The thinking is that Apple might do what they did with the 16” model and fit a 14” screen into a chassis with a very similar size to the existing 13” MacBook Pro. Having the higher-end model be 14” would further differentiate it from the 2-port 13” Pro model announced yesterday.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple M1 MacBook Air vs. M1 MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Yes, there has been hardware support for encoding and decoding HEVC since the A9 chip I believe. Not sure how many streams it can handle, that's a pretty ambiguous spec, but Apple did say the Air can play four 4k clips in a multi-cam timeline in FCPX. If Intel's specs are for 1080P video streams that's the same number of pixels. In numerous tests the A-series processors in the iPads export HEVC faster than Intel systems so I imagine the accelerator in the M1 is at least as fast as what Intel is offering.
yeah but when? In the past they only had a single hardware event before may (iPad 1 launch event). Thats 4months. I can get the Pro now and sell it for maybe 150 eur less in 4months and reinvest the monies a possible 14" for maybe 1.7k eur. That of course only makes sense if you don't need more ports (still don't get why you need more than 2 tho)
The same thing that is the difference between an iPhone and an iPhone Pro or airpods and airpods Pro.
I wouldn't say that.... it's really depending on the software. Photoshop for example needs ton of ram running big files. I'ts so extreme that even video editing in final cut pro doesn't need as much power on my systems. But the whole adobe suite is ****** and getting worse and worse, same goes with Premiere. But if you can use Apple software on those m1 chips it will be a dream come true. Too bad there is no alternative to Lightroom (also worse than fcxp on my systems).
The differences of the Pro really don't justify the 'Pro' tag on these models in my opinion.
Unless the fan proves to make a substantial difference in terms of sustained performance, Apple are going to have a hard sell on the Pro models for the price difference they are charging.
I like the Touch Bar despite calling it a 'gimmick' before I owned a MBP with one but I do actually use it quite a lot but its far from essential and certainly not worth paying extra for.
Unless the fan proves to make a substantial difference in terms of sustained performance, Apple are going to have a hard sell on the Pro models for the price difference they are charging.
I like the Touch Bar despite calling it a 'gimmick' before I owned a MBP with one but I do actually use it quite a lot but its far from essential and certainly not worth paying extra for.
Will MBP and MBA with M1 chip be able to act as host using VMware Fusion or Virtualbox? Do not have to run performance intensive stuffs but have some essential softwares that I must run in x86 Windows VM
Last edited:
This display thing does have my head scratching.
I think it is very locked to one at a time because they don’t even mention daisy chaining displays for more screens. I use displays like this since so many years ago... Thunderbolt 2 displays came in 2011 and were chainable.
Would that even comply with Thunderbolt 3 specifications? It says Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports.
i love fanless. That's so cool.
But I don't believe it will work. I use my computer outdoors, it's hot here, and Apple's track record for performance in high temperature environments is extremely poor.
iPhones and iPads overheat here, MacBook Air won't fare any better. It has better passive cooling than the smaller devices for sure, but the M1 likely also draws more power than the Axx .... more power means more heat...
I just need a golden Pro - Come on.
But I don't believe it will work. I use my computer outdoors, it's hot here, and Apple's track record for performance in high temperature environments is extremely poor.
iPhones and iPads overheat here, MacBook Air won't fare any better. It has better passive cooling than the smaller devices for sure, but the M1 likely also draws more power than the Axx .... more power means more heat...
I just need a golden Pro - Come on.
Now Macbook Air is new champion(price/performance) of MAC laptops. Apple have GO TO Macbook for masses. In near future when Apple releases 14" Macbook AIr/MBP; that is final done deal for MAC users. Question is when Apple's MAC future is based on Apple Silicon; not sure who and why want to buy Intel based MAC laptops ? Recently bought for my son 2020 Intel Macbook Air and now contemplating to sell/trade for newer or wait till next year for 14" MBA. For those in market for MBA, no brainer to buy. People like me can wait next year to upgrade with 14"er. Now Apple can be in control of it's MAC destiny with own schedule to release new Macbooks frequently.
It is very unlikely that the MBA is upgraded to 14" at the same time as the MBP. That slightly larger screen size will be one of their points of Gradual Upsell to move you up from the Air to the Pro.
...but all of the machines currently being replaced had Intel integrated graphics that shared VRAM with system memory, so that's not an issue here.
Ultimately, though, these are not the high-end Macs for people who actually need 32GB+ RAM.
Apple may have oversold them a bit on how fantastic they're going to be for "pro" applications - although they're certainly going to be better than the low-end Intel models they replace.
Guess humor doesn't come across very well in text form!! So much for making a joke!
That is exactly why moving away from Intel means my company can no longer buy Macs when x86 is not available.
We need native performance in VMs that run x86 Linux.
With the right hardware Rosetta might run faster than old hardware. Would that be a problem?
There are people out there complaining that $1300 is too expensive and 8GB RAM is not enough on base models.
What's really happening here is a whole lot of people who normally couldn't afford technology suddenly now can. To them, $1300 is too expensive.
I'm all for spreading technology far and wide but people need to get some perspective and realize they're probably shopping beyond their means.
Hot tip: if you have to finance it, it's probably a bad idea.
Last edited:
I would suggest the Intel at this point. There are enough things to worry about when going to college, incompatible apps with the M1 shouldn't be one of them. Apps we take for granted today may not run as well, or at all. Better compatibility than cutting edge in this case. Coming from a HP Win machine, he will be thrilled. My 2 cents.