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I upgraded to M2 MacBook Air, but decided not to trade in or sell my M1 because it's such a monumental chapter in computer history.

Kinda stupid video ngl

> Every part of this machine is truly among the best > 8GB RAM......

I got a m2 pro mbp, its 14inch. Its a pretty nice machine, though intelmacs have a good thing going on for them, you can boot to windows and with an egpu actually game on it comfortably. So maybe if i get a 3d printer and a bit more money, i buy myself one so i can upgrade the cooling and use it for gaming aswell.

I picked one up second hand last year with 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. Solid machine even in 2024!!

"the m1 is the worst macbook air that apple will ever make." - linus

I'm currently using an M1 Mac Mini, so basically the same thing but with proper active cooling. And man, despite it's age, it's still pretty good. I am considering upgrading to a Mx Pro/Max macbook at some point, maybe the max for gpu performance + longevity. If it weren't for the bigass apple logo on the top I sometimes forget it is the thing doing all the computing and not my actual x86 computer, aside from gpu heavy tasks where my PC is just going to be better 100% of the time. Having access to all of apple's software while still being able to happily use android(I just think android is functionally superior in every way to ios) is great, especially games like Sonic Dream Team that don't seem like they're gonna be ported to other platforms. MacOS is nice, but I feel like there could be some improvements made especially for Finder. MacOS sucks if you try to use it as Windows but is great if you use it more like Linux. I've been convinced ARM is the future of CPUs for a while, but actually using apple silicon macs really helped cement that feeling

I just threw one of those away, I did boot it up and check it out and it was painfully slow and video so-so. I have a Macbook Pro M1 Max and it's great for everything including working in audio which is my main thing.

I purchased my base m1 macbook air in January 2022 and i have not used it much until recently when i started learning a course on udemy. I have been mainly using my laptop for learning and youtube and some browsing. My battery health is 96 percent still and am getting over 14 hours of SOT from 100-10 percent every single time. Performance is super good and laptop stays cool almost all the time what i do on it. Display is great with good saturation and colors also the text is crispy clear and as for the speakers they are pretty good for casual use also keyboard and trackpad are best of their kind. If this is not a value for money package i dont know what is. For anyone wondering to get this laptop so dont listen to others saying it is almost 4 years old. Once you get your hands on it, you will get to know it is miles better than any windows laptop today in the departments i mentioned above in the price bracket. OS is a different conversation so i dont want to get into that but if you are just looking for a good laptop that will last you 5 or more years that is just great all around then this is a blind buy. Tbh this m1 macbook is similar to that ipad pro 2018. Even though new generations came year after year iterating that version, to this day that ipad pro is still super relevant and great experience to use. Same applies to this m1 macbook as well. Sometimes apple puts out tech that does not get outdated for like 7-9 years down the road. Above 2 products come into that brackert. Makes no sense from their business pov but its a win for the consumer. Btw try to get it under 650 bucks(USA) or 60k(India) cause thats when you will realise how far better and ahead of competition this laptop is for that money.

Aglomeration haha

I don't think I'll be upgrading to a new Macbook for at least another 4 years. Unless there's another massive leap in performance like the M1.

M1 MBA checking in here. Bought it used (16GB / 512GB) WITH AppleCare+ for $700 on Facebook Marketplace. Freaking amazing deal. Thing is an ass kicker.

I've had my M1 MBP since release in 2020. It's hard to put into words, but it made portable my entire life. Hobbies like video editing, music, photography and my IT work suddenly all became available on something portable with a battery life that I could use and take anywhere. I use it every day, and because it is so good I have never missed my custom-built desktop PC. I actually did buy a gaming laptop to complement it, and sure it's way better for games BUT I actually forgot about the fan noise and heat! I forgot fan noise/heat were problems with other laptops lol. I also bought an M1 iPad Pro expecting great things. Yeah... Most expensive paperweight I own - Most of the time I check it is charged and then charge it or use it as a second display for my mac lol.

Nice video! I’ve got the G4 17”, 2006 17”, 2010 17” and 2011 17” with matte high res. Love this lot

When this came out, Intel rushed out some awful commercials featuring that “I’m a Mac” guy. They demonstrated playing one of the Grid series of games on a Windows laptop, claiming you can only do this on Intel. Guess they should have checked because you can totally run that game on an M1 MBA, which I have. No hoops, just install Steam, install game, run game.

Towards the end of the video you state that M1 is a first generation chip with 10+ years worth of innovation to come. I would argue the A4 was the first generation processor and that Apple had already put in 10 years of development and fine tuning their craft for the release of M1, which is what made it so good for a “first generation” processor. It’s basically a modified A12X designed with higher clock speeds and power draw in mind.

From an IT pov it’s been awesome. You can say what you will about ewaste and the ability to repair/replace components individually and I will hear those. But these things last. I see another 4 years before cpu performance falls. Another 2 before batteries die. Tell me, how long has it been since the main concern is the battery? The m2/m3 air had a significantly more attractive look. But, at an additional cost of 100/200 dollars. Sub 1000 is just unbeatable for a pro performance and a GEN FREACKING 1 M1 air. Now we will see windows arm shine. I’m skeptical what prism will offer as opposed to Rosetta 2. And the fact I haven’t seen a sub 1000$ snapdragon SOC from any of the lead providers (MS, Lenovo, Dell) leaves me worried that windows will struggle to keep up in the workplace. We need a premium option at the pivotal price point. The shell of the machine matters to most. looks, durability, and performance matter equally. So yeah, I don’t expect there to be another laptop like the M1 air. Great take of yours

I've used an MBP M1 Pro and now I'm using the Air M1 and the power consumption/performance is very good. I use mainly for coding. The only problem is that the applications are using too much ram, but it's a laptop from 2020.

Seriously Apple. Take this chassis and slap an M3 in it and call it a Macbook SE for under $900

Yesssss! I’ve had my M1 MBA for 2 years and I continue to love it. I know I’ll have it for at least 8 years just as my previous MacBook. I will miss the M1 MBA when it’s no longer able to function as it should. I can already tell an iPad Pro with keyboard will be my next “laptop” when my MBA’s time is up.

My MBA M1 is a refurbished product 8/512. bought it because I was so intrigued of “apple silicon” things, ngl. and it became my main daily driver ever since (2022, june). ❤

My left ear enjoyed the video 👂

apple by far has the best support for older laptops. it'll be fun to see how long this m1 air can truly go

I can confidently say it's by far the laptop of the decade.

those 2018 mbps were complete garbage. basically an expensive blowdryer

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It's impressive how white the keys still are

you may have, and I just totally missed it, but I think you really should've touched on battery life, I am currently using an i7 16 inch 2019 MacBook Pro, about 100 battery cycles, I get on a good day maybe 8-9 hours of pages/schoolwork, if im editing videos, music, or anything more intensive, it drops to probably at best about 4-5 hours. my moms MacBook Air m1 is rated for 18 hours, it has about 350 battery cycles on it, and will constantly get 14-16 hours doing the mundane stuff like pages and web browsing/video streaming. if I edit videos, music, or just do more intense stuff on that, its slower, but the battery life is about 8-10 hours depending on how intense it is. I feel like the best part of the M1 is simply how middle of the road everything is, the CPU is just fine, the GPU is just fine, the screen is just fine, the speakers are phenomenal, the battery life is superb, and its on par with 13th gen mobile i5 CPU's... but still has better battery life

Good luck repairing or upgrading it. Not going to be boasting for long.

I bought mine last year, alongside 2 M2 Mac Mini's. I'm in love with these Macs, if I am honest, I just wish they could design better mobile devices. Camera bumps are absolutely trash.

of course not. The lead engineers that designed the M1 quit apple and started their own company and well went to the otherwise. Now M2 M3 and I put my money on the M4 are, well, mediocre. I put money on they reason they left is,,,they were treated like s#/T

My m1 Mac is perfect, except for the ram and i have the 16gb model. It’s crazy how manufacturers still offer 8 as base model and often won’t let you go past 16. Do they realise that chrome, telegram, discord and vscode can easily take 8 to 12gb of ram?

Got my 2020 M1 Air at the end of '22 at a good discount. With 16GB RAM and 1TB storage, I hope it can last me a really long time before becoming inadequate. This video is quite reassuring.

M1 Air changed the market forever. Even now, Apple itself tries to match its glory with other Windows versions.

I feel like Apple is missing out on a competitive market segment by not releasing their 12 inch MacBook with 2 thunderbolt ports, SD reader and 3.5mm jack with the M2 chip. $699 and you’ll see people lining up to get one.

Just picked one of these up at a thrift store for $2... they thought it was a broken iMac xD

You think the M1 Air was state-of-art tech?? You never looked at the M1 MAX then, that was everyone dream laptop back in the day where we have to do manually lmao

3:42 This is incorrect, the 13-inch Macbook Air had a 1440x900 resolution and not 1366x768

I love my M1 MacBook Air so much. It’s not just the nicest computer I’ve ever had.. it’s so easy to use and like it. I can’t find a single issue and I complain about everything. If I had ONE complaint, it would be the display doesn’t get quite dim enough for my liking but that’s really nitpicky. It’s a lovely machine. One handed opening, the credible display and speakers.. keyboard that makes you want to type.. WiFi and Bluetooth so good you’ll pick up WiFi signals a block away. It’s really insane how long the battery lasts too.. I’ve had mine for about three years and can still pull of 15 hours of streaming on auto-brightness. Solid machine. I wish I had an extra sealed in box lol.

The M1 was a hint that Apple was going strong not only in features and performance, but also in price. It was all a lie, and soon after they started to charge exorbitant prices for their computers and upgrades, pricing themselves out of the market and becoming an irrelevant luxury brand (again).

i have a 17 inch also from 2010, mine is in a fairly good condition. Its a great machine, for better performance i reasoned to go away from mac os and instead to use a light linux distrobution so i can watch videos and text on discord with my friends. Its sad that they dont have that much of a punch anymore, since this laptop is perfect in every single way, its big, the screen feels empty and gives one alot of room for pictures or videos, aswell as movies, i love it. Maybe in the future someone can Frankenstein it to become even better and lead everyone to have a very usuable machine, for the future

i dont understand why is my keyboard layout not the same like his has a big return key, mines the small one

Anyone currently using this to edit 4k video? How are you finding it?

I'm watching this video on the M1 Air. Now, despite owning an M1 MacBook Pro 14-inch, I ended up buying a MacBook Air M1. It was more of a spontaneous buy, as the price on Amazon dropped to as low as $800 last November. Besides, I wanted something that was lighter, which the Air certainly is and I always liked the wedge design; a form factor that Apple has abandoned on the latest Air. I knew Apple wasn't going to keep it around for much longer. In my opinion, the final versions of old laptops are generally the best. I can say this as I still have a functioning fully-spec'd out 13-inch Unibody MacBook Pro, as a third computer and it's still working just fine, nearly eight years after I bought it. Just like the M1 Air, I got the Unibody in 2016, when it was being phased out. That deal was even better at just $576.

Got mine for $150 and I love it!

geekbench is not a measure of power a very questinable test

For me it seems to be nearly impossible to find a 8GB ram 11 inch Macbook Air 2015. And if I find one, it's like 400 euros

Bom trabalho com seu mac pro. Posso usar qualquer placa de vídeo disponível nesses mac pro? Quais consegue rodar jogos fps acima de 100? Agradeço desde já em responder. 👏🏾🙏🏾

The M1 MacBook Air will definitely be a fondly remembered classic, right up there with the 2015 Retina, 2012 Univody and the G4s.

I used a company-supplied M1 2020 MBA for work and it throttled all the time due to the lack of a fan, limiting its performance. Yes, the battery life and performance was far superior to the Intels, and yes the M chips run far cooler, but Apple choosing to omit any active cooling really hurts this machine under sustained load.