How many people will buy the New Air if it has an M1 in it ?

Will you purchase the New MBA if it comes with a M1 instead of the New M2

  • Total voters
    126
ghanwani said:
I don’t care about the processor, just the weight and whether or not it causes headaches like the M1 MBA. If no headaches I will buy one for sure.
Click to expand...
If there is a redesign of the chasis, people will have issues as this will be Gen1 of this revision. In other words, the first buyers will be beta testers.
 
Will consider getting one only if they’ll add MagSafe and will be black keyboard/bezel version.
 
A18S37 said:
No, I'd like an orange M2 MBA with black keys, black bezels and it can have an M1 chip in it too. I like that it's fanless.

My point is that, at some point, be it with the M3 chip or the M4 chip, they won't be able to put that powerful of a chip into a such a small, light, fanless chassis that is the MBA.

For those who don't want that, there is the MacBook Pro and that's not me.

I like light, smaller and fanless.
Click to expand...
I think Apple doesn't treat the MBA as serious as the MBP so white bezels are likely. I know if you're serious into photo editing this might be a negative but so would the screen compared to the MBP. I know the issue came up with the iMac.

I don't think as chips become more powerful a fan is inevitable. Think of older Intel chips that run just as hot as some of the newer ones but are likly only 1/4 as powerful. The biggest issue with fanless is sustained load. You can have the heat soak into the chassis but at some point it's going to throttle. If you're doing something that runs the maxes out the CPU for long periods then it's not good. Most people never do anything to max their CPU for more than a few seconds.
 
harleymhs said:
Will you purchase the New MBA if it comes with a M1 instead of the New M2
Click to expand...
I am very content with current M1 Air, 16G 1 TB. I does everything I need it to do.

Although off topic, I am waiting for an M2 (or M1 Pro) iMac to replace my late 2014 iMac 27".
 
ghanwani said:
I can't tell exactly what. I had a 2019 MBA and no problems with that. With the M1 MBA just can't adjust it to where I don't get headaches. Tried turning off everything -- true tone, auto brightness, screen dimming on battery, etc. I doubt it's PWM because the frequency is so high. I think it might be temporal dithering, or something else.

There's a whole thread about it here -- linking to a post about temporal dithering and pixel inversion.

I have not tried to turn off temporal dithering as mentioned in the above post. I also haven't tried using a privacy screen which filters blue light which some have reported as helping.

No problems with Windows computers, only with the macOS. :(
Click to expand...
Thanks for sharing. I experienced same with my 2020 MBA (Intel). It didn’t happen on iPad Pro 11 M1 as well as my HP Windows laptop (use for work only). I am considering whether buy a Windows laptop or try 14” MBP (but much more expensive) which has similar promotion display with iPad Pro.
 
ghanwani said:
Have there been any big issues with the new MBPs?
Click to expand...
Unknown at this time as two things are going on:
  • Not many people have been able to get one due to shortage, so they aren’t in as many hands as possible to test
  • Not many hours in the hands of people.
We need quite possibly a year.
 
russell_314 said:
I have my iMac but would like something a bit more portable. I have an iPad Air but it's just not the same as a Mac. There are lots of rumors about changes to iPad OS so maybe it'll get better. If the new MBA came with 1x MagSafe and 2x USB-C that would be perfect. I'll probably never use the USB-C but it would be nice to have them. For me it's going to be a portable laptop so I'm not hooking up external keyboards, mice, monitors, etc to it. If I wanted that I would go for the Studio or maybe the mini if it ever gets updated....
Click to expand...
I have used my 2017 as both a home desktop and as a portable work laptop - and while I have wi-fi connectivity to two home printers, it's been my experience that not all work locations will have wi-fi or wi-fi enabled printers, so my array of ports (and a Thunderbolt to Intranet dongle) have saved me a few times.
 
I just checked the M1 Air's GeekBench scores and - Jesus, it's at 1706/7419 vs my 2013 rMBP's 670/1448. I think the M1 will be sufficient! I waited so long because I didn't want a butterfly keyboard or touch bar, then the transition to Apple Silicon started, then I didn't want a first gen product ... No more excuses. I'm not waiting for the M2.
 
Isamilis said:
Have you tried reinstall from scratch and keep M1-native app only? Or went to Apple Store to check whether there is hardware issue (sudden & constant restart could be sign of hardware issue).
Click to expand...
I went to Apple. they installed the OSX clean after a day or 2 restarts happening again,. They said nothing wrong with the laptop! I do see a lot of people claiming the same issue with the restating issue. Ill wait for the M2. thats JMO
 
Consumers want best-of-breed products.
Whatever updates are announced, the MacBook Air will be the very best product of its kind. It's a no brainer purchase for anyone.
 
dumastudetto said:
Consumers want best-of-breed products.
Whatever updates are announced, the MacBook Air will be the very best product of its kind. It's a no brainer purchase for anyone.
Click to expand...

If they redesign it like the rumours are saying, I think I will get one to replace my 2019 13” MacBook Pro. The air has better battery life and will be the first Mac I have with Apple Silicone
 
Wish they kept the M1 with the £999 price tag. 25% price increase with 8GB of RAM is nuts. Forget it!
 
Almost all the rumors/predictions were wrong. No white bezel/notch. Colors are more like the iPad Air/mini than the iMac colors. It has an M2. The M2 has a typical Apple silicon performance upgrade of 18% and 2 more GPU cores.

I'm fairly excited for the M2 updates.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Back
Top