Once again your posts are flawed. The old version was decent because a lot was all new whereas this version is not all new and the only part that is new is the CPU.
Sorry to correct you (again) but with the AS machines the memory is akin to double on an Intel machine actually. So 8Gb is more like 16 gb and the YT channel Max Tech does an in-depth test of the memory Vs Intel Macs and they show that you can have multiple tabs open on Safari and several apps open at once including rendering 4k video and the M1 MacBook Air showed no signs of giving up!
As refreshing as your "counters" are, I am done arguing with you when you clearly have no neutral stand point. Also, you mean the same MBA that has 2 GPU-cores less vs the MBP?
This old argument has been debunked several times by other more knowledgeable posters than me. Go read other forums and then get back. There is a reason why 12GB should be the new base and it has nothing to do with "capacity" of the chip.
It’s in the lineup as a stopgap measure and it’ll most likely be killed off next year. It’s a bad buy, deal with it.
Well I disagree, if you use it to actually work on pro stuff that fan will make a huge difference.
Makes a huge difference if the machine will mostly be in clamshell mode with an external display where none of the upgraded design features of the AIR will matter anyway. I know a lot of people that go from home to office dock setups and never open the lids on their machine.
Have you read any of the previous 6 pages of arguments?
I’ve never understood the appeal of clamshell mode. These are very nice screens and even when connected to an external monitor, I keep certain things, like email/slack, on the laptop screen. It just seems like a waste to not use it.
My preference is to use 2 identical external displays. For machines that can't drive 3 displays at once, that means the laptop goes into a dock & stays closed.
You forgot the keyboard. IMHO, the new Magic keyboard on the redesigned 14-inch/16-inch MBPs are much better than the older generation Magic keyboards on the older MacBook Pros.
it's not like having double the memory. You get about a 4-6GB memory advantage where intel Macs would have had to copy data to a separate pool of video memory for discrete GPU or segregate ram for an integrated GPU to create vram. AS allows the GPU to access the contents of ram as if it were vram without having to create a copy. Once you start filling memory with data beyond what would have normally been used for vram, mostly, it's just like any other architecture with the advantage that swap is more efficient due to faster storage and memory bus speeds. Truth is, most people don't realize how much memory they actually require and are likely to over or under spec a machine based on out-dated assumptions. But if 8Gb of ram is barely keeping up on an intel Mac, it's probably not working as efficiently as possible on an AS Mac either. It just has more ways of mitigating the performance bottlenecks so you don't notice the hit.
Or, it could it’s because it’s 1080P instead of just 720P? Yeah, I’m gonna go with that.
To get a touchbar?? Thats why I will get one. Use it every day.
Because the thermal throttling is a non issue. Go look at comparisons of last years M1 models. The battery life difference is only 2 hours. The Air, however has fast charging which allows a 50% charge in 30 minutes. That’s 9 hours of battery life in 30 minutes.
Center Stage doesn't create such a crap image on other devices with the same camera hardware. Even when held at the same distance from the subject.
