I understand you need multiple monitors for your particular job. I believe you mentioned it a while back. In my opinion, any job that is necessary for shelter, food, clothing and other daily expenses is "serious work," even if a particular job isn't physically or mentality intensive etc. Something to think about.
My son is still using my Dell 2407 monitors that I bought in 2006, he loves the dual setup for coding. No reason to throw away perfectly capable equipment.
It's not just dual/multiple monitor set-ups. On certain monitors like the LG 34" 5K2K, only the M1 Pro's can unlock higher scaling / resolution options which results in more usable screen real estate.
The 14” MBP is an awesome deal imo. I got a machine that is way more powerful than my 16”i9. It was $800 AUD cheaper than my i9. Lighter and more portable. And it doesn’t double as a room heater that sounds like a vacuum cleaner when under load.
Give me a break already. I was talking about serious work on a computer. You got nothing better to do?
It’s a good machine but considering it’s almost a year old, not a good deal since a price drop is that much closer. It’ll be a good deal after Apple releases the 14” M2 Pro and I can get the M1 Pro for the same price or less than the price of the M2 Air with the same RAM/storage.
It’s in the lineup because some people need the TouchBar. I’m not one of them - I’ve always hated it, but I can totally see some needing it. For example, musicians controlling their sound themselves.
No one “needs” a touchbar since those functions can be replicated on screen in conjunction with the trackpad. It’s also clear the touchpad is not in Apple’s mid-long term plans.
I didn’t read past “no one needs a Touch Bar” because it’s a pretty ridiculous statement. The fact that you and I don’t need it, doesn’t mean that no one needs it. A musician performing onstage would rather use the trackpad instead of the Touch Bar for controlling the sound during the performance? Are you seriously saying this? Done with you - don’t bother to respond.
I’m responding anyway because it’s not me saying no one needs a touchbar, it’s Apple. If they thought people needed it, they wouldn’t be phasing out now, would they?
They are the same price if you spec them out to be equal.
They shoved it down everyone’s throat, and most people hated it. They should never have done it. It’s an excellent idea for those who need it, as in the example I mentioned. My son takes remote music lessons and used a MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar for a year to control the sound, and that was excellent. Then, I replaced his Intel MacBook Pro with an M1 MacBook Air, and now we both see that the Touch Bar sound controls were so much more intuitive. He can still, of course, do the same controls with the trackpad, but it takes longer and is not as convenient. It was at that time that I realized that the Touch Bar had some useful applications in some use cases.
What I've been saying is that the Air line is positioned as consumer products.You said that people who are being paid at work are pro's, if that's the case why would Apple put the M1 as the #1 reason for business to switch to MAC, you have already said that these macs are not meant for Pro's. Seems unethical to push a product to professionals that you have already said was not meant for pro's.
I agree, I’m one of those people who hated it. I’m sure there’s a niche that found it useful but if Apple just added a touchscreen, that would’ve been a better solution. They didn’t kill it just yet but the writing is on the wall.
It’s only faster if you’re pushing it to the limit in which case the user is better off buying a studio or M1 Pro. And even then we’re talking a marginal boost so it still begs the question as to why Apple even bothered.
I would absolutely hate the touch screen. I can’t stand fingerprints on my screen, and I used to yell at people who touched my screens. Fortunately, I haven’t been to an office in many years now, so no one touches my screens.
Because there are consumers that push past the limit and want a laptop and don't want to spend $2k?
Nope, that would be you. You think that anyone who uses a computer at work is a professional computer user.
Whoo, boy. Looks like we fundamentally disagree on that and will have to leave it at that.
Guys, this argument is going nowhere. The only way to win is not to play this game.
