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I’m impressed by my wife’s m1 air. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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My wife and I went on a short trip where I had to work. I normally use a windows desktop, but couldn’t bring that.

I used her base m1 air, and was blown away by how well it handled my work. Not just that, but it used significantly less ram and cpu power.

On windows my cpu usage is higher and my ram usage normally over 8gb. On here air, I was hitting around 6gb ram usage and the cpu was maybe around 15-20%

I am still in a little disbelieve that her laptop handed my work so much better than my desktop i7-8700 or laptop i5-11th gen intel handles it.

I’m totally picking up a MacBook this fall.

Now just need to decide between the air and pro, the air is probably fine, but I like the dedicated hdmi port as I will use it with a monitor a lot. Not sure if a usb-c hub will suffice.

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[-] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

The 11th gen Intel cpus did not age well at all. They ran too hot, they were super inefficient at light work. They'd idle fine but as soon as you did something small, the fans would kick on and you suddenly had a half hour reduction in your battery life.

The M series laptops are fantastic and honestly, I don't mind USB hubs as much. Also if your phone supports USB c display out, you can use it with that. Unless if it's an iphone, then it's kind of scuffed. It does work and I have gotten actual work done with it.

[-] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

11th gen was in many cases worse than 10th gen

[-] notthebees@reddthat.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Igpu was fantastic, when it worked. Single core performance was also good. I don't have any 10th gen Intel devices to compare to. Both 10 nm and 14 NM.

[-] Melonpoly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

11th gen used more power to have very little if any gain from 10th gen. They were overpriced for what you got.

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