I was wrong

[CrapShack]

I personally can't get over how ugly the 14 and 16 pro are. The thickness looks like a 10 yr old Powerbook. I am sorry.

And the cheese grater feeling of those bottom vents was a dealbreaker for me.

 

[DavidChoux]

And the cheese grater feeling of those bottom vents was a dealbreaker for me.

That also really surprised me the first time I picked up the 14" in store. I went straight in to pick it up one handed from the side like I would with me 2016 13" and that side vent was surprisingly sharp.

 

[GooseInTheCaboose]

It’s funny you mention that it feels faster than the 14 pro for regular day to day stuff and opening apps. That’s because the m2 is clocked higher and it also scores better on the Geekbench single core for that reason. The m1 pro is about as fast as a regular M1 for light usage when it’s just short single core bursts. The M1 pro isn’t meant to just be a web surfer and light usage, it excels on heavy duty work loads.

It’s something I’ve tried to get people to understand, these are very different laptops for different usages. Why pay more for a laptops that’s heavier, bigger and actually slower for the basic tasks?

Even the speedometer 2.0 browser test the m2 scores quite a bit higher than the m1 pros. So the mba is excelling in exactly what it was intended to do.

Glad you’re happy with your purchase. Mines still weeks away from delivery

Wait, for which tasks is an M1Pro slower than an M2 Air? Not trying to grill you but curious, in which real life scenario does this apply?

 

[1BadManVan]

Wait, for which tasks is an M1Pro slower than an M2 Air? Not trying to grill you but curious, in which real life scenario does this apply?

Any normal daily usage scenario that doesn’t require multicore. The M2 is a higher clocked cpu, that’s why I beats the m1 pro in single core.

The pro shines in heavy duty tasks that require multi core and of course sustained workloads.

 

[GooseInTheCaboose]

Any normal daily usage scenario that doesn’t require multicore. The M2 is a higher clocked cpu, that’s why I beats the m1 pro in single core.

The pro shines in heavy duty tasks that require multi core and of course sustained workloads.

Uh like whats the difference? Is it like, resizing windows, switching tabs, scrolling through a big photo library, playing and scrolling through a video are normal tasks? VS rendering a video, photo stacking (focus stacking, exposure stacking), OCR, etc are higher clock tasks?

 

[1BadManVan]

Uh like whats the difference? Is it like, resizing windows, switching tabs, scrolling through a big photo library, playing and scrolling through a video are normal tasks? VS rendering a video, photo stacking (focus stacking, exposure stacking), OCR, etc are higher clock tasks?

Things like rendering video, heavy multitasking etc is where the pros are great. but just web browsing, light photo editing, opening different programs and apps will generally be snappier on the m2. It has great quick burst performance

Airs are not meant for heavy duty sustained performance, it’s fanless for a reason

 

[GooseInTheCaboose]

Things like rendering video, heavy multitasking etc is where the pros are great. but just web browsing, light photo editing, opening different programs and apps will generally be snappier on the m2. It has great quick burst performance

Airs are not meant for heavy duty sustained performance, it’s fanless for a reason

Ah thanks thats helpful, clears a lot up. One question, when you say "heavy multitasking"...what does that include? Like, lots of tabs open in chrome and safari + ms office docs and spreadsheets open + 10 PDFs open + Photos app + itunes + youtube vid playing? OR do you mean video rendering + photo stacking at the same time + ?

 

[1BadManVan]

Ah thanks thats helpful, clears a lot up. One question, when you say "heavy multitasking"...what does that include? Like, lots of tabs open in chrome and safari + ms office docs and spreadsheets open + 10 PDFs open + Photos app + itunes + youtube vid playing? OR do you mean video rendering + photo stacking at the same time + ?

More video rendering and photo stacking while having multiple tabs open. Having multiple windows open of lighter apps doesn’t really stress the cpu, that’s more about having enough ram.