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Who's rocking an M1 still and how's it holding up for you?
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thanks for the reply..... concern and help, i guess
BUT
yes the macbook air M1 is a nuisance to use now
as in 2023 i did not experience these problems as things wise changed for the worse in 2024
therefore OS=garbage
we experience many hurricanes here and no matter the name, they are dangerous,
my point is retitling a product does not make that better
also windows 11 today is not 2020 anymore, we can upgrade or not upgrade
without that annoying red 1 circle.
see Microsoft does not need to use that insecurity tactic to annually rename the OS
to sway users/customers false sense of progression.
i'm done posting on this forum (except marketplace) until April 2025, if needed.
i just wanted to say the M1 air is great, but needs better gasoline!
oh the system data is really to get us to use that iclud......another slimeball tactic.
this is robbery: (after a December 14th factory reset)
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m1 max has overall been a good machine. with that said:
external display support is slightly disappointing in that the flickering issues never ever got addressed on apple's end. i had to download 3rd party software to disable dithering which supposedly is the fix and seems to have no visual side effects, so i'm not sure why apple never addressed this.
the magsafe port also occassionally refuses to charge, i have to unplug and replug half a dozen times before the system detects it and starts charging. there doesn't seem to be any debris or damage, and i honestly wouldn't be surprised if this is a software issue as well.
macos is still on the more-good-than-bad side of the equation, but my biggest issues with apple right now are on the software sides of things.
external display support is slightly disappointing in that the flickering issues never ever got addressed on apple's end. i had to download 3rd party software to disable dithering which supposedly is the fix and seems to have no visual side effects, so i'm not sure why apple never addressed this.
the magsafe port also occassionally refuses to charge, i have to unplug and replug half a dozen times before the system detects it and starts charging. there doesn't seem to be any debris or damage, and i honestly wouldn't be surprised if this is a software issue as well.
macos is still on the more-good-than-bad side of the equation, but my biggest issues with apple right now are on the software sides of things.
I spent about two hours running Windows 10 update last night on my 2015 MacBook Pro 15. The machine is still decent for x64 programs and even light gaming.
I'm not sure whether or not it can run Windows 11 as Windows 10 loses support next fall. But I'm going to give it a try.
We have an M1 MacBook Air 16/1 and it's running great. Though I don't know which version of macOS it is running. I did have to do a bunch of things to get Sequoia back to the same performance as Sonoma.
My experience with Windows vs macOS is that Windows is a bigger pain in the neck, because there is so much hardware that is supported. But it's really nice if you want to add cheap ram or high-speed storage.
M1 Mini since Dec 2020. Still serving admirably. I did futureproof it by getting 16gb ram and 1tb drive.
I’ve been tempted by a new Mini since the time 32gb became an option, nearly pulling the trigger recently on an M4.
But for my use case the M1 is still sufficient for the occasional FCP video. It handles 4k 120 from the new 16 Pro just fine.
I’ve been tempted by a new Mini since the time 32gb became an option, nearly pulling the trigger recently on an M4.
But for my use case the M1 is still sufficient for the occasional FCP video. It handles 4k 120 from the new 16 Pro just fine.
M1 Max MBP 16” w 32gb and 2tb. Still screaming. I bought the M4 Pro with 48gb and 2tb and returned it after a week because nothing I did was appreciably better. Stunning really. I would have loved to keep it and I couldn’t lie to myself. I’ll get a new one when they do the redesign and it’s lighter.
My loaded MBPs typically produce well for 5-7 years with much heavier workloads than yours. If you have less than max available RAM and multitask your life cycle will be much shorter, but only a poorly configured MBP [or a lower end MBA] should need replacing in just 3 years.
Exceptions include folks with special needs for the very latest WiFi or the like. The WiFi 6E of M2 Max had a significant positive impact on my personal situation.
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Nah. The reason you have only 8 GB RAM is because you ignored 40 years of clear history of Macs always needing more RAM as time goes on and wanted to spend less.
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Wow. If I observed that behavior from my MBP I would be afraid that I had picked up malware that was poaching my processing power.
My M1 iPad Pro is lagging significantly behind in sustained gaming performance compared to newer models, but the cost of buying newer models are just too damn high, even when I also desperately need a storage upgrade. I simply can’t believe M1 is almost nothing by now in the gaming world. Thankfully on my M1 MacBook Pro, I don’t really game on it, so it can still hold for a few more years. I don’t need fancy AI (all forms, including AI from Apple) stuff nor I care for quite a while.
Yup. My 2016 MBP rammed-out with its [max available at the time] 16 GB RAM and my multi-tasking workflow, so I bought an M2 MBP with max RAM. But the old 2016 MBP is still used daily and works great for single-task activities like web surfing.
Yeah, too bad we cannot download RAM. With Apple's [awesome] Unified Memory Architecture we must buy up front or choose a short life cycle.
You correlate slowdowns with low free SSD space. IMO pushing to low SSD free space is risky; poor operational protocol. Probably you are driving RAM into swap-to-SSD mode due to inadequate RAM on board. That is very sub-optimal operation, but like you said the great Mac OS makes it all work despite the less than ideal hardware.
I’ve been a Mac user since 1984 and the M1 Macbook Pro has been the best machine ever— Literally zero reasons to upgrade and I’m even a Unix power-user.
Whenever I need an additional monitor I extend the desktop to an Apple TV 4k via AirPlay.
Whenever I need an additional monitor I extend the desktop to an Apple TV 4k via AirPlay.
Agree 100%. I think my 32 GB RAM / 1 TB SSD is marginal for my use cases. When I have adequate free SSD space, macOS makes it work but when free SSD space gets too low, the config issues are compounded and macOS is constrained leading to the slowdown. This is why my next Mac will have at least 64 GB RAM and 2 TB SSD (but I will still need to regularly purge unnecessary files to keep sufficient free SSD space). Though your comment makes me think that maybe I should consider more than 64GB RAM.
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I suspect that you simply were over-driving the low 16 GB RAM that you chose, not "beyond what any laptop can deliver." My expectation is that if you had 96 GB or 128 GB on either of those two MBPs that DaVinci Resolve would run fine for 4K output. But 16 GB of RAM is not appropriate for DaVinci Resolve Studio. And I am no DaVinci expert, but I suggest that you probably want max RAM if you intend higher than 4K output.
An M2 Studio Max will not today outperform an M4 MBP with 128 GB RAM, but an M2 Studio Ultra with 192 GB RAM probably will. Personally if I was focused on usage of DaVinci Resolve Studio I would wait to see the allegedly coming soon generation of Studios and probably buy a Studio Max with maximum available RAM - - or whatever top MBP with max RAM is available at that time.
No basis? Old unsupported Intel Macs are also capable of running Sequoia via OCLP. So yes, I don't disagree the M1 Macs will be capable of running new versions of macOS long after they become ineligible.
Got a MacBook Air in November from Walmart. Runs flawlessly and I use it daily for work, mostly web and documents. Couldn’t imagine upgrading for any reason. Will keep this until it dies and or won’t update anymore.
I upgraded from MacBook Air m1 to MacBook Pro m4 and I am very happy… but you might need to upgrade because we have different usages.
Currently using the M1 Pro MBP as my sole daily driver. I will at some point get a replacement for my MP 5,1- probably an M4 Max or Ultra Studio, and though I won't be keeping this MBP as long as its MacBook predecessor (2009-23, haven't actually got rid of it yet) it's going nowhere for a good few years.
I had a 15" mid 2012 retina MBP that received 7 years of MacOS updates, + 2 additional years of Safari/system patches, that allowed me to replace it with a 16" Fall 2021 M1 Max MBP using a mini-LED backlit display. Usually Apple's technology milestone transition examples have the most years of MacOS updates, compared to the many years of buy this intel models then 4 years later they start to feel slow to use.No basis? Old unsupported Intel Macs are also capable of running Sequoia via OCLP. So yes, I don't disagree the M1 Macs will be capable of running new versions of macOS long after they become ineligible.
I think I'm a year or so behind you and I agree.