Every air I have had however, has overheated and become slow (within a month or two of ownership), love the thought of it... hope its better now?!
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MacBook Air or PRO?
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Seems to be significantly better in basically every way, shape and form.
Well except shape and form, those are the same as last year ?
Smart of Apple to go with an MBA with the binned 7 core GPU, allowing them to get the most out of the 5nm process yield, and if the A12X vs A12Z performance differences are anything to go by, they will have almost artificially created a price tier for themselves for virtually nothing. I think I might sell my 2017 BTO 27” iMac for a maxed out Mac mini and make some money while increasing performance.
Surprised we’re not talking more about USB4 and Wifi 6 - that is pretty awesome for the MBA and entry level MBP!
The 4 Port 13” MBP will never go over to the M1. I bet the M1X will be the 8+4 12 core CPU SoC with 12 GPU cores and up to 32GB of system RAM that will go into the new 14” and 16” MBP as well as the iMacs in bout 6 months time. There probably won’t be an M2 until earliest Autumn 2021, when the 27” iMac and/or iMac Pro will get the ASi treatment.
This release really has met the hype expectations as far as performance is concerned. I am so ready to see what the raw bench numbers are and see YouTubers have their go at it all. Will be very interesting to see how the MBA and MBP compare in Cinebench-type testing, under sustained load. Will definitely influence my decision to go either way.
But like I said, I’ll go for the little desktop that could for now! M1 Mac mini here I come!
Surprised we’re not talking more about USB4 and Wifi 6 - that is pretty awesome for the MBA and entry level MBP!
The 4 Port 13” MBP will never go over to the M1. I bet the M1X will be the 8+4 12 core CPU SoC with 12 GPU cores and up to 32GB of system RAM that will go into the new 14” and 16” MBP as well as the iMacs in bout 6 months time. There probably won’t be an M2 until earliest Autumn 2021, when the 27” iMac and/or iMac Pro will get the ASi treatment.
This release really has met the hype expectations as far as performance is concerned. I am so ready to see what the raw bench numbers are and see YouTubers have their go at it all. Will be very interesting to see how the MBA and MBP compare in Cinebench-type testing, under sustained load. Will definitely influence my decision to go either way.
But like I said, I’ll go for the little desktop that could for now! M1 Mac mini here I come!
Decided to order the MacBook Air as it's more than enough for my needs. Currently using a 10 year old MacBook Pro that is on its last legs.
Ordered the base spec 13" Pro with ASi.
MusicMagpie giving me £550 for my 2020 Air. Works out around £670 so that'll do.
MusicMagpie giving me £550 for my 2020 Air. Works out around £670 so that'll do.
What does this mean (for a non-tech person like me)? Also anyone have any ideas of what 7 vs 8 core GPU will mean in real life usage for the average user?
Apple has already stated that Windows is not supported because there will be no more Bootcamp or Windows VM.
Not a good comparison. You can't use a device that runs a limited OS such iOS vs. a Mac that runs a major OS that supports their top Mac Pro.
Probably very little - If the A12X (7 core GPU) vs A12Z (8 core GPU) is anything to go by. About a 12% difference in GPU performance maybe? Comparison
im curious why apple disable 1 gpu core for the base Macbook air and for the other macbook air placed all 8 gpu cores...
Just to justify the money upgrade ?!
I bet there’s still Windows VMs via Parallels - they’ve been testing a version already.
That’s the pre-tax price via education store. With tax it’s £1304.40.
Yes, Microsoft will be happy to sell to us their arm windows10 license
Probably next year for sure
Interesting. I'd expect that unless you change what software you're loading you'll have the same experience.
I'd suggest looking for the culprits in Activity Monitor - what tasks are showing the most cpu usage, memory usage, and energy impact?
FWIW - my 2020 Air purchase in April is as fast and silent now as it was when I bought it.
Thanks and my first question was about the literal meaning of the bins, yields
I hate that I'm in the market for a laptop, the macbook air without a fan sounds nice in paper, but is it too soon to tell how well it works, I kinda want to go for a tried and tested thing like the macbook pro 13", it just cant perform worse than the intel based version and no one had complains about the perfomance or heat on that model.
I just hate having to buy a macbook pro 13" knowing that probably by spring we'll se a 14" redesign, also I have to pay over 200 euros to get 8 more gb of ram?! Damn you apple
I just hate having to buy a macbook pro 13" knowing that probably by spring we'll se a 14" redesign, also I have to pay over 200 euros to get 8 more gb of ram?! Damn you apple
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I'd also like to know. Does Apple normally have a holiday return period like other retailers? I'd love to have 2 months to get to know it instead of 2 weeks.
I figured it out - it's always been "when you receive it" -- so almost anyone ordering even right now will likely be covered by this years holiday return policy.
It convinced me to keep my order. I want more time than normal given the major change here
Ah yes, that’s the price I’m seeing via the education store too! I was liking the pre-tax price ?
Now the question is, MPA(512) for £1300 or MBP(256) for £1340 ?
Touchbar / Silent
16G / 16G
2TB / 2TB
8 graphics cores / 7 or 8 graphics cores
sustained fast / fast
$200 more / the usual
2 ports / 2 ports
Just thanking me lucky star they don't have a 4TB option, I just bought an iPad ??
16G / 16G
2TB / 2TB
8 graphics cores / 7 or 8 graphics cores
sustained fast / fast
$200 more / the usual
2 ports / 2 ports
Just thanking me lucky star they don't have a 4TB option, I just bought an iPad ??