Late 2020 M1 Air/Pro adopters - feeling vindicated after today?

[thadoggfather]

The 2021 iPad Pro's getting a M1 drop in, and the 24" redesign iMac.

I wasn't ever not feeling vindicated, the late 2020 M1 Air is a quantum leap from my quad core early 2020 i5 Air, in battery thermals and performance and I like the P3 screen too, but...

Feels like I've been ahead of the curve if anything

And I didn't compromise on waiting for a high end Pro or redesign Pro either, since I don't feel like shelling out just under $2k for all the bells and whistles. But of course always curious to see what that brings later in the year

 

[robco74]

Personally, I'm still holding out for more GPU cores and a larger display. I haven't regretted that decision, even after today. There is always something new on the horizon.

 

[mgymnop]

If I would use my Mac only for internet and social media maybe. But for what I do for work the iPad is still a joke.

 

[sentinels1121]

Just bought a refurbished MBA M1 with 512GB HD and 16GB RAM. Can’t wait to have it in hand.

 

[ADGrant]

Personally I am feeling vindicated having bought 2020 27" iMac last year but I am sure the M1 Mini buyers are happy they did not wait.

 

[thadoggfather]

Personally I am feeling vindicated having bought 2020 27" iMac last year but I am sure the M1 Mini buyers are happy they did not wait.

The swan song 2020 27" will have its place imo

even though I think 24" is a 21.5" replacement and the 27" successor is MIA / TBA

 

[Ningj]

Very happy with my M1 Mini (16/512G) for the time being and will no doubt pass it along to the missus to replace her old MBP 13" when a shiny / faster / bigger option comes along Hopefully a power mini with a few more usb-c ports

 

[the8thark]

Apple has not released anything Si high end apart from the iPad Pro.
So there's nothing to be worried about. Those of us who ant mid/high end Si Macs jsut have to wait a little longer.

 

[Internaut]

Well Apple provided a complete, working solution with very little to worry about. What limitations that did exist (e.g. virtualisation, Boot Camp and so on) were communicated clearly by Apple and their partners, so very few buyers would have had nasty surprises. Within a day or so of buying it, that M1 MBA (bought with a bonus form beloved employer) went from being a curiosity purchase to my main 'puter.

 

[Pugly]

With all these Macs(and iPad) having the same M1... the M1 Air was the right call. It just seems a really good value, as far as macs are concerned. You get the same performance as iMac, Mac mini and MacBook Pro... (technically in can thermally throttle... in practice it doesn't even get close)... in a Mac that I was finally able to spec up to 1TB without being outside my price range. Now I see more of Apple's strategy, the M1 Air is really an ideal computer for me.

I think the only thing that will make Macs different in the future is the design and screen technologies. All Macs will be really capable computers going forward, and the entry model will be a great product.

It'll be interesting to see what the next tier of Apple Silicon Macs will have. It's pretty clear Apple is going to create a hard distinction between entry level Macs and Pro level Macs.