Took delivery of my new M1 MBA last week Thursday and have now had it for over a week and so far so good, have to say I am incredibly happy with this machine, especially using it with my iPad Pro with the Side Car feature, truly impressive.
The last time I had a MBA was back in 2018 when I had a 2015 i5 MBA, even though it was not a powerful machine I was so happy with it due to the incredible keyboard and software experience, as my work mostly requires the usage of online platforms and some Excel and Powerpoint, it was perfect.
I got the M1 as I plan on doing a lot of web browsing, social media, lite bits of video editing for my YouTube channel on iMovie and also using it for work/side projects I want to do, once again none of them need anything super powerful, mostly online platform based along with some MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint stuff now and then.
So far it has handled everything I throw at it very well, I also love how small, lite and compact it is, truly is just right for me. The battery life of this machine is also really great compared to my work Dell Core i5 which constantly has its fan on, lol. The M1 MBA barely gets warm with the same usage.
The only thing that I have not liked is using Google Chrome initially, but after playing around with settings it seems to be fine, I mostly use Safari + Wipr combo on my Apple devices anyway and it is working beautifully on the M1 MBA.
Not quite sure when support for this device will end, but given how well it is running on MacOS Sonoma, I am guessing it should be good for a few more years where I will then reassess if I need something more powerful or just another standard MBA to replace this one.
Overall, truly spectacular device by Apple here, wish I had bought it sooner actually, lol!
Anyone else still using an M1 MBA here? How are you finding it?
The last time I had a MBA was back in 2018 when I had a 2015 i5 MBA, even though it was not a powerful machine I was so happy with it due to the incredible keyboard and software experience, as my work mostly requires the usage of online platforms and some Excel and Powerpoint, it was perfect.
I got the M1 as I plan on doing a lot of web browsing, social media, lite bits of video editing for my YouTube channel on iMovie and also using it for work/side projects I want to do, once again none of them need anything super powerful, mostly online platform based along with some MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint stuff now and then.
So far it has handled everything I throw at it very well, I also love how small, lite and compact it is, truly is just right for me. The battery life of this machine is also really great compared to my work Dell Core i5 which constantly has its fan on, lol. The M1 MBA barely gets warm with the same usage.
The only thing that I have not liked is using Google Chrome initially, but after playing around with settings it seems to be fine, I mostly use Safari + Wipr combo on my Apple devices anyway and it is working beautifully on the M1 MBA.
Not quite sure when support for this device will end, but given how well it is running on MacOS Sonoma, I am guessing it should be good for a few more years where I will then reassess if I need something more powerful or just another standard MBA to replace this one.
Overall, truly spectacular device by Apple here, wish I had bought it sooner actually, lol!
Anyone else still using an M1 MBA here? How are you finding it?