Who's rocking an M1 still and how's it holding up for you?

[Gr1f]

M1 Ultra 128GB / 4TB here and still zipping away. I've expanded external fast M2 storage but other than that it rarely gives out.

 

[Spacegray]

m1 macbook air here purchased March 2021... 4 years later it still feels snappy. Kind of annoyed as I'd like an excuse to get an M4 but don't feel the need!

Same here with my 16/512GB MBA M1 (the one with the extra core option).
This machine is my overall best Laptop buy so far - still no need to upgrade.
The only thing i do not understand: battery health Apple 89% vs. coconut 94,5%

 

[Astuces iOS]

Good machine… probably the only upgrade people would do is if they have like the base m1 model… 8gb and 256gb and they want more…

 

[Laggy]

MacBook Air M1 works amazingly today! I love it, Best Buy in my life, as fan of MacBook Air line I will stick to the Air for many years to come, but the real problem is macOS itself

 

[darngooddesign]

My 16" M1-Pro 16GB/1TB is still going strong. Probably won't upgrade until the next MBP redesign, but when I do I'll get more RAM.

 

[applepie2100]

So I gave in and picked up a 13 inch M4 MBA from the Apple Store today and the short story is that it's going back on Monday.

Couple of reasons for returning it. Firstly the person serving me at the Apple Store made a mistake and give me a Midnight one when I'd asked for Sky Blue. To say that the darker colour of the Midnight is a fingerprint magnet is an understatement. Secondlly coming from an MBP the sound on the MBA was slightly underwhelming. It's still better than the majority of other laptops out there but it's hard not to hear the shorcomings when it's next to your MBP!

Once the return is complete I'll decide between sticking with the M1 or going for an M4. Costco in the UK has a couple of good deals on at the moment and I'm loathed to pay over £200 extra just to shop in an Apple retail store.

 

[livmatus]

I have the base M1 Air but with 16GB of unified memory ... only two things that bother me are the storage (can attach an external drive... and plan to create a NAS anyway... unfortunately no dosdudes are around me 😆)

and native external display support... yeah I used DisplayLink adapter before, but it's not really ideal when you want to e.g. use Udemy or stream Netflix, Apple TV+ etc. ... you have to disconnect it... now I have a single 32:10 ultrawide

of course I'd love to have 14" M4 Max MBP ... but that is a bit beyond what I am willing to pay for a computer

was thinking about just replacing the laptop with Mac mini as I also have base model 12.9" M1 iPad Pro ... but iPadOS still isn't really ready to replace desktop OS

 

[darngooddesign]

I have the base M1 Air but with 16GB of unified memory ... only two things that bother me are the storage (can attach an external drive... and plan to create a NAS anyway... unfortunately no dosdudes are around me 😆)

and native external display support... yeah I used DisplayLink adapter before, but it's not really ideal when you want to e.g. use Udemy or stream Netflix, Apple TV+ etc. ... you have to disconnect it... now I have a single 32:10 ultrawide

of course I'd love to have 14" M4 Max MBP ... but that is a bit beyond what I am willing to pay for a computer

was thinking about just replacing the laptop with Mac mini as I also have base model 12.9" M1 iPad Pro ... but iPadOS still isn't really ready to replace desktop OS

Yeah, it's hard to downgrade to the Air's speakers when you're used to the MBP.

 

[darknetone]

These are just my M! devices - M1 MacBook Pro 16GB RAM is still rocking long with radio signal decoding, and misc stuff. I have an M1 Ipad Pro it is doing its thing just fine. I suspect they will remain usefully for quite some time.