What would sway you to upgrade to an Apple silicon Mac?

[thadoggfather]

For me, probably very little but if the battery life was psycho, and the laptops are fan-less and relatively small heat-emitting even during peak computational crunching, that would be VERY compelling

if its just better benchmarks and promises of a brighter tomorrow, gonna happily continue to ride out my quad core i5 MBA 2020.

Still probably will anyways, since I Just got it in the fall

 

[Juicy Box]

At this point, I think I will stick with my Late 2012 iMac with the i7 and 680MX. The i7 in the Late 2012 is pretty fast, the multi-core geek bench score is about on par with the i5 from the 2017 iMac. It is a beast for what I use it for and I have not found a reason to upgrade yet.

I will probably ride it til it dies.

Maybe if there was a huge GPU performance gain with the new Macs over the Intel Macs, I might consider upgrading.

 

[AnthonyHarris]

I have the base model 16 inch. If I could have less/no fan noise, more battery and a speed increase to that of a machine that would normally cost 400/800 more, I'd take it.

 

[thadoggfather]

I dont really have the funds for it for now, but I really have gotten an affinity for the 27" iMacs.

If there's a re-design that's all screen and minimal/ no bezel and Apple silicon, that could sway me. Though I don't have a problem with how much bezel and body the retina iMacs of the past many years have had. Looks classic to me.

Just not sure on mobile side.

 

[AAPLGeek]

A 5k Apple branded display and an ASi MacBook Air that can drive it without sounding like a jet engine.

 

[pshufd]

Thermals and battery life. I would also want Firefox but I wouldn't mind doing the porting work myself.

 

[Number 41]

Native software compatibility.

I experienced the Rosetta-era during the PPC --> Intel transition and it was absolutely trash.

If Apple doesn't convince devs to move native x86 software to run natively on their new chipset, it's gonna be a hard pass from me. I need a computer to do more than just run 1st party apps.

And no -- claiming "Hey, you can use this iOS app" is not a soluton. Most mobile software is garbage to use for any real work.

 

[DerKommissar]

A 1080p webcam would have helped. I'm going have to wait for benchmarks to see what the difference is between the Air and the low end Pro as well, since it's no longer possible to do so based on processor speed.

 

[ght56]

A 16-inch version being available (or a 13-inch version with performance exceeding the 16-inch)
Established sustained performance
Four TB ports
Capability to virtualize x64 versions of Windows
Full software support for several critical apps
Established ability to drive external displays without severely degraded performance
Big Sur reliability and stability
Time that has established the hardware is reliable

I think they are off to a great start. They are just in the very early stages and I don't adopt in the early stages as there are too many unknowns and many of the initial reviews often neglect very critical ownership details.

 

[Strangedream]

Put a powered-up M1 chip in a 16-inch, new design, OLED laptop and I'll gladly give Tim & Co. three grands.

 

[elexonica]

My current MacBook Pro either has to die or hit its 5th birthday, and they need to bring out a desktop that’s better then the current Mac Mini they launched, esspecially with the IO (or, depending on how performance is, a really solid 16” MacBook Pro)

 

[pshufd]

My current MacBook Pro either has to die or hit its 5th birthday, and they need to bring out a desktop that’s better then the current Mac Mini they launched, esspecially with the IO (or, depending on how performance is, a really solid 16” MacBook Pro)

These look like mass-market consumer devices. I think that most here are looking for something more.

 

[Dovahkiing]

Honestly speaking as a 2019 16" MBP user: The only thing that would get me to upgrade would be discontinuation of support for Intel machines or *significant* performance increases. At the end of the day, I don't care about the architecture under the hood: I care about the apps I'm going to use and the performance the machine will deliver. As it stands, switching to ARM means some meaningful sacrifices in terms of software compatibility. Personally I'd prefer to let the platform mature a little bit before switching.

And, based on this first Apple Silicon Keynote, I'm actually feeling even more confident in my decision to upgrade last year to the 16" MBP: I have the latest and greatest Intel offering from Apple that should be supported for as long as they support Intel chips. I am happy to sit tight while they work out the kinks in the new platform architecture for a few generations.

If you haven't already upgraded and you are wondering: do you wait or do you buy the current (year old) Intel offerings? I don't know - it's a complicated decision that I'm glad I don't have to deal with

 

[nol2001]

120fps MacBook Pro display

 

[AaronM5670]

Anyone still hanging on in there with a 2015 rMBP? It's kinda on its last legs but not sure if I should wait a year for the Apple chips to improve and iron out and teething issues ?

 

[007p]

New form factors.

 

[ThaDoggg]

Anyone still hanging on in there with a 2015 rMBP? It's kinda on its last legs but not sure if I should wait a year for the Apple chips to improve and iron out and teething issues ?

2015 is nothing. Still using an early 2011 MBP so I went ahead and ordered the MBA M1.

 

[ericg301]

was hoping for a touch screen

 

[bungalo101]

Looking for Rosetta 2 benchmarks with apps. In need of upgrading a 2012 MBP that's on it's last legs, but I'm afraid of terrible Rosetta 2 performance for things like Lightroom 6 (Perpetual license and in zero hurry to throw money at the cloud model) and other non-native apps.

Otherwise, maybe a 16" Tiger Lake refresh early 2021 (dreaming?) or I'll have to go split Apple SOC (MacBook Air?) and a new Hackintosh? Virtualize Mac OS X on x86 linux... ugh. Decisions, decisions!

 

[satchmo]

This MBA kind of checks off most of my needs.

No, we don't have native apps yet, but if Rosetta can run them at 80%, I'm fine knowing we'll get there eventually.
I use Apple's native apps, so I'm good.

The thing I hated most about Mac laptops was the noise/fan. This prompted me to go the iPad Air 4 route. But once you add a magic keyboard, you're pretty much the same as the MBA.

The MBA has a better workflow/file system as well as more i/o and a headphone jack.
It also has 8gb RAM and 256gb HD vs the iPad Air's 4gb RAM/64gb

 

[AaronM5670]

2015 is nothing. Still using an early 2011 MBP so I went ahead and ordered the MBA M1.

Going to keep it until it packs up, hopefully it’ll last me til the updated silicon models next year, it’s had a tough life though..?

 

[Le0M]

Specs are awesome. I just want to wait for some reviews. Realistically, I might buy one in a month or two.

 

[lie2me]

Proof that a mac book air has no need for a fan at full load.
Alternatively, a fan in a mac book air that can easily cool the processor at low speed.

 

[Briskit]

- no fans
- 1080p + camera
- face id
- round screen bezeless
- bootcamp alternative
- larger iOS apps catalog on Mac.

 

[JAYSON20]

a simple reveal of CPU clock Speed and an explanation of what "3 X Faster" means ( in comparison to what??!)
would have made me at least think about it. Right now i'm very very annoyed. I'll wait for the 16-inch. Hopefully by the,n reviwers will have more informations as to the cababilites of these chips for people like me who work in Audio.