@@legatus_newt nowadays, CISC vs. RISC is pretty much an outdated classification. x86 "CISC" processors have been translating the incoming x86 instructions into the internal RISC-like instructions since at least Pentium Pro, while ARM "RISC" processors got their SIMD instructions (instructions which allow to process several numbers in one go) similar to x86s SSE and AVX. So, the difference is not really CISC vs RISC but a sheer amount of bloat that x86 instruction set has nowadays. Modern x86 processors have to support thousands of instructions which no one really uses just in order to maintain backwards compatibility with all the x86 processors which have ever existed, starting from the original Intel 8086.

[@dayquantavous3rd]

@The Anonymous Sir Backspace(not a apple nor intel fanboy im just impressed to the m1 mac's) [intel user for over 5 years] the intel cpu's on mac crippled the power of the intel the cooling is shit soo it throttled but i think im going to buy the m1 macbook air in september

[@dr.dolphin9331]

I like how the bigger CPU pillow costs more than my CPU in my PC.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Yeah $70 for a fucking cushion!? Total ripoff.

[@mrsushi1192]

@@FlyboyHelosim he actually clarified why during the WAN show. The alpaca wool is VERY expensive and they were originally going to make it completely out of alpaca wool, but was even more expensive, so they had to settle on a blend of normal polyester and alpaca wool. Linus also knew that the price was still pretty high but wanted to do it anyways. Though, the WAN show viewers went crazy and said they should’ve made the super expensive full alpaca wool pillow and they would’ve bought it lol.

[@8lec_R]

@@FlyboyHelosim you are not a wan show listener... I see Basically the people wanted it, so Linus and his team agreed and they made it

[@MissedMessages]

F

[@FlyboyHelosim]

@@mrsushi1192 Well I'm speechless. It beggars belief that there are people who would waste all that money on this garbage, this year especially. You'd be better off giving the money to the guy down the street who was laid off because of the virus.

[@laskow45]

Would love to see a video about driving two external monitors via DisplayLink on the M1 laptops. Have not been able to find a video longer than a minute on this anywhere out there.

[@CBLMedia]

I bought a M1 MacBook Pro on the 21st Dec. As I feel it’s more clean looking. It’s also very fast.

[@itsjimmm]

The title “mac bad” the video “mac good”

[@nynonimousnynth3844]

Most of his Apple videos of late have been like that

[@HAli7]

@@nynonimousnynth3844 ikr he the AirPods Pro max in the vid, but hates it in the start of the vid

[@middleman3165]

He just made himself look stupid when they made the announcement video and seems to be doubling down.

[@_Aarius_]

I've never been a fan of apple / macs, but this is honestly seriously impressive.

[@tobiasboh3370]

It's a weird throwback to the 80s when Apple was actually exciting for the hardware they pushed and I'm all for it. Computing in the 2010s has become exceedingly stale and this could be a major disruption to the laptop market at the very least.

[@eskimofo9i6]

Agreed. seriously going to get Gen2 for the wife. Microsoft needs to get their shit together

[@msresu]

Nope these are overpriced Sh*ts...just look this small displays...if i want something thin and portable i'll buy a tablet ...if i need power I'll buy HP Spectre series or DELL XPS series

[@Srikar-on9ib]

Their chip designing has been great

[@Blueeey]

@@msresu they aren’t overpriced now

[@Revvenge7]

3:01 lol that wallpaper is what I need now.

[@GavinAnderegg]

"Apple made a BIG mistake" … by making what might be the best computer in its price class?

[@lucassacramento9039]

Also by possibly shooting their feet selling a $1k laptop that’s much faster than their high end MBP.

[@ezraramirez6933]

underrated comment

[@ediodimacaroni]

@@lucassacramento9039 maybe they secretly did it on purpose to sell the m1 even more

[@jeffchastain6202]

@@lucassacramento9039 Which means that the next MBP will be astonishing. It really was a battery issue with Apple and Intel. The 16" MBP that I bought last March had a battery that was the biggest you can take into the cabin of a commercial airliner. Basically a "roadsign" that says "end of the road with Intel".

[@Maciek2846]

Clickbait/wrong title

[@ifly6]

"Apple has a problem" "The problem is that Apple is doing too well!"

[@Zadamanim]

its amazing how well globalists corps can do when they use slave labor

[@CheapBastard1988]

No the problem is the cheaper model is too good compared to the more expensive model (duh).

[@Zadamanim]

@@CheapBastard1988 not based

[@Zadamanim]

@Dylaila jokes on you im using a touch screen -Sent from my iPlantation

[@RX793]

@@Zadamanim Apple used slave labor? Can you point out where and when?

[@SeanKillblane]

Just a suggestion but could you guys make the graphs and tables interactive when Linus is talking about one CPU or whatever? I have a hard time following which one he is referencing when going over all the scores since what he says doesn’t actually match the graph/axis label. Like if he mentions CPU B is better than A for a particular test then the bars for CPU B changes color or has a glowing effect so we can follow along better while the graphs are read and explained. Thanks. Thanks for the likes and support guys. I’m glad I’m not alone.

[@robroberts2064]

Great comment. I keep going back to look at the graphs and correlate what he's talking about.

[@lucashippityhoppity1040]

Yeessssssss

[@arfyness]

Even just a little arrow would be a HUGE improvement. These graphs fly by so quick it's a significant cognitive load to simultaneously read the title/test, the scores, the products, and also listen to the information dense audio ... all in a few seconds.

[@moraleza5141]

absolutely

[@haze1258]

Great idea hope they implement it

[@dubbynelson]

This is the first time I've actively wanted to purchase a new MacBook. Right before these things were unveiled, I was looking around for a good ARM-based laptop. Unfortunately, there sort of weren't any. So when I heard about this I was obviously blown away.

[@asdesteve]

this is true, i have the macbook pro with the m1 i don’t charge it until 3-4 days , why? around day 3 it’s in like 40%. these new macs are amazing , i recommend them

[@swammydev]

Who would've imagined this happening... Linus himself suggesting apple macbooks. Apple really outdid themselves this time.

[@Dominus_Potatus]

hate it or love it, Apple M1 Macbook is offering great value

[@mathisbuilder]

@@Dominus_Potatus Yeah, seems like they changed from the super overpriced computer it was with intel

[@nickd7935]

@NaN.......was that not obvious?

[@sorvex9]

Seems like Linus is having a hard time adjusting himself to Apple creating good products.

[@gerhardsmith7892]

@@Dominus_Potatus For over 1000 dollars you would be getting a good graphics card with the competition, why is people acting like this is a great value?

[@aa6x_x]

We want “Big Linus” wallpaper

[@walidfakhfakh3660]

It's not that big light is not 17 how's it going unlocked cheap said to have to go back to the preview the Apple my house and get out of it is still nice ride to go find this is about to not ready to go back to work including my shoes in the demise of my feet

[@altra972]

@@walidfakhfakh3660 yes

[@cipmylo6919]

@@walidfakhfakh3660 yes

[@andrive]

@@walidfakhfakh3660 yes

[@swmedianz]

@@walidfakhfakh3660 English please

[@Somethingwithgeography]

Right when you talked about the battery life my laptop went in battery saver mode

[@Tech-geeky]

One must think... "How long a battery do you need ?" At one point "saver mode" muse less useful... 10 hours for me n plenty.. and 15-20 hours would be insane...however, we always demand for more. I beehive we'll hit that limit eventually... It's not here yet, but it will be someday.

[@heroninja1125]

@@Tech-geeky It will probably be like phones, eventually the battery life will reach a point where it can last all day/almost all day on a single charge. And then nobody will want more out of it, and will simply want it to maintain that kind of battery life while doing all sorts of other small upgrades.

[@Puw1ng]

I've been preaching this to myself everytime i see a macbook review. I'll print an "Intel outside" logo and stick in on the back of my macbook when i get one this year.

[@htetnaing9597]

Bruh xD

[@Puw1ng]

@@htetnaing9597 yes

[@Cockalicious]

@@Puw1ng I'll put "windows vista incapable" on mine

[@BasselMakhlouf]

Linus: "Apple BIG mistake!" Also Linus: "GOTCHA.. They're awesome!"

[@pattmyn]

I wish I could both like and hate this comment for obvious reasons.

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

We’ve been bamboozled!

[@peterpan408]

Overly positive reviews are suspicious.. However he made this for Apple users.. so it suits the target audience.

[@XTony64]

Clickbait title with clickbait video thumbnail. Nothing new from this channel honestly.

[@HuyNguyen-ll9gz]

@@XTony64 you know this was posted 2 months ago and you don’t know what this channel is

[@jayshrijain6486]

Just imagine the battery life if apple puts a chip as efficient as the M1 in the MBP 16

[@Itseightysix]

Money grab apple , why would they release this a months to a year after the 16 inch mannnnnn

[@AustinRoss]

It's coming. The M1X is rumored to be around the corner in 2021 with 8 High power cores and 4 High efficiency Cores.

[@Itseightysix]

@@AustinRoss might as well wait out my new m 16inch lol till the wheels fall off

[@AustinRoss]

@@Itseightysix Honestly, I'm really considering ditching my 2019 16" i9 the moment the 16" M1X comes out...

[@Itseightysix]

@@AustinRoss same bro , im satisfied with it completely but the fan noise is annoying

[@ManuelBogner]

Had a m1 pro and was impressed by performance and battery life for the heavy workload I put on it. But being limited to only one external screen and non properly working docker made me return it and wait for the successor. Fingers crossed that there will be a 32gb version with more supported screens and that docker will work properly on m1 then.

[@brothermichael8338]

I remember stumbling across linus when I was building my first PC... A decade ago! Look how much you've grown man! Congrats!

[@l.lawliet557]

1:43 it shocks me every single time I see these numbers, when I have less than 1% of this speed

[@Taz_Olson]

I have less than 0.1%, their numbers don't seem possible

[@hilal_younus]

Mines about 1.5% of that , but I have 4 users in my home :/

[@mycro2767]

Where do you live? I get 10gbps for 100 p/m, if I had labor’s NBN

[@87togabito]

Could be the number of devices you have simultaneously connected. I had those numbers when I did a reset of my router, and saw about 900 (which is to be fair still not that full 1gbps promised by the ISP). But after I reconnected all smart devices like TVs and lights, it dropped back to a pathetic 400. So check your router. It’s usually that

[@flameshana9]

@@87togabito Your lights are using that much bandwidth? Constantly? That doesn't sound right.

[@monawoka97]

This is the first time I've ever considered getting a macbook honestly.

[@GraylightSynes]

They're genuinely great machines. Just geared toward different workflows.

[@UlzYT]

Same but I have a Chromebook already and the only thing I use it for is school so I should be all good

[@6581punk]

I just moved away from Apple as the lack of expandability is annoying and the OS sucks. I stuck with it for about 11 years as Microsoft were going through a bad patch. But Windows is more responsive, Explorer is better than Finder which even Mac users say is a load of rubbish. There was literally nothing I liked about the experience any more. I now have to use OSX for my job and in a corporate setting it sucks even more there as well, the company has loads of add-on pieces of software to get it to work well in a commercial setting. To use a network account and have it sync with OSX etc.. Nothing can make me go back to Apple, not even greater performance (which will be short lived, the competition will heat up).

[@murphicus]

@@6581punk ...Uhhh huhhh huhhh...he said heat up!

[@mskiptr]

Yeah, me to. I'm just waiting for native Linux, cause I finally moved away from one proprietary mess so don't want to get into another - even more walled-gardened one!

[@iielysiumx5811]

If Linus is recommending macs over PCs then these things must be really good

[@DN-lo9hx]

I'm a Debian & Windows 10 user looking at my options for a mobile workstation. I spend most of my time developing desktop apps in C/Cpp, writing small scale embedded C projects, and digitally painting. The MacBook looks like a somewhat viable option, do any of you with similar workloads have a helpful opinion on this?

[@walord2004]

Everything talking about apple’s “mistake” Me: *I have never seen such godly internet speed figures before*

[@HAli7]

Modern problems call for modern solutions

[@DarthTechwarrior]

interneal server 10 gb test. But ASITLL WOWW

[@cjaysebastian2110]

I was like °0°

[@abdelwahabnassim6281]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHvMenyEiambn5o

[@dooder9612]

Its nit the computer, just buy a monthly optic internet plan and you will hit 999/ like me

[@ninline2000]

I never dreamed they could turn this around like they did. Apparently they were doing something behind the scenes instead of just milking the current tech.

[@ohiec1131]

they have always stayed ahead in the performance criteria, starting from the iPhones. it's just that they have their own way of doing things unlike the rest of the competition.

[@TheMatschmen]

yeah switching from cisc to risc... apparently its that easy ^-^

[@KrishnaAdettiwar]

They never milked current tech. They’ve always been ahead of the curve but generally PC enthusiasts never understood the appeal because these machines were never targeted towards that market and those people. Anyone who isn’t an enthusiast and is an actual tech journalist or computer scientist understands Apple’s dominant place in the market and how it leads it

[@ninline2000]

@@KrishnaAdettiwar Their hardware was abysmal before this change. The only reason to buy a Mac computer was the OS. That's why people jumped through hoops to build Hackintosh computers instead of paying more for an anemic Mac. I'm amazed by the new Macs but the last few years they made crap. I still own a 2012 15" MBP, one of the last Macs to still be reasonably competitive.

[@trashandchaos]

@@KrishnaAdettiwar Inclined to agree on all their other stuff but intel macs have had real problems with thermal throttling among other things for a long time. This has clearly been a long term, well thought out plan of theirs though and it's 100% paying dividends.

[@Phat_trick910]

Now apple has defeated “the best Gaming processor in the world”

[@francoismurrell4604]

Only in single core performance, this is not indicative of being faster overall as more than one core is used at a time

[@connectedr]

Single core matters the most in games, and 4 high performance cores are enough

[@Tech-geeky]

A computing cable running games Any game, does NOT make t a gaming machine...Developers running Amiga 500 in 1991-92 most of games.. but no one would ever cal the Amiga 'a games machine', not even me, and i used to own one.

[@heroninja1125]

@@connectedr I don't think this is 2007 anymore. Ironically intel was the one that started the "single core is what matters, 4 cores is as much as you will need" But its been years of AMD making really good 6-8 core processors and almost the entire industry has made that their new standard. Sometimes even higher core counts.

[@lukakoprivica]

Finaly a clear explanation of M1. Bravo!

[@FazalFariz]

If Linus recommends an apple product, it’s undoubtedly good.

[@AlexandrKovalenko]

No, just means that Apple spends a lot of money on advertising. I've noticed hundreds of almost word-to-word reviews of this M1 around. And all of them sound like a marketing BS.

[@KarrasBastomi]

@@AlexandrKovalenko what? Linus didnt get review package from Apple. He paid for it. Why would he does free advertising?

[@pipoluca]

@@AlexandrKovalenko Man just accept it. Apple did something good, you can't always win.

[@sentfromheaven00]

@@AlexandrKovalenko why would apple pay him for this if they tried to sue him😐

[@robertt9342]

@Luca . Some people just think that everything is a conspiracy. It's more likely that every reviewer challenges the claim by Apple and mentions similar thoughts because their results of testing are the same.

[@EposVox]

This could DEFINITELY be my "forever laptop" moving forward. Just hoping to wait for a gen 2

[@dyip-vb1wl]

You're switching to macOS?

[@Websurger]

I still have a 2015 Macbook Pro, so I'd miss the ports, but it's starting to show it's age for sure. Whenever Gen 2 releases, it'd be the perfect timing for a new laptop.

[@chick2d231]

@@Websurger You could always just use a dongle if you really needed it.

[@8lec_R]

@@dyip-vb1wl I'm guessing just for writing and browsing the web. I don't think he'll be ditching his PC anytime soon. Hey, if I had the money, I'd too buy 2nd gen macbooks for media consumption. And nothing else.

[@DarkPa1adin]

I need ports on both left and right!

[@sangun123]

man the touchsceen is such a split affair lmfao, i for one see no real reason to include it as not having used a laptop with a touch screen it's not very intuitive for me, but maybe it's something that once i have and get used to, i can't live without

[@TheBlueJimmy]

I am still using my 2015 MacBook pro and this is tempting me to upgrade but I would really like a touchscreen on there, and since it can run iPad apps it makes sense to add one.

[@bright5801]

at this point its a fight between apple and amd, don't even mention intel

[@MarksterC]

Yikes

[@qupeter1224]

base on davewd review, in xcode, seem like m1 is destroying mac pro and 3990x with mac os. apple optimization is the real deal.

[@kazioo2]

The irony is Intel now has a better iGPU than AMD.

[@nickd7935]

@@mikeycrackson the third irony is..... uh..... something something still stuck on skylake? XD

[@ivangh94]

whats an intel?

[@menesun]

Listening to Linus' good thoughts about an Apple product feels different

[@Rockmaster867]

You can be sure it is a good product when he gives a recommendation for it.

[@electricsnut]

Think Different.

[@realcartoongirl]

you auto sucka

[@menesun]

@@Rockmaster867 yeah i know it. in fact, it surprised me that Apple is selling a really good product that is not very expensive.

[@CirqueAlvis]

Thonk Dofforont

[@BERNARJE]

Will you make the video of improvements on the thermal on the MacBook Air?

[@gimmickmusic8827]

While the performance isn’t quite there for my use case, it’s likely due to the lack of native ARM support in the apps that I use. But the performance that you get out of these with the level of power efficiency is insane.

[@jasonthesnow]

This is definitely the most clickbait title in a while

[@tcideh4929]

Good, screw apple haters, so pointless and silly to hate or love one or the other.

[@gheetza14]

@@tcideh4929 A P P L Y

[@andibrema]

@@tcideh4929 we're gonna apply some screws to those damn haters

[@MrRinre]

Lmao this is how you get the views baby ... Watch and learn

[@blink182bfsftw]

Hate the constant clickbait. Remember when ltt used to be good?

[@98mahin]

It’s very weird hearing Linus be impressed with apple lol

[@meta7gear]

His original take was a dumpster fire

[@praticle]

@@meta7gear What was it?

[@ihave7sacks]

Linus is often impressed with Apple, he uses Apple computers, phones and watches . . . Why do poeple always say he doesn't like Apple? Being critical doesn't mean he hates them.

[@enkidoodoo]

@@ihave7sacks projections, probably

[@MusicThrower]

​@@meta7gear Why do people keep saying this? He had an issue with Apple's marketing claims because the graphs they showed were vague and meaningless at best. Maybe you guys don't watch LTT enough but he constantly praises Apple for many things especially recently (Airpods Pro / iPhones / iPad to name a few).

[@supergrizzidentity]

I just bought a pro as my first personal Mac. I was looking at Macs so I could have an easier time figuring out how to code in Swift for iOS, then I saw how cool these new chips are

[@muhammadawais472]

Bought the MBA m1 for video editing and aftereffects and I'm just amazed by the performance.

[@De4thsCh1ld]

8 or 16gb?

[@muhammadawais472]

@@De4thsCh1ld 8

[@asdf51501]

Can't wait to see what Apple does with their silicon in higher end 16" MBPs and iMacs. And maybe they could do a higher end Mini...?

[@jpfidalgo7]

That would be great... but they probably will reserve that for the iMac and Mac Pro adn not the Mini... dunno... the 16" we'll have to wait and see....

[@arunsm]

Woahh, MBP 16 is going to change the bar for higher-end laptops forever.

[@florian_d]

@@jpfidalgo7 they will have an 8core (M1) an 12 core, 20core, and a 36Core chip

[@aaronao1]

If we can leverage the GPU horsepower on the macbooks for .. windows ... gaming.. MBPs are going to take over the entire high end laptop-space.

[@Spector_NS5_RD]

Sitting here patiently waiting for the updated Mx MBP 16".....😳😳😳🥺🥺🥺

[@mrwonder8470]

So the M1 pro has a battery that last 7hrs longer than the air. That’s crazy.

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

Yeah. I would’ve expected the opposite to happen.

[@horaels]

Spoopy Scary Skelebones While in the past they had different chipsets, they now have the same, with 4 low-consumption core, and a better battery in the MPB M1.

[@HenryStClair-yv2ws]

The pros battery is crazy I almost never bring my charger anywhere now

[@dmt99vn]

@@HenryStClair-yv2ws any chance to disable the Fan ( is it noisy )

[@HenryStClair-yv2ws]

@@dmt99vn I’m not sure...

[@zachbudnick1641]

I always go with the bigger storage I have music for a couple of months once through and my grandmother has thousands of pictures

[@ResoluteMujigae]

I honestly do not like the new OS style in the modern macOS. It somehow causes my iMac to start up really slowly, but the only reason I updated was that some apps are no longer supported on Catalina. One thing I noticed on Monterey was that the screen savers don't work properly with my favorite pictures (I didn't bother trying out Big Sur).

[@vanhalenbr]

Ok If even Linus is praising Apple. This things should be really good.

[@ChrisTrades263]

The speedtest literally called all of us broke

[@mtf1911]

Thanks for the reviews. Which 2020 model would you Recc below? Appreciate the help! 1. MBA - $1259 8/8 Core 16GB unified memory 1TB SSD1 2. MBP - $1295 8/8 Core 16GB unified memory 512GB SSD1

[@jasonjansen9974]

Got the m1 macbook pro love it battery life is insane! Would recommend for sure

[@sadieangelina]

Title: Apple made a BIG mistake Content: Shows advantages of MacBook

[@Matchleader]

They do this because a video gets more views if it talks trash about apple because of tons of sheeproids and apple haters flooding youtube

[@allrimmedout]

because the actual main viewers that watch his videos, knows Apple has a small market that they actually win in. the other side just doesn't know any better to think different.

[@AlejandroLZuvic]

Apple created a big problem FOR THEMSELVES. Linus says these new MacBooks are so good Apple will have a hard time coming up with something better.

[@Russ0107]

@@Matchleader Sheeproids? Jesus tell me you didn't just say that.

[@Matchleader]

@@Russ0107 yeah, it’s a made up word by myself for an equivalent similar to iSheep 😂

[@brianbestmusic]

God watching that internet speedtest made me cry. 😫

[@MarksterC]

nut

[@PineJayForge]

His bill is probably at least 50 times yours, though

[@heckyes]

It's really only useful for the average pc user when downloading games. It's not like every website/service will give you 10gbit. I have gbit fiber and the web doesn't feel any faster for me than it did when I had 300mbit cable. The only big difference I've noticed is that download games off steam is very very very fast.

[@rams7726]

You mentioned needing to have the additional RAM if I wanted mine to last more than a couple years. £200 is a lot of money for some extra ram but now I have a slight bit of buyers remorse. I shouldn’t be doing anything to heavy on it anyway and have a powerful pc to do heavy lifting. Do you think I should return it for a higher ram model?

[@urexcerpts]

I know bigger is better, but would you recommend the 16gb memory over the 8gb memory, due to possible warm-out, my use of this would be for video editing and photo work? Please advise (anybody)!

[@danfelbm]

So the Apple problem is that... they are doing too well?...

[@jeffthegamerboy3476]

Suffering from success.

[@_sparrowhawk]

Don’t ask Linux that question. This has been settled for weeks.

[@Steph.98114]

there is an argument to this, when companies do too well they become lazy and stop innovating, just look at intel who has now be caught with their guard down by apple and amd.

[@GamingWO-]

@@Steph.98114 I think the main thing is more of a “what the fuck are they going to do for next year?” more than anything else

[@sidhammer9461]

@@GamingWO- I mean it’s definitely a clickbait title. Linus’ initial critiques and skepticism were blown way out of proportion, and he’s trolling a bit with the title. He has to be fully aware that this is just the very beginning of what will almost certainly be a whole series of game changing, class-upending, industry disrupting computers. These are just the warmup act. I can’t wait for a MBP 16” with a M1X (or M2), or a Mac Mini Pro with 4 ports, 32GB RAM (or even better, 64GB🤞🏼). I currently run my 2017 maxed out 15” mostly docked at my desk in a Henge vertical dock with an eGPU, dual monitors, a thunderbolt RAID, and a thunderbolt hub... all off the two cables running into the Henge. But I may go Mac Mini if (when) the four port option arrives. My 15” will have lost so much resale value, that I’ll probably sell it and buy a 13” M1 for on the go stuff (when the need for that returns). Exciting times to be a Mac user!

[@shanehixson6706]

I have never been an Apple guy, but these new Macbooks and the iphone 12 mini has got me thinking I could switch.

[@jSyndeoMusic]

I’ve got an M1 MacBook Air and an iPhone 12 mini, and I love both. I say go for it! There’s a 14-day return window in case it’s not a good fit for you.

[@TheWorldEnd2]

Dont be fooled by the performance. Software support, expandability and compatability is ABYSMAL. You also get locked into the Apple ecosystem and will have to dish out more and more money for every issue you face

[@jSyndeoMusic]

@@TheWorldEnd2 Not sure what you’re talking about. It’s been surprisingly zippy for me, and I personally haven’t encountered any Rosetta incompatibilities (although I’m sure there are some; I don’t think AVX is supported). It’s markedly faster for most tasks (read: single-core) than my 16 core Threadripper desktop, which now mostly gathers dust since I got this MacBook Air. Don’t throw out your dedicated-GPU gaming PC, but the M1 is not only surprisingly competent, but is pretty awesome in many regards. Also, I’ve been using Macs since 2002, and I’m not sure what you’re talking about about having to dish out more and more money for issues. In fact, the two times I’ve had demonstrable hardware issues over the years, I’ve taken it to the Apple Store and they gave me a free replacement. Didn’t even need AppleCare (so maybe I got lucky twice?). They’re well-built machines. You don’t have to like the lack of expandability, you don’t have to like macOS, but they are objectively well-built machines.

[@nelsonnguyen4811]

@@TheWorldEnd2 I think it’s funny when people bring up expandability for laptops. No one upgrades their internals for the laptops after they buy it. FEW enthusiasts might add ram or SSD. But even then...

[@Logan_93]

@@nelsonnguyen4811 Are you joking? Lmao. You can tell you're an apple kid. That is objectively wrong, what you just said.

[@WarriorsPhoto]

I gotta say I respect Linus' videos about Apple. I agree 100% that the next leap better be even more amazing. Which it more than likely will be. I am still blown away how many people call Linus an Apple hater. Would anyone care to comment?

[@davidcarney4602]

I love your segue into teasing the commercials Linus you are the man

[@kristophertadlock779]

This is the best "all arounder" laptop by far on the market. Incredible. I have never seriously considered getting a macbook until now.

[@AustinRoss]

Join the dark side >: )

[@KaizenOz]

I bought a base m1 air because it was on sale during Black Friday. Very happy with it!

[@yunleung2631]

@@AustinRoss praise Steve!

[@AustinRoss]

@@yunleung2631 now you just made it awkward... like saying praise the emp after RotJ

[@yunleung2631]

@@AustinRoss I sill worship steve.

[@Natalietrans]

I stole this comment but AMD: prepare for trouble Apple: and make it double

[@DmanLucky_98]

Wallet:Not so fast

[@initiativisk]

Nateman1000 intel: I burst my bubble

[@yunleung2631]

Apple's only going to make chips for themselves lmao.

[@eduu729]

@@yunleung2631 Yeah but Apple was a very important client for Intel

[@yunleung2631]

@@eduu729 oh? In volume?

[@kendrickchee]

you gotta love linus' segue ways hahahaha

[@Dani98664]

13:58 happy to announce that you were completely right and Apple did just drop a 14 in macbook pro with those features.

[@thebeestisone]

A day came where linus is giving heads up to apple on almost all fields. Should I be worried that its linus and not Anthony?

[@Aereto]

Repair technicians despair when macbooks gain in popularity. Cold comfort that Mac users bleed more cash than PC users, since Mac users have to buy a new computer (by Apple's recommendation) each time they upgrade or replace a part while a PC user just buys the part and swaps them.

[@32gigs96]

@@Aereto "swapping parts" shouldnt be necessary. its crazy that ppl have to upgrade just to keep up with chrome every year.

[@AurumFaber]

@@32gigs96 ram upgrade? For video editing?

[@cortzetroc]

@@Aereto Quite the contrary, less tech support issues over time, and higher resale value at the end of life can make it more cost effective depending on the scale. IBM started transitioning their entire workforce to iMac's in ~2015 and has mentioned that they have saved more than $500 per mac deployed in the past 4 years. And also able to reduce IT staffing from 20 to 7 people to manage 200,000 macs. edit: just realized you're probably referring to repair shops like louis, nvm the above then

[@mohit_panjwani]

@@Aereto how're you comparing it to a pc user and not an exclusive laptop user? You can ONLY upgrade the RAM and we all saw what kind of service dell provides in secret shopper. So with apple care +, you are GUARANTEED to use it for atleast 2 years.

[@realgoose]

It’s almost like the “Apple Tax” was actually an “Intel Tax”

[@branor04]

not really :/ risc is just better for most tasks.

[@OneOriginalMind]

@SEBASTIAN CORSINI I wonder if that cost includes soldering the additional RAM, or rather saying 8GB is enough and if you need more, you can afford more

[@RandomUser2401]

@SEBASTIAN CORSINI a decent 8GB RAM Stick is north of $60

[@realgoose]

@SEBASTIAN CORSINI also, the memory in the M1 chip isn’t equal to the memory found in our PC dimms. Apple is integrating the memory so the CPU and GPU cores have equal access. Not saying it’s worth $200. But you literally can’t get it anywhere. There’s no analog currently to compare it.

[@jbtech1345]

@SEBASTIAN CORSINI Fitting a 8gb stick on such a small Soc would be very difficult.

[@smoessmee]

Glad to hear they're good, we're due to upgrade our work Macs to the pro (whenever they're delivered) so it'll be nice to work on something good :)

[@aaquibattawala6051]

Bought the M1 MBP in March performance and efficiency of the battery is just amazing !!!!