Watch the M1 Apple Silicon MacBook Air Blaze Through Opening Every Default App

[doboy]

be sure that you dont need more than 2 ports or more than 1 external monitor

Why, when you can easily get a hub (albeit not ideal).

 

[tekchic]

Man, that is impressive. I have an old 2013 that's begging to be replaced, but I've been using my 2016 MBP from work mostly since then.

Very tempted to upgrade next year and replace my old 2016 work MBP (I'm a developer) with it. Kind of waiting for the 14" MBP to get released... maybe wait on an M2 but these M1's are darn impressive already.

 

[Cosmosent]

Those are ALL Low Perf Apps that do NOT need to Wake Up & Warm Up an iPhone, iPad, OR AAPL Si Mac, for ANY Perf Demanding Task !

 

[meady100]

Yes. Completely unusable.

Obselete is defined by my Mac as 'out of date'. That seems a fair assessment. It does not mean unusable.

 

[Neeldenn]

Now I feel like my early 2015 MBP 13" is super slow - but I just don't use it enough to justify an upgrade :O

 

[Ethosik]

It's quick but your comments about the low RAM utilisation are misleading. It had already started to use some swap.

Also in Tech Chap's review he was getting out-of-memory warnings on an 8GB M1 MBP.

Do keep in mind that no matter how much memory you have, some apps will always use swap. An example of this is when I was using Chrome a year ago with 128GB of RAM. With 1 tab open it was still swapping memory. Shocked by this, I did some research and depending on the program, there can always be swap usage. Even if you have 1.5 TB of RAM.

 

[gianry]

wahhh !!!. Super Fast !!. but is there a magic trick ?

 

[EmotionalSnow]

So should I get MacBook Air 8GB RAM version or 16? I plan to use it for around 3 years. All I use is Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, read PDF textbooks and use computer for general browsing, Netflix and mail. I don‘t do photo editing or video editing. I don't want to spend unnecessarily. What does MacRumors think? I don’t use chrome.

Edit - I’m asking here because the video in OP shows 8GB MacBook Air, and even with those many apps it doesn’t seem to slow down.

I think you'll be perfectly fine with 8 GB of RAM.

 

[gautampw]

I think you'll be perfectly fine with 8 GB of RAM.

Thank you for the reply. I’ll order 8GB model.

 

[Panosl]

At this point, we've seen enough reviews and benchmarks to know that the Apple Silicon M1 MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac mini offer incredible performance compared to prior-generation Intel models, but there are still new tests coming out that demonstrate just how impressive Apple's chip really is.

MacRumors forum member iChan did a test on the base model M1 MacBook Air, opening up every default app in the dock on a new user profile and then opening up Activity Monitor at the end to see the RAM utilization.

The MacBook Air is able to seamlessly open every app with no lag time even as the number of open apps grows. Safari, Maps, Mail, Messages, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, the App Store, Notes, Reminders, and more are all running by the end and the 8GB unified memory in the machine handles it all without an issue. By the end, with every app up and running, App Memory comes in at 3.38GB.

Apple's M1 MacBook Air achieves this with 8GB RAM and no internal fan for cooling purposes, which is an impressive feat. The MacBook Air and Apple's other M1 Macs have been excelling in all manner of benchmarks and speed tests, beating out much higher-end Intel-based machines across the board.

Article Link: Watch the M1 Apple Silicon MacBook Air Blaze Through Opening Every Default App

So there is no need to go for 16 GB ? Most people would be fine with just 8 GB of ram ? (Browsing, conferences etc ? )

 

[vladi]

Did you guys know that the M1 it’s fast? I just thought you should know that it’s fast.
i’m not sure if anyone’s told you yet, but it’s fast.
that’s definitely fast.
it’s extremely fast.
it’s exponentially faster than the Intel versions.
A $700 Mac mini is now faster than a $6000 iMac Pro, a $10,000 Mac Pro, or even a $52,000 Mac Pro.

What you see here is SSD perfromance not chip performance.

 

[iChan]

Can somebody film opening /Applications, cmd-A then cmd-O ! That’d be great!

Here you go...

Nary a hiccup.

 

[jlocker]

That is because all these apps have been written in asic code. Run 10 old non Apple new written coded apps that are still under Intel code, Then we will talk. Of course they are going to run fast they are running under the new asic code.

 

[ijordano]

Hahaa that's not how you open every app 😂 In the Apple Store the first thing we do with a new Mac is go to the applications folder, CMD+A and open everything, not this click one at a time nonsense

 

[PhoenixFireless]

So should I get MacBook Air 8GB RAM version or 16? I plan to use it for around 3 years. All I use is Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, read PDF textbooks and use computer for general browsing, Netflix and mail. I don‘t do photo editing or video editing. I don't want to spend unnecessarily. What does MacRumors think? I don’t use chrome.

Edit - I’m asking here because the video in OP shows 8GB MacBook Air, and even with those many apps it doesn’t seem to slow down.

get the 8 gb, you'll be beyond fine

 

[dannys1]

Notice that the Intel Mac Mini is still for sale and at a higher price instead of getting replaced like the MacBook Air or the low end MacBook Pro. it looks like Apple is going to have a more powerful model to replace the Intel Mini and position the M1 machine as a lower end Mini.

There will also be a higher end 13" MBP eventually - this only replaced the 8th Gen Intel processors - expect one to replace 10th gen and offer the higher RAM currently available too.

 

[iChan]

It's quick but your comments about the low RAM utilisation are misleading. It had already started to use some swap.

Also in Tech Chap's review he was getting out-of-memory warnings on an 8GB M1 MBP.

Safari now uses the swap by default even when it's the only thing open. The SSD is simply fast enough to act as extended RAM for the purposes of most browsing tasks.

 

[jlocker]

Also he had previously open the app so some app data was still in cache memory also. That is how all computers work.

 

[Ethosik]

That is because all these apps have been written in asic code. Run 10 old non Apple new written coded apps that are still under Intel code, Then we will talk. Of course they are going to run fast they are running under the new asic code.

Sure that is a good thing to test too. But still new systems taking advantage of new technologies is still a valid test. This is like saying the Geforce RTX 20 series is better at ray-tracing, but lets test other things too before we can discuss advantages.

 

[G4DPII]

So it's using nothing that is RAM intensive and it's already swapping. Ha Ha, this thing will due a slow death just like any other machine with 8GB RAM when you starting using apps that eat RAM.

 

[grantew1]

Be caring jumping on the ship, just like PS5 and xbox people are learning.......

 

[macguru212]

Sorry, but I blinked and missed it. Can you do the launch opening thing again?

 

[lolkthxbai]

RIP Intel

 

[iChan]

Also he had previously open the app so some app data was still in cache memory also. That is how all computers work.

no, the video in the OP is from a fresh reboot

this also: #87

 

[iChan]

Mission Control/Exposé with every app open.

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