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Who’s getting an M1 for Christmas?
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Wow! You’re good. I would have lasted all of 5 seconds before it was opened and put through everything that I could. I don’t have your kind of willpower 🥺.
In fairness, I wasn't really planning to buy a MacBook (at least not right away). I just found myself suddenly needing a laptop I can use on my lap without overheating/burning my thighs. I was exposed to some who tested positive for COVID and had to telework/self-isolate in my bedroom instead of using the desktop in the living room.
My result came back negative which is probably the best Christmas present.
I just checked..it dosen't adjust with the keyboard brightness control and there's no setting I can find using the control strip settings. But the setting for the "F" keys is a perfect brightness for me. Whether it's automatic or not, I'm not sure. Hopefully someone else can chime in on this...
Well, I guess if my order sits much longer with no movement, I may cancel and just pick up one of the MBPs in the same configuration locally. One of the apple store had stock for almost an hour this morning. Thanks!
I’m so glad to hear that you are doing well! Best Christmas present ever.In fairness, I wasn't really planning to buy a MacBook (at least not right away). I just found myself suddenly needing a laptop I can use on my lap without overheating/burning my thighs. I was exposed to some who tested positive for COVID and had to telework/self-isolate in my bedroom instead of using the desktop in the living room.
My result came back negative which is probably the best Christmas present.
I would advise anybody thinking of buying either of the Macs, to think again, particularly if you use the webcam a lot, it has a flickering problem, under LED spot lights, which Apple to date is ignoring and advising users with that problem to get an external webcam.....other then that, great machines
Ha I do that! It’s probably quicker if I did a factory order but there is a weird satisfaction of finding one for store pick up
That’s just it, I placed an order, but it won’t arrive until mid-Jan if it’s not delayed. But I want it now 😫. Seriously though, if I can find in store, I’ll send back the one I originally orderEd. Still stalking... 😂.
I wasn't planning on getting one for Christmas, but the local apple store finally got a shipment of Airs in this morning so I was able to go there and grab a base space gray earlier today.
I've been lurking the local store daily for stock. They had it yesterday, and I pulled the trigger. Picked it up an hour later. 8 core, 16gb, 1Tb, space gray. Migration assistant finished via WiFi overnight and I was up and running this morning. Very nice machine. Upgrading from a late 2013 i7 retina pro model. Apple giving me $360 for the trade-in.
Oooh. Then I got mine November 17th as an early Christmas present too!
With the higher specs, I take it you plan on keeping the MBA for several years? Congrats on the new M1.
Honestly, to me length of ownership doesn't even factor into it. I know my usage and I'd probably have 1TB 70-80% filled within a year.
I'm not interested until the architecture can handle more than 16GB of RAM
I have a mini 16GB/512GB on order that should ship first week of January. Replacing a 2015 MBP that is going to one of the kids to replace a 2012 MBP. My iPad Pro has just about replaced a MBP for things I need to do on the go, much easier to travel with, when travel is a thing again.
I was gonna pull the trigger on trading-in my mid-2020 i5 MBP 13” for a M1 MBP when Best Buy, Costco had discounts on them weeks ago, but I realize I still have to pay-off my credit card balance from my recent iPad Pro purchase first. So I’m looking at towards the end of next month to purchase.
That’s the problem we need Apple to fix. We can’t carry around the Mac mini because it has to be plugged in to the wall (or into a UPS). And the MBA gets throttled because it gets hot, and MBP is too expensive to risk taking it anywhere.I really don't need it, but wanted something portable (not iPads or MBPs) since I can't carry around my mac mini
So I’m calling for a portable Mac mini that we can carry around with a all day battery and lots of USB ports and optimal cooling. And then the Air can control the mini with no compromise on performance or comfort.
Does the M1 Mini support two 1080p displays? Since it doesn’t have its own screen it probably could.
Because you need the bigger screen or because, in the past at least, the 16” was faster?
I used to have blank screensaver but notice I’m charging it. When I plugged out I saw screensavers there.