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  • @ytp5161
    @ytp5161 Год назад +349

    Alex, please keep the scores on top of all Macbooks, so it's easier to compare. 🙂

  • @kayleighwhitehurst6274
    @kayleighwhitehurst6274 Год назад +280

    The real test for this would be to run 3 docker containers in the background, have 12 chrome tabs open, slack running, an email Client open, PHPStorm indexing, and then try the build. 😂

    • @ZPatTV
      @ZPatTV Год назад +39

      do we have the same job? 😂

    • @andyH_England
      @andyH_England Год назад +22

      A MB Air M2 with 24GB of RAM and 1TB SSD would I expect handle that with no issues and remain competitive in speed. Obvious your workload needs max RAM rather than CPU performance. That it the truth; buy a machine with the right specs (RAM) and it will be great. Cheap out with 8GB of RAM and you deserve to have a trashy experience.

    • @Pablososki14
      @Pablososki14 Год назад +1

      Lmao true. Exactly the type of benchmark that we need

    • @fgoni
      @fgoni Год назад

      What would you use in that case? M2 Air with 24gb ram? M2 pro pro with 16/32 gb ram?

    • @infernus8926
      @infernus8926 Год назад +10

      Lol I have like 2-3 docker containers running all the time, 2 instances of chrome with 10 tabs each, slack, postman, phpstorm indexing, 3 vscode windows, 8k hdr youtube videos playing in the background, 9 terminal tabs and I still get one whole day without having to plug in the charger. I have a m1 pro mb pro 14.

  • @HaritonovSergey
    @HaritonovSergey Год назад +12

    Just to be clear, you can use your ipad as a third monitor with Apple Sidecar technology on a Macbook Air and it works well, i.e. no freezes or any noticeable issues

  • @dmitry48572
    @dmitry48572 Год назад +6

    Alex, thanks for the video. But, developing - it is not only about compiling scripts. We are running docker containers, we are searching info in browser, running heavy IDEs (PHPStorm and so on) and many other tasks. I believe You need to test how IDE works with a big project on these machines, that is what really makes sense.

  • @kdborg
    @kdborg Год назад +9

    You need to rig a system where the Schwarzenegger 2 comes down from above. Once you trigger the simultaneous builds, it goes back up.

    • @AZisk
      @AZisk  Год назад +2

      love the idea!

  • @vovasava3498
    @vovasava3498 Год назад +7

    please do unit/e2e tests comparing !
    that is something that dev would run a lot through the day, and also benefit a lot from extra cores

  • @GabrielGasp
    @GabrielGasp Год назад +9

    Base model MBA with 8GB is not enough if you work with docker and multiple containers running. When you bump it to 16GB and look at the price, you gotta start considering the base model 14" M1 Pro, which gives you the 16GB you need + 512GB SSD + IO + 2 monitor support.
    Hard to go with the MBA…

    • @Mischu708
      @Mischu708 Год назад +2

      Exactly why i went with the 14" M1 Pro. Very satisfied with it so far.

    • @rodrigo3187
      @rodrigo3187 Год назад

      But where do you find the M1 pro these days? Refurbished?

    • @Mischu708
      @Mischu708 Год назад

      @@rodrigo3187 i think it depends on your local market. I got mine 1 month ago and i ordered the last 14" 1TB in space gray

    • @mrbrit6746
      @mrbrit6746 Год назад

      Only problem with this is that Apple have just stopped selling the M1 MacBook Pro.
      So you're pretty much restricted to buying second hand from a third party, unless you find a retailer selling them (which none seem to have any stock in the UK)

    • @si-level
      @si-level Год назад

      Honestly its never happened that you need multiple container running. I got like 5 container docker running while using intellij and open 5-10 tab. Base mba is enough

  • @theoldknowledge6778
    @theoldknowledge6778 Год назад +12

    Your videos are incredible, thank you!! You should do a summary graph at the end of the tests to show the results

  • @saadanjum91
    @saadanjum91 Год назад +17

    Great video mate. I use my m1 macbook air for my web development work mostly backend related. And for the most of it, it works well if you are patient enough. Benchmarks are a great way to compare different machines but not very accurate representations of how things might turn out for you in my opinion. For example, when I am working I obviously do not have a single program loaded on at a time. And for me.. in my experience here is the main issue with macbook air basic versions. It has 8 gb RAM. and if you have 2 - 3 applications running, 1 or 2 development nodejs servers and probably a database administration client + the enemy of RAM (a browser with multiple tabs open). All this (realistic) work load usually results in the swap memory reaching well above 10 to 12gb after the first 15 to 20 min of work. At this point you can clearly feel that the macbook air starts to struggle. All because of low memory. So In my opinion, its not just about the CPU performance, in your usual work load 2 - 5 sec difference in compiling stuff wont ever matter but the 1 - 2 sec lag every often you switch from one application to another becomes an annoyance. So, to conclude, get the version with more memory.

    • @kidalovelace
      @kidalovelace 7 месяцев назад

      hi I’m about to purchase a MacBook Pro m1 for front-end and ux design. Struggling to decide between 14” and 16.” Technically, I could get an external monitor to pair with the 14” which would help with portability, but I’m concerned about finding an affordable monitor that could even keep up with the quality + color macbook screens offer. What’s your set up like with the 13” MacBook Air and do you think it’s better to have a larger screened MacBook? As a fellow developer, would you suggest getting the 14” or 16”?

    • @saadanjum91
      @saadanjum91 7 месяцев назад +1

      @kidalovelace i would suggest a 16" one in your case because I switched from the 13" to a MB pro 14" and just 1" changed the display experience for me. It just started to feel like I have more landscape, and I could put up windows side by side or on top of each other a lot more easily. Since your work involves frontend dev and designing, more landscape definitely could help a lot with the experience. Also, your concern about the external display is valid. The screen quality on Macbooks is superb. Any external monitor with that kind of screen quality will definitely not be easy on the pocket. However if you can compromise on the screen quality of the external monitor then I highly recommend getting one in your budget no matter which laptop you choose to buy, because an external screen adds a whole lot to your overall productivity. Hope this helps.

    • @kidalovelace
      @kidalovelace 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@saadanjum91 yea, i think i will go for the 16” after all. If i find it overcompensates with my workflow, i’ll return it for the 14”. I’ll also settle for a budget monitor, because you’re right, a macbook display quality monitor that’s not over $500 is a unicorn and at the end of day, surely the end users also don’t have maxed out displays lol. You’ve actually made me consider buying the monitor first to see if it effects my choice as well 🤔. That way, I can test if I’m willing to compromise the size or not within the period I can return/exhange.
      Thank you sm for your insight, it helps tremendously! 🙏🏽

  • @tudoriustin22
    @tudoriustin22 Год назад +5

    I'm a Front-End Software Engineer and I have the Space Gray M2 MacBook Air with 16GB Ram and 512GB Storage and I can't be happier. A portable Powerhouse!

    • @contemplator1993
      @contemplator1993 Год назад

      Is a 16GB MacBook Pro M1 enough for MEAN stack & iOS development ?

    • @tudoriustin22
      @tudoriustin22 Год назад +1

      @@contemplator1993 in my opinion getting 32 go ram is better for Xcode but 16gb should be just fine

  • @larrystreehouse1124
    @larrystreehouse1124 Год назад +2

    Nice 🎉I have got M2 MacBook Air with 24 gbs ram and cpu maxed 😂 no regrets

  • @Krankerou
    @Krankerou Год назад +4

    add docker with 4 or 5 containers and the air will be hot really fast

    • @ej.xxxx_
      @ej.xxxx_ Год назад

      this!

    • @tylersmith8082
      @tylersmith8082 Год назад

      I’m only 1 1/2 years into being a web dev but what are the example case for when I should need docker?

  • @kaneclements7761
    @kaneclements7761 Год назад +6

    I really enjoyed this episode. Not my use case, nonetheless a valuable set of insights.
    I'm not a developer. I am a photographer and I've recently upgraded my setup to a MacMini M2 Pro 16Gb RAM and a refurb M1 Air with 16 Gb of RAM for travel.
    There is a performance difference between the two machines.
    It isn't so great that I couldn't quite happily use the Air as my main machine. With the big Apple display attached of course. 🙂

  • @nomad100hd
    @nomad100hd Год назад +12

    The biggest problem i'd have with the M2 Mac Book Air is the limited external display support.

    • @nomad100hd
      @nomad100hd Год назад +1

      @@delus5361 The M2 Mac Book Air only supports one external display according to the specs on Apple's website. I run two external 4k displays with my current Mac Book Pro. I'm using a corsair thunderbolt dock.

    • @snicon
      @snicon Год назад

      Displaylink ”adapters/hubs” (while hacky) offers a solution. Works very well with my m1 air. Run three displays in total.

  • @justinpritchard2633
    @justinpritchard2633 Год назад +1

    I see a lot of talk about the MacBook Air only support one external display, which is true. Just wanted to let people know that there are ways around that. My main monitor has support for USB-C power delivery and has a USB-C hub built in. I have an OWC DisplayLink adapter plugged into the monitors USB-C hub with two HDMI cables running out to two other monitors. This way I have my MacBook Air connected with a single cable that does display and power and it drives all three of the external displays.
    The same thing would work without a monitor that has a USB-C hub, you just would have more then one cable connected to the computer and my OCD would not allow for that.
    I have been using it for months now and have not noticed any issues with using those monitors over display link.

    • @blondeguy08
      @blondeguy08 Год назад

      What monitor is this that has that?

  • @essetee
    @essetee Год назад +1

    AMD Ryzen 7 5800X × 16 - 32 GB Ram - web-tooling-benchmark: Geometric mean: 17.37 runs/s - Gatsby: Done in 47.35s

  • @ankanroy2
    @ankanroy2 Год назад +2

    The synthetic benchmark or even the real world performance javascript is just a single threaded language, so it doesn't matter how beefi you cpu it's just utilize a single thread so even if you have an air it still performs the same. If you use any other language like rust or go that could be used by back-end engineers that could run on multi threaded performance.

    • @AZisk
      @AZisk  Год назад

      did you see the second test?

    • @ankanroy2
      @ankanroy2 Год назад

      @@AZisk I am only talking about the synthetic benchmarks not the building up process

    • @ankanroy2
      @ankanroy2 Год назад

      @@AZisk you could also run normal js multi threaded with the help of workers

  • @Nothwarren
    @Nothwarren 2 месяца назад

    That's a good point. but when you add phpstorm, multiple chrome tabs, adobe xd or figma running etc etc it adds up and M1 Pro minimum is required I'd say. so that also means minimum 32go of ram btw !

  • @klauslife10
    @klauslife10 Год назад +10

    @Alex, big fan here!
    Could you test the new "Dev Drive" native feature on Windows to see what kind of improvement that brings us?

    • @AZisk
      @AZisk  Год назад +3

      Dev Drive looks interesting. Does it really improve performance though 🤔

    • @vladimir3549
      @vladimir3549 Год назад

      If you works on WSL, then it's not for you.

  • @Dadgrammer
    @Dadgrammer Год назад +10

    Web developer point of view.
    I use to work on i7/i9 mbp16, m1 air, m2 pro and m2 max.
    I’d similar performance on all ARMs, better than intel’s, but..
    As web developer, usually you run a lot of stuff in same time, IDE, local environment, sometimes few of them host/test/storybook etc, chrome of course, probably figma or equivalent, slack/teams, vpn.
    And in many situations you need to run your backend locally, because of multiple reasons.
    Yes, only web development is not that power needed, but most of the time you’ll use this power anyway.
    I work with react/nextjs/react native for last 5 years, mostly react web apps.
    Air m1/m2 can run more than display, but you need displaylink adapter and software.

    • @alshuwaiee27
      @alshuwaiee27 Год назад

      Which one you recommend

    • @Dadgrammer
      @Dadgrammer Год назад

      @@ahbegnueg depending on budget, but anything M1 or higher with at 16gb of ram will be good for start.

    • @Dadgrammer
      @Dadgrammer Год назад

      @@alshuwaiee27 m1 or higher with at least 16gb of ram, depends on your budget.

    • @alshuwaiee27
      @alshuwaiee27 Год назад

      @Dadgrammer I'm thinking to get the M2 pro 16 gb 1 tb

  • @henrythomas7112
    @henrythomas7112 Год назад +1

    Your videos are very useful and provide lots of information. I have received lots of help after watching this post, please continue to share this kind of information. Thank you.

  • @wettydolphin
    @wettydolphin Год назад +2

    your schwarznegger 2 is so impressive :D

  • @azeranex
    @azeranex Год назад +1

    As frontend dev, all I need is ram. I bought M1 Max with 32GB Ram and really glad that I didn't chose lower ram (a little bit regret that I can't buy 64GB 🤣).

    • @andyH_England
      @andyH_England Год назад +1

      Yes, RAM is the key for devs. Those complaining their systems slowdown when using 8GB of RAM make me laugh.

  • @crckrbrrs
    @crckrbrrs Год назад +4

    couldnt you use software key emulation to send an enter keypress to all machines based on some universal constant (like the systems clock)?
    actually, scratch that. a four-finger piston powered robot purely to press the enter key is way cooler

    • @AZisk
      @AZisk  Год назад +1

      yes!! 😆

  • @erickmungandi189
    @erickmungandi189 Год назад +3

    Hi Alex, please do benchmarks for the LAMP stack (apache, php, mariadb) and remember to include AMD and Intel so we are sure Apple Silicon works for php development

  • @ralphstansal4371
    @ralphstansal4371 Год назад +1

    You are the best Alex 🤟🏾🤟🏾 thank you I’m trying to get into programming and I’m using the web dev route to get in

  • @jubaerjami
    @jubaerjami Год назад +4

    Hello Alex, amazing video! Can there be any benchmark where you also include dockers? because dockers are really a great part of shared web development.

  • @steveedina
    @steveedina Год назад +2

    I use 2 external displays with my M1 MBA. You just need a DisplayLink adapter.

    • @stephenvalente3296
      @stephenvalente3296 Год назад

      Yes, I think the 1 external monitor statement is repeated incorrectly all the time. Personally I'd go for an Air M2 (possibly with the newer screen assuming it comes along soon), and the Mac Mini M2 Pro. That way you have a powerful fixed option, and a mobile option too. Then again I'm not using a laptop much these days other than for my healthcare related work.

    • @c5n8
      @c5n8 Год назад

      are those 5k displays?

    • @stephenvalente3296
      @stephenvalente3296 Год назад

      @@c5n8 Trust Apple to come up with something outside the normal standards of 4k and 8k 🙄

    • @richarddcrossley
      @richarddcrossley Год назад

      @@stephenvalente3296 it’s been like that on Mac for a long time (well before 4K even became mainstream). The Thunderbolt Display is 1440p. It’s to do with scaling.

  • @Mischu708
    @Mischu708 Год назад +1

    To be honest i think the MBA is just to up sell the base 14" MBP. You get more ram, more storage, better speakers, better keyboard, better screen, more ports. For me the 16gb of ram and the screen were the 2 main reasons to go with 14" M1 Pro.

    • @svnbit8408
      @svnbit8408 Год назад

      Same, but that air was so nice to hold it inspires confidence when I imagine day to day. Setting up 16 M2 pro 16gb. New to dev.

  • @hermanthotan
    @hermanthotan Год назад +1

    Can you make review about AMD Ryzen 7940hs vs M2 Pro.
    From performance, Battery Life as well the Ryzen AI.

  • @NuncNuncNuncNunc
    @NuncNuncNuncNunc Год назад +1

    Build times of entire repo may not be the best test. Most builds during an average day are incremental. The question is how they perform with background tasks - chrome (mem/cpu/gpu hog), a local database (mostly idle), sourcetree (always seems to crash with multiple projects open).

  • @edgarv1081
    @edgarv1081 Год назад +6

    Alex, I really enjoy your videos! Thank you for your videos! The test cases that I would be very interested in is when you do all the tests, that you do regularly, but with a lot of stuff open(docker, lots of chrome tabs, mutiple projects in multiple IDEs, ..ect) . I suppose some of your other subscribers would be interested in this to. I think this would demonstrate very well how these machines differ for developers, as we have a lot of stuff open at the same time most of the time. Multitasking + benchmarks would be very interesting. I am using personally Macbook pro 16 m1 pro 16gb usually with a lot of stuff open and having slowdowns because of ram amount (having like 10-15bg swap).

  • @synen
    @synen Год назад +5

    As per usual, very informative videos by Alex.

  • @super_mr_unknown
    @super_mr_unknown Год назад

    If you do web development the most important equipment you need is good internet for buildings, to download packages)

  • @godfreypj
    @godfreypj Год назад +2

    I've got the M2 air. I will eventually trade up but I love this little thing. Midnight is beautiful.
    BUT... My work beat is an M1 Pro w 32GB of Ram.

    • @taskforce_kerim
      @taskforce_kerim Год назад +1

      Price-performance-ratio wise, the M2 Air is a beast.

    • @rodrigo3187
      @rodrigo3187 Год назад

      @@taskforce_kerim is 16gb of ram enough?

    • @mrbrit6746
      @mrbrit6746 Год назад

      Did you go for the base model, or did you upgrade the RAM/SSD?

    • @taskforce-it-group
      @taskforce-it-group Год назад

      ​@@rodrigo3187 It is plenty for web development, as far as I can tell. I don't really use virtual machines or other high-ram applications and 16Gb has been more than sufficient. I've even been using the M1 Air with 8 Gb for almost 3 years before getting the M2 Air.

  • @AnesuC
    @AnesuC Год назад +1

    I know this is weird for a mac channel, but would be interesting to see how they do compiling the Linux kernel. Might be too long for your videos to be worth your time but thought I would mention it

  • @benjaminshtark5977
    @benjaminshtark5977 Год назад +3

    i say a macbook pro 16" M2 Pro is perfect machine for any developer (almost).
    screen size matters, and extra ram/cpu always helps.
    also, you buy that laptop for work and will use it for at least 2-3 years or even longer,
    so if you get it on payments, so, yes, adding another 1k$ sounds like a lot, but its your main work tool/machine and adding anouth 30-40$ monthly payment wont break you if you are making money of course, and if you dont, just get second hand older mac..

  • @anton-nl3tu
    @anton-nl3tu Год назад

    Thanks Alex, you really helped me to choose the right laptop

  • @laughingvampire7555
    @laughingvampire7555 Год назад

    the main product app of the company I work for, takes 30 minutes to compile an angular2 app in a hp elitebook running ubuntu 22 with 32GB of RAM if you make the mistake of not running it with a "nice", disconnected my session from teams (I hate any chat that demands me to connect using snapped electron apps when we could be using private irc)

  • @Dimonina
    @Dimonina Год назад +1

    I own m1 max 16 64gb ram and m2 air 24gb ram. Just for fun I ran the build of my angular app and there's no difference in time. 1 floating second. So for web dev I would recommend macbook air m1 if 16gb of ram is enough for you. The M2 is faster on paper and synthetic tests. In real world you will NOT notice the difference. Sometimes when I debug tests in WebStorm 24Gb is not enough and M2 air becomes slower, the rest of the time I don't feel that one of my machines is faster or slower - completely same feeling of speed and responsiveness.

    • @husseinbakari.
      @husseinbakari. Год назад

      Bro salute you💯

    • @alshuwaiee27
      @alshuwaiee27 Год назад

      I'm thinking to get M2 for web development how much ram is enough ?

    • @Dimonina
      @Dimonina Год назад

      @@alshuwaiee27 well. Nowadays I don't see any reason to buy 8gb ram, minimum 16. My daughter has 8gb MacBook and it uses swap when she has Google chrome opened. I would go with 24 if you have budget, nodejs is quite memory hungry and modern browsers too. Add slack, other messengers, figma, etc. and you voala, your swap file is 4+ GB already with 16gb PC. If you use webstorm, it also consumed RAM like crazy.

  • @waynecressman8859
    @waynecressman8859 Год назад

    it's easy to add additional monitors to the Macbook air using a Displaylink dongle. I'm running three external 4k monitors off my Macbook Air M1 with very little extra CPU burden.

  • @johntheblindman
    @johntheblindman Год назад +3

    Alex, are you typing in that command on each machine? If so, why not use "handoff"? it should be enabled by default if you are logging into the same account.

    • @AZisk
      @AZisk  Год назад +3

      definitely using handoff- a life saver

  • @SamerLOLOfficial
    @SamerLOLOfficial Год назад

    Thank you for your video, I really needed a video display the comparison between these laptops and now I can say I can get m2 max with 32 GB RAM peacefully.

  • @MicroFourThirdsCorner
    @MicroFourThirdsCorner Год назад +1

    Good video, would have been nice to leave the time over each laptop as you read them out so make it easier to visually compare.

    • @AZisk
      @AZisk  Год назад +1

      Good idea!

    • @gmartins-dev
      @gmartins-dev 6 месяцев назад

      what is the chair you are using in this video? and what more you recommends please?@@AZisk

  • @Sir-Sandman
    @Sir-Sandman Год назад

    Do not forget that you can use DisplayLink to connect several monitors to MacBook Air.
    I'm using 3 external monitors with my Air M2.

  • @HabiburRahman-xs9gb
    @HabiburRahman-xs9gb Год назад

    Get the 13inch macbook pro(m1), at lesst 512gb , ram 16gb if possible. You will be fine for any kind of web development

  • @MrKyriotetes1
    @MrKyriotetes1 Год назад

    macbook air 15 m2 with 16gb , enough for programmer who are running docker, aws, dotnet, nodejs, linux, jetbrain rider/intellij, postgres?

  • @glenospace
    @glenospace Год назад +1

    These tests are too synthetic. I want to know how long does it take to index symbols for a new webstorm project, or better yet - xcode with cocoapods.
    I want to run a local kubernetes cluster for 50 days, and then restart the whole thing.
    I want to spin up an ephemeral backend for integration tests.
    And if I do a build, it’s always something silly like an unsupported version of node rebuilding scss using clang. The build runs for what feels like eternity, and then fails. So you delete all node modules, and bump everything, reinstall, reindex symbols, and… see above.

  • @yuananda
    @yuananda Год назад +5

    interesting result, by the way i'm curious if you ever experience overheat or vscode slow respond on m1/m2 when developing large (typesript) project?

    • @ascar66
      @ascar66 Год назад

      On my mbp m2 I heard fans only when I was running 5 microservices and several apps on docker

    • @Glifaus
      @Glifaus Год назад +1

      i develop on mb air m1. Laravel (docker) with Vue, selenium, redys, and doing hot reload in webpack (im thinking in migrate to vite soon). No overheat there, stays into 30 - 45 celsius. Doing projects with local AI is then the problem starts, 16gb and its struggling and reaching 88 celsius in no time...

  • @petereriksson6760
    @petereriksson6760 Год назад

    I have the previous air and it is great… but the main drawback is: just one external display. The speed is enough, everything is smooth… but oh how I want to connect my second external screen…🤷‍♂️

  •  Год назад +1

    As of speed I am fine with Air but I like the big screen. Perfect for me would be Air with 16" screen for like $2k :)

    •  Год назад

      I just realized they released new 15 inch MacBook Air! It looks as it could be powerful enough for web development. I hope it's possible to connect 2 external monitors to it though and one usb port on right side would be nice.

  • @yutubserch
    @yutubserch Год назад

    I could be more helpful if you keep the metric results visible at the same time!

  • @kopiking352
    @kopiking352 Год назад +1

    I really like the gear/4 fake fingers 💪

  • @paps0n
    @paps0n Год назад

    Result table would be great in that type of test, appreciate your work though!

  • @hotrodhunk7389
    @hotrodhunk7389 Год назад +3

    Wouldn't it make more sense to develop on very low powered hardware? That way you can ensure the experience would be fast for anyone with any kind of hardware?

    • @AZisk
      @AZisk  Год назад +7

      You want to develop on good hardware, but TEST on bad hardware.

  • @sandorturanszky2401
    @sandorturanszky2401 9 месяцев назад

    AIR is perfect for most if not all web development scenarios. Just get with 16GB RAM and you are good to go.

    • @AZisk
      @AZisk  9 месяцев назад +1

      agreed

  • @gmartins-dev
    @gmartins-dev 6 месяцев назад

    what is the chair you are using in this video? and what more you recommends please?

  • @roccociccone597
    @roccociccone597 Год назад

    I think if you're a fullstack dev (especially if you use Go, C# or Java in the backend) you'd benefit from one of the faster machines.

  • @vatsalyavigyaverma5494
    @vatsalyavigyaverma5494 Год назад

    Can you check docker update i still face performance issues on M1 mini thanks
    Sorry I found a 1 month old video thanks

  • @_noize
    @_noize Год назад +1

    I recently downgraded from a M1 Max (32 Cores) to a M2 Air with 16 gigs of RAM. The M1 Max just felt completely overkill for my every now and then usage of Unity and our rather small low-poly project we are working on.
    And I must say - the portability of the M2 air is incredible! It handles Unity perfectly fine and of course I am missing on MANY frames in our project, but it doesn't matter because I can still work smoothly with Unity + JetBrains Rider in the background.
    I am a rather new MacBook user and your videos always gave me great insights in what to expect from the devices. Keep up the good work!

    • @Office3
      @Office3 Год назад

      i plan to downgrade too from m1 pro to m2 air, but from time to time i'm using container app because i am dev java spring boot and deploy to microservices, but still following to learn web dev. should i retain my current mac or downgrade? because its a bit heavy, thats the only reason

    • @puhgeh
      @puhgeh Год назад +2

      @@Office3 get the highest ram for m2 air and you'll be fine.

    • @wettydolphin
      @wettydolphin Год назад

      i like the macbook air m2 and i am a free time gamedev using unity as my main tool. It runs 3d really kind of well. Especially if you settle expectations and use it in low powermode i think the combination of battery life and useable pc power is very good. I must admit my last laptop was severly underpowered. But my desktop is not so much ahead in non 3d unity tasks.

    • @_noize
      @_noize Год назад

      @@Office3 I have no knowledge about web dev, but I could imagine that my workloads even might be heavier than yours. Definitely make sure to go with at least 16 gigs of RAM, I am pretty sure you will be finde then.

    • @_noize
      @_noize Год назад

      @@wettydolphin what kind of projects do you work on in Unity?
      I agree, if you are not chasing frames but just want to test your changes in game view, the M2 has plenty of power to do so.

  • @brunomiiguell
    @brunomiiguell Год назад

    What was the first build you run ? The one within 8/9 seconds

  • @greebou
    @greebou Год назад

    what's the conclusion which one is the best for web developer finally....?

  • @akash_gupta_2090
    @akash_gupta_2090 Год назад

    bro I'm confused i have tight budget which one to buy as a web developer and mobile developer MacBook air m1 16gb 256fb or intel I7 13900HX with 4050 6gb ram both have almost same price in India

  • @user-mg1utr1p
    @user-mg1utr1p Год назад

    I'm a web developer, but besides the common tasks, I need to run virtual os on VMware, which takes cpu cores and ram, and yheah, I need extra monitor to plug in for work, so I consider macbook pro on m1 pro, 16gb ram and 512gb rom, what you, guys, could recommend to choose?

  • @coolemur976
    @coolemur976 Год назад

    I wouldn't recommend macbook air if you are planning doing web development + webgl or other more intense graphics.
    "Web development" has more to it.

  • @EnderWang
    @EnderWang Год назад +3

    I am considering upgrade from M1 (16+512) to M1 Max (64+1T), can I get yours? since you got soooo many MBPs :D

    • @EnderWang
      @EnderWang Год назад

      I mean, seriously. Currently a master student, can't pay 3000 euros to get the 64gb ram one.

  • @redmeat5644
    @redmeat5644 Год назад

    The M1/M2 Airs are beasts. I would be using an Air right now if they supported more than 1 external monitor.

    • @andyH_England
      @andyH_England Год назад

      I am shocked. Not a power-user but the M2 MB Air is a much smoother and faster experience than my M1 MB Pro 14 Pro for what I do. So influencers recommending the M1 over the M2 have it wrong for general fluidity, feel and speed for day-to-day stuff. Obviously the M1 MB Pro 14 has more luxuries but portability-wise the Air wins. Would say that the M2 Air is a massive upgrade over M1 Air, and am happily surprised, glad that I ignore the “so-called” experts trashing the M2s.😢

    • @ndawi-9947
      @ndawi-9947 Год назад +1

      @@andyH_England have you consistently used the m1 Air because there The reason why it's still so popular also the M2 was not a significant jump inspects an overall use, matter of fact in some areas it will there were a few downgrades. But what it does have is that it has a new design and interesting color way, in a slight improvement in performance of less than 30%.
      If you use both you realize that the performance difference between the two is not so significant that you'd be lacking by staying with the previous model of the m1 Air.

    • @andyH_England
      @andyH_England Год назад

      @@ndawi-9947 I used the M1 for 18 months and the M2 since then. The M1 is excellent, but the M2 feels faster, smoother, and more refined. It is hard to quantify a feel, the pleasure of using the M2 over the M1, but for me, it was significant. If you could use both, you would reach that inevitable conclusion. So if you have neither and want to buy an Air, 100% choose the M2 and forget what influencers say. Especially when the deals are there for the M2; lowest on Amazon has been £170 off, and mine was £450 off

  • @apemzheng7914
    @apemzheng7914 Год назад

    It’s a great video for me, as a iOS developer, this is my doubt which puzzled me for a long time.

  • @sweealamak628
    @sweealamak628 Год назад +5

    I personally think it's always best to go for the lowest specs possible. It forces you to improve your code and not rely on the hardware to compensate inefficient code structure. That said, a larger screen really helps. Looking forward to the 15" Air!

    • @dailyfactsgpt
      @dailyfactsgpt Год назад

      I agree however working with ai or in my case developing automated video editing software using ai requires a shit load of resources and it’s not always feasible/efficient to deploy to a test/pr branch.

    • @sweealamak628
      @sweealamak628 Год назад

      @@dailyfactsgpt Video was about web dev so was commenting on those kind of projects.

  • @chongzterz
    @chongzterz Год назад

    What's your opinion for the new 15 inch air model?
    Running ASP dotnet on these machine, which is a better choice?

  • @198-rx
    @198-rx Год назад

    wow, with this setup you can do a Venus super yatch

  • @mister_ray
    @mister_ray Год назад

    The MacBook Air 15 changes everything.

  • @glewfw7989
    @glewfw7989 Год назад

    hello do you think the 15 inch air model will behave same as the 13 inch air?

  • @AvatarEarthling
    @AvatarEarthling Год назад

    Thank you for this comparison video. I am thinking to upgrade my intel macbook pro and having dilemma between macbook pro and air. But my daily usage will be web development and once or twice a year do some video editing. Im just worry that mac air will be too hot and there’s no fan to blow thought on mac pro the fan rarely turns on. Do you have any videos that compare the heat? Does anyone has any recommendations?

  • @parthapal333
    @parthapal333 Год назад

    Whatever the performance, most software engineers are stuck with the laptops that their employer’s select

  • @jtd_443
    @jtd_443 Год назад

    For web developers (not native ones) - Macbook Air M1 is what they need. If native: something more powerful thank Macbook Air M1

    • @andyH_England
      @andyH_England Год назад

      I much prefer the design and the little extras on the M2 Air and as they have dropped in price the M2 is easily a better choice for long term ownership. Could not recommend a 2.5-y-o machine now. Buy the M2 Air and thank me later.

  • @johandavid9774
    @johandavid9774 Год назад

    I wish the MacBook Pro would look as clean as in the thumbnail 😅

  • @resekai
    @resekai Год назад

    0:52 Lies, i dont see the benchmark tool link anywhere below. 😒

  • @mostafamilly7122
    @mostafamilly7122 Год назад

    Do you recommend m2 air base model for web development ?
    Or I should upgrade the ram or ssd ?

  • @piotrlewandowski
    @piotrlewandowski 10 месяцев назад

    "I'm a developer" - proceed to "cd" into folder just to "ls" files... and then "cd" out of it just run the JS script from INSIDE same folder ;)

  • @SH1V13
    @SH1V13 Год назад

    M2 MBA in what spec? Base 8GB RAM + 256GB SSD?

  • @snapshotykkk
    @snapshotykkk 11 месяцев назад

    ONLY 8? I have 2 cores 4 gigs of RAM and ChromeOS which locked me out of BIOS

  • @ahmedsunil3235
    @ahmedsunil3235 9 месяцев назад

    Anyone checked phpstorm 2023 on à m2 MacBook Air 8gb

  • @cariyaputta
    @cariyaputta Год назад

    How is the m2 air regarding battery life?

  • @maxvamp
    @maxvamp Год назад +1

    The Schwarzenegger scares me. I believe it is the very first step in SkyNet giving humanity the finger!

    • @AZisk
      @AZisk  Год назад +4

      all i need to do it hook up chatgpt

  • @swaliha448
    @swaliha448 Год назад

    Can i do webdevelopment in macbookpro 2015

  • @randyfournier8299
    @randyfournier8299 Год назад

    wtf are the links to the benchmark tests?

  • @workplayrepeat
    @workplayrepeat Год назад

    The terminal should be in dark mode. :D

  • @alshuwaiee27
    @alshuwaiee27 Год назад

    How much ram needed for web development?

  • @bvcxtds6195
    @bvcxtds6195 Год назад

    How was the kernel task cpu? Did it spike?

  • @stephenprice7502
    @stephenprice7502 Год назад

    I bet my "vintage" 2019 2,4 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9 with 64 GB DDR4 would be a lot slower in those tests!

  • @GTjames_O
    @GTjames_O Год назад

    Very helpful vid, that's is to say mac's are better for web development than windows

  • @grugbrain
    @grugbrain Год назад

    MacBook Air: I do not have fans, BUT I HAVE FANS !!!

  • @octav7438
    @octav7438 Год назад +1

    I own a m2 max with 32gb ram. It lasts all day and it's awesome. I code in nextjs & ts

  • @grussy8039
    @grussy8039 Год назад

    Is M2 air base model enough for learning front end web dev ??

    • @AZisk
      @AZisk  Год назад

      definitely

  • @kikorapada4648
    @kikorapada4648 Год назад

    I have a strong desire to own one, but unfortunately, I'm unable to afford it.

  • @clinto_abraham
    @clinto_abraham Год назад

    Developers sit a lot of time on screen. Could you test how it affects eyes😂 refresh rate or lcd screen really matters ?

  • @_MrCode
    @_MrCode Год назад

    My core i5 2nd Gen laptop performs 48 sec,

  • @grugbrain
    @grugbrain Год назад

    Hahaha bootstrap!!! Next time I am going to name my framework "Framework"!!!

  • @mgjansen777
    @mgjansen777 Год назад

    Thanks awesome video