Thanks for the replies, I still use my 64gb ssd drive that came with the late 2010 macbook air and have no need for more than 265 gb on a notebook. I just wish we knew what apps that work on an ipad would work on the M1 macbooks, then i would defiantly purchase on, silver.
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So are you happy with your new M1 Mac?
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What are you doing with your new Mac, thus far?I'll get there
It's all good fun!
Only browsing at the moment, apart from attempted re-installs.
But apart from the obvious I'm quite enjoying it
Compared to my Early-2015 13inch MBP base model the M1 MBP is a big leap. But, the battery is not exactly what the reviewers had me believe to be. That's a bit let down.
Glad you got used to the screen, I know it was a worry at the start.
The results of the poll are quite encouraging for the M1 so far, nice to see.
Three days to go, three days to go, la la la la la la la, three days to go 😆
Really looking forward to it, I'm a bit surprised the excitement hasn't worn off yet, especially with the amount I'm reading and watching regarding it.
See, this is the more realistic kind of viewpoint I like. While most people are busy comparing it to the current generation Intel machines, which y'know fair enough, we're all interested in that as well.
But for me, it's going to be the jump from an older system which is the more realistic, what many of us will be doing.
I'll be jumping from a late 2015 i5 27" Retina 5K, I've benchmarked it. While benchmarks aren't the be all and end all, the M1 blows the ass of my iMac, so I'm looking forward to that jump in performance.
this is my first mac machine, and i'm liking it so far. i might return or trade this in should i find a 16/1TB model somewhere but 8/512 still suits my needs.
I am. I'm waiting on a base model Mini as a NUC replacement. It's a great buy for that but I would definitely balk at spending say $1,500 for a more powerful Mini that will likely be coming in the next year.
I have no money to buy it but reading the incompatibilities, it looks like it would be arab arranged marriage and me liking to be a sultan .
I jumped from Early-2015 MBP 13 inch base model whose battery has significantly degraded over the five years I have owned it. So compared to that the M1 MBP & its battery are a big leap. I haven't used any other MacBook in between so I am unsure how well the battery performs on those later machines.
Having said the above my opinion about M1's battery is as follow: It's a bit weird.
When fully charged the battery remains at 100% for quite sometime. But once it begins to lose charge after being on 100% it does so quickly. I think it drops to 90% to 88% in an hour or so (or at least this is what it feels like). There on I have observed that the battery has periods of stability and destability. Sometimes it holds charge for a long time. Other times it drops +/- 10% in an hour or so. During both the periods my work pattern has remained the same, mainly browsing and some YouTube streaming.
My first two charge cycles lasted for more or less 7 days. I was able to achieve this only because the MBP was either mostly laying in Sleep Mode or had a little screen time since I was still working with my older MBP. During the prolonged sleep cycles my M1 MBP did not lose any charge. However, since past 2 or 3 days it has started to lose 2% every time it is asleep, no matter how long that lasts.
Overall, I think it is difficult to achieve 16 hours of on screen time with the M1's battery let alone the advertised 20 hours. I can't say if others having the same experience.
I upgraded from a MacBook Pro 2011 early to a MacBook Air M1 base with 16GB RAM. It's so freaking awesome, it also beats my 6 year old full bloated gaming rig. This little machine rocks.
If I were you, I'd calibrate the battery.
Use the machine until it powers itself off (zero percent) then fully charge, without using it.
See if that helps.
I have a full thread on it elsewhere in the forums but my M1 MBA base model runs rings around my 2019 MBP 16 with Core i9 16 GB RAM and 1TB SSD. It is not just stable and FASt but also quick/snappy - nothing hesitates.
Same configuration, also very happy.
Only some regrets I didn’t went for max configuration.
I use it now with 4TB raid 0 in OWC ThunderBay 4 mini (Thunderbolt 3) (4x Samsung 860 evo) for Lightroom and Photoshop. Half speed/double storage space for about the same price as max internal ...
Not my experience at all so far. I’ve had the base model MacBook Air for 15 days. I charged it to 100% the day I received it and kept it plugged until setup was done. I used every night for watching video, surfing, downloading and installing software, etc. One full week later it was still at about 15%, but I was forced to plug it in because I wanted to install 11.1.
Now that I’m done getting it all set up and have moved on to just using it (this week mostly for Affinity Publisher and some other odds and ends) the battery drain doesn’t seem to have changed at all. I’m plugging it only once every 7 days or so, even with heavier-than-average use.
What you are describing sounds pretty normal to me. It is slightly less than I would expect from the MacBook Pro but since I only have an M1 MacBook Air I can compare it to that and you are getting about the same as I do. I lose about 2% overnight with the screen open. I'm not sure if the screen comes on when the various utilities run while sleeping (it shouldn't but I haven't checked).
As for the inconsistencies, macOS Big Sur runs a lot of utilities at random times. You might have an hour where almost nothing runs and you are surfing or just typing which uses very little power. Other times you might have a Time Machine backup running and if you downloaded something or pulled a file in from iCloud to a folder on your SSD, Spotlight indexing runs etc. These can take a bit of power. So you should worry more about how long of battery life you get over a normal working day rather than what happens hour to hour.
The rated 20 hours is for Apple TV playback. This is all done via a hardware circuit in the M1 SoC so that is mostly measuring screen power at the tested brightness and the speakers at the tested loudness. The 17 hours of web is likewise not intense though obviously more than just playing video. But it is likely that your normal work is using much more power than merely browsing the web. I think getting 10-15 hours of full time usage is pretty good and better than any notebook I've ever owned before. Any time I can get more than a 10 hour full day of work without worrying about a charger, that is a huge win.
I agree with you. I was not really complaining, however. Only giving my observation. I have however, turned off iCloud services. Spotlight indexing & other Big Sur background activities might be the causes of battery drain during certain periods of time/charge. The battery seems stable to me right now though. PS, I would take 10 hours of fulls day of work any day as well.
Well. If the charge is lasting you 7 days with heavy usage its astounding. What's your on-screen time per day?
I have not updated to Big Sur 11.1 as read few complaints about it. How is it on your MBA? Any issues, especially regarding the battery?
Mine was scheduled to come on 01/04. Then I got a message from the parcel service that told me it will come on 12/22 and it did come this Monday. I was so surprised. And it's awesome... I have the MacBook Air 7/256 and 16GB RAM. I love it.
That’s good, I’m glad you’re enjoying it. The vast majority of what I’ve read/watched from various websites, but more importantly to me, end users. Seems overwhelmingly positive, which kind of gets me more excited to finally play with mine.
I’m not waiting on a delivery, well not really, mine has been at my parents for weeks now. I’m just not allowed to get my hands on it until Christmas Day...... 2 days and counting, I can almost smell that new Apple whiff as I open the box