* The comparably priced Dell XPS 17 actually wins in most benchmarks (but the M1 is using Rosetta 2 translation for each of these!)
* The battery life is really amazing.
* The lack of cooling necessary is amazing.
* Software compatibility with ARM through Rosetta 2 is mind-blowing. No one expected it to work this well.
* Don't buy Intel-based Macs any more!
* If you want a high-powered 13" Macbook, this is it.
* If you want larger than 13" or more than 2 Thunderbolt (USB4) ports, hold onto your butts!
Comparison with xps13 would make more sense.
I found this episode more interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMTfPSzrjXs
That said, we already have had plenty of these comparisons done, I don't think there is anything revolutionary here, this is more an article targeted towards people who do a specific task (photography) than tech news in general.
For example, a large java app's test suite takes ~7 mins on the 2017 MBP and ~3 mins on the M1 Air. I never thought an MBA could work for me day and day out, but here we are.
Point being: the air and the pro seem be converging to a single point and the air is already there.
Or a screen larger than 13"!
Not that the M1 MacBook Pro is available in larger than 13" either, but I'm holding out until the 16" arrives.
> As you can see, M1 Mac beats Intel Mac in every Lightroom benchmark across the board
Yeah, by a relatively small amount according to your own charts... It's still impressive, not exactly earth shattering.
I think Apple is a huge threat to general purpose computing freedom, and I refuse to use their products. But hats off to their M1!
I don't see how, unless you see literally all proprietary operating systems as such.
Remember, iOS <> MacOS.
The $2600 32GB 2TB Intel-based Macbook Pro 13" is only $300 more than the $2300 16GB 2TB M1-based Macbook Pro 13", though. If you could spec the M1 with 32GB, it would probably cost the same.
As pointed out, if you go with 1TB, you save $400. As per usual, the upgrade prices are (in my opinion) crazy!
Intel have managed to squeeze an incredible amount of performance out of their 14nm (+++...) but it's at a cost and that cost was power consumption, they had no other choice with their DOA 10nm (hyperbole for affect :)).
Basically the reason why Apple abandoned them.
Don't buy the pro, buy the air. The fan is a negative, not a positive, and the case is a lot more handy. Also, real buttons. I was one of the people who liked the touchbar, but I don't miss it at all
I will keep my cooling, thank you very much
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Or am I missing something? If this chip had more cores or was a variant with all 8 performance cores that would be a thing.
It took a lot of time to convince my girlfriend to finally switch to at least 14 inch, and she loves it (AMD Zen 2, so it's not 5nm tech of course)