Starcraft II? No idea, but you could also run the game at 1080p fine I would bet...that's a pretty old game.
cities skylines is imo a bad example. as you start a new game it's pretty easy to run, but turn the settings up and have your city grow larger and larger, sprinkle a couple of dlcs and mods on top of it and frames will drop, making the experience less enjoyable.
Why do you think it should ?
Have tablet form 2in1 a reasonable 17" and an M1 MBP so best of both worlds. Should the demand increase I'd look to upgrade.
There is no doubt the new MBP are a great bit of hardware but I agree you simply have to ignore the hype on who's using this to its full potential otherwise you believe the whole world is making video on deadlines where every 5 mins counts and costs $1000's in lost income LOL
Now the fans thank them despite the $1000's spent on previous devices that should of never lost these items, go figure LOL
I have been saying the same thing over at forum.tabletpcreview.com. It's true that Apple Silicon can run circles (especially when you consider power) over intel (and AMD to a lesser degree).There is no doubt the new MBP are a great bit of hardware but I agree you simply have to ignore the hype on who's using this to its full potential otherwise you believe the whole world is making video on deadlines where every 5 mins counts and costs $1000's in lost income LOL
In the real world the number of "Pro" users even by Apple metrics is a small subset of an already small set on Mac users.
I am certainly not going to judge joe average if he wants one of these for making his weekend camping trip video etc and feels like a pro for using the latest hardware
These laptops are high end quality machines for the wealthier demographic that can afford them and for the few pro's that have a preference for some of Apple software
What I do not get is Apple slapped it's regular upgraders in the face for 5 years with port removals, crappy keyboards and daft things like the touch bar. Magsafe has only returned due to the 100w cap of USB-C charging
Apple marketing spin at it's finest
As far as I can see the elephant is still in the room as all these creatives on the go have to shell out another $1000 to get some resemblance of touch or pen related functionality via an Ipad and lug that around too. All those precious minutes saved are gone as you have to break your continuity and workflow and use 2 devices with all the hassle that gives on a mobile working platform
The Surface studio fills that niche where workflow is the priority not exporting some files a few mins faster
The new MBP's are excellent notebooks as long as you can work within Apple's framework. Outside of Apple they are arguably far less useful requiring layers of emulation/translation/virtualisation to get things done, if at all. I own the base 13" Apple Silicon MBP and for my needs it really excels, however I'd be hard pushed to justify one of the new MBP's as barring the larger display & ports doubt I would see much if any real-world benefit.There is no doubt the new MBP are a great bit of hardware but I agree you simply have to ignore the hype on who's using this to its full potential otherwise you believe the whole world is making video on deadlines where every 5 mins counts and costs $1000's in lost income LOL
In the real world the number of "Pro" users even by Apple metrics is a small subset of an already small set on Mac users.
I am certainly not going to judge joe average if he wants one of these for making his weekend camping trip video etc and feels like a pro for using the latest hardware
These laptops are high end quality machines for the wealthier demographic that can afford them and for the few pro's that have a preference for some of Apple software
What I do not get is Apple slapped it's regular upgraders in the face for 5 years with port removals, crappy keyboards and daft things like the touch bar. Magsafe has only returned due to the 100w cap of USB-C charging
Apple marketing spin at it's finest
As far as I can see the elephant is still in the room as all these creatives on the go have to shell out another $1000 to get some resemblance of touch or pen related functionality via an Ipad and lug that around too. All those precious minutes saved are gone as you have to break your continuity and workflow and use 2 devices with all the hassle that gives on a mobile working platform
The Surface studio fills that niche where workflow is the priority not exporting some files a few mins faster
Too early to say for sure but MS has a lot of experience with that type of hinge from the Surface Pro over many years so I would be more confident they have got that right than I would be that Apple has got the new MBP right.
