MacBook Air M1 has arrived :)

[adrianlondon]

That's just not right!!

I'm pretty certain your starting to feel ill and need to take the rest of the day off?? If needs be, I can pretend to be your mum and write you a sick note!! 😂😂

Skogkatt can't come into work today as he's got M1 virus.

 

[skogkatt]

I'll take a LONG lunch break now (almost 1PM here, CET) 😉

 

[ag99uk]

Could you test how it works via Thunderbolt 3 external monitor if you have one? A YouTuber who showed it none of the M1 Macs were able to work via Thunderbolt 3 without serious jitters/lag

Connected to a Samsung thunderbolt widescreen display. Not seeing any issues.

 

[SpitUK]

Seems to be a bug in r23 as Multi core finishes at 6565pts but single core never finishes.

 

[SpitUK]

1482pts on single core.

 

[ahodes]

Happen to have a second monitor to test if 2 displays are possible in clamshell mode?

 

[SpitUK]

What is interesting is I have been using it for 20 minutes, installing things, browsing etc and battery is still 100%. On my previous MBP within seconds off power you were down to 99%.

 

[SpitUK]

Happen to have a second monitor to test if 2 displays are possible in clamshell mode?

No only got one.

 

[laptech]

brand new machine and he perches it on the edge of a table!!!! are you mad?? 🙂

oh and don't forget, when doing benchmark testing, your meant to get the same vaules as Apple did. if you don't then your machine is faulty and ask for a replacement lol 🙂

 

[Ritsuka]

Can you test HandBrake?

 

[iChan]

Battery life is crazy crazy good.

 

[iChan]

I'm downloading an 11.0.1 Big Sur update now.

So happy to be living this fanless life.

My last MacBook was a 2013 MBP-15, and this keyboard... wow!!

I was thinking that if I don't like this base MBA, I'd return it and wait for gen2, but so far, for just casual use, I'm completely sold already.

 

[SpitUK]

My Air feels faster than my previous 16" 8 core MBP. Incredible.

 

[Polly Mercocet]

Can you test HandBrake?

I too am very very interested in how fast Handbrake is on these machines. Currently I use an 8th gen i5 machine for some transcoding and it's reasonable but let's say 1-2h long 1080p footage takes about 4-5 hours to encode as HEVC. I can leave it overnight and it's done.

If I even attempt transcoding on my 2015 MBP... it's a joke. Fans go off like a jet engine and it moves like a snail.

Would expect these M1 chips to go nuts for transcoding. Perhaps the MBP would be better for the task since the cooling system means it can sustain higher CPU load for longer. But the MBA should still blaze it.

And in the future when Handbrake optimises their software to fully utilise the M1 chips... performance should be incredible.

 

[IgorK]

Happen to have a second monitor to test if 2 displays are possible in clamshell mode?

The Verge's review states that "Only one external display is supported".

 

[Magnificent]

What about IOS apps? Have you downloaded any?

 

[polyun7]

No only got one.

On the external monitor, if you keep the laptop opened, does it act like a separate second monitor or is it duplicating the screen? That's the big question for me.