Apple's M1 Chip Brings Massive Battery Life Improvements for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro

[HiRez]

Did you mean 2017?! I think so given your comment about the butterfly keyboard!

Still, you are right — it will be a spiffy AND quiet upgrade!

Whoa yeah, 2017!

 

[ericwn]

There is no problem with RAM, apart from in the minds of people who do not understand tech.
1)Due to the complicated and inefficient design of X86 architecture more RAM is needed to do quite a few tasks these days.

2)ARM architecture is more efficient and thus can do more with less RAM (up to 16GB configurable). This is reflected in the name, unified memory architecture.

So trust me there really is no problem.

So, which of the professional use cases have you already been able to test to make this claim?

What’s your biggest PS or Indesign project?

How many GB samples will you be able to use at once?

 

[MacBH928]

I agree on the screen, speakers, battery, and mic. The "pro" meaning is definitely watered down there at best. However, what you're describing with professional workloads is exactly the idea behind the fan remaining in the Pro. My theory is that they could have kept a fan in the Air, too, but they took it out to provide more difference/incentive to get the Pro (otherwise performance would have been too similar). I think the Air will really struggle with some sustained heavy workloads compared to the Pro due to the lack of a fan.

I don't that the fan alone will give that much more push to the hardware, maybe 20%?! I don't know how people out there treat their macbooks, but my 2015 doesn't take much for the fan to hit screaming and temperatures to rise north of 80C(176F). No matter what they tell me, which the internals reach that much "cooking" heat in a tightly enclosed shell...the internals are basically being baked. I can't imagine the toll it will take on my macbook to render an hour of 4K footage would be.

 

[Return Zero]

I don't that the fan alone will give that much more push to the hardware, maybe 20%?! I don't know how people out there treat their macbooks, but my 2015 doesn't take much for the fan to hit screaming and temperatures to rise north of 80C(176F). No matter what they tell me, which the internals reach that much "cooking" heat in a tightly enclosed shell...the internals are basically being baked. I can't imagine the toll it will take on my macbook to render an hour of 4K footage would be.

Yeah, I mean a lot can hinge on the environment as well. Using a laptop in a warm room sitting on something insulating (like clothing, blanket, pillow, etc.) versus in a cool basement on a metal desk or riser can make a world of difference. Also laptops have safety mechanisms to prevent actual overheating (i.e. permanent damage). They will shut down at a certain temp, but usually throttling the processor is all they need to do to keep things manageable (no real "toll" except for longer render times). Keep in mind many chips and circuit boards are actually baked in the manufacturing process... Things like reflow ovens get to 250C-ish, so the 80C your machine sees is not as extreme as it sounds.

 

[MacBH928]

Keep in mind many chips and circuit boards are actually baked in the manufacturing process... Things like reflow ovens get to 250C-ish, so the 80C your machine sees is not as extreme as it sounds.

I don't know, I am too scared one of the internal wires, SSDs, RAM, or some plastic in there gets melted or burned. Remember these devices are non-fixable. You can't just replace the parts. You might as well buy a new laptop.

 

[Return Zero]

I don't know, I am too scared one of the internal wires, SSDs, RAM, or some plastic in there gets melted or burned. Remember these devices are non-fixable. You can't just replace the parts. You might as well buy a new laptop.

I understand, but like I said laptops will shut off long before something gets damaged. I think recent Mac laptops have something like 25 temperature sensors watching out for thermal runaway.

 

[rezenclowd3]

So, which of the professional use cases have you already been able to test to make this claim?

What’s your biggest PS or Indesign project?

How many GB samples will you be able to use at once?

Enjoying my 128gb Ram w a 5950x. However my render time is still 2 weeks out to make a 3d map