Apple MacBook Air 13" (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colours, 1.1GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz, with 6MB L3 cache/ 8GB of 3733MHz LPDDR4X onboard memory/ 512GB PCIe-based SSD/ Intel Iris Plus Graphics
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It's a warning. A good one.
When you know, you know
Why?
Edit: just learnt about M1ricales.
hey Wizard I think you mean M1racles
yes?
as I understand it : is a silicon design flaw where separate processes on the same machine can exchange data, by setting two particular bits in a CPU register that all processes can read/write.
description here https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/27/apple_m1_chip_bug/
and, the ashai linux mentioned in that, is actually a typo, should be asahi linux - project underway to get linux on these chips/computers… (linux kernel now has support for the chips, not fully ready yet, but is very likely to be properly implemented, at which time I'll be much more interested in getting one)
Aren't new apple MacBook's due soon?
Not Airs.
Apparently both but who knows what rumours are right… Defo the MacBook Pro but air is also rumoured but again who knows
I hate that this is the fact. I really want an M1 Mac, but they still don't naturally support my work flow.
Do you mean MacBook in general or specifically the M1? If it’s specifically the M1 would you mind expanding on why it does not fit your workflow? I’m just really curious to know
Yea, so I could also be wrong, just as a caveat, but I need my laptop to run the following, which I believe m1 specficially struggles with: Matlab (including old versions, which rosetta has issues with?), Python (MNE-python (no support?), scipy, numpy (supported?), tensorflow(supported). There remains ambiguity surrounding whether m1 macs supports everything I need in my workflow, at the moment.
Also, the lack of native dual monitor support is a little frustrating. But I heard this is easy to override.
@Timmayc123: Yes monitor work around is easy… Not a mac fan but they have a winner with their M1… Once you can use it for all Ur work it's a no brainer (if you need a mac that is) :)
Can’t you still use windows bootcamp or through Remote Desktop? Not sure just suggesting (:
Bootcamp got removed, but i definitely need to look more into remote desktops. Thanks for the helpful suggestion :)
@Timmayc123: Ah okay good to know, and no problem!
Yeah I need to do more research & get up to speed on it all too before I buy next MacBook release!
Parallels can run windows on m1 now but it costs around $110 annually or so
just bought M1. However 16GB RAM Intel model might suits me better.
I have office 2016, unfortunately it doesn’t work on M1. Heard M1 cannot run virtual box either. there is downside of M1
Yeah I think there's a few specific use cases where Intel is necessary, but for most people M1 represents amazing value. If you can you might be better waiting for better 3rd party software support than buying right now.
Problem with Intel is support is only going to get worse from here on. Apple will probably support it for 3-5 yrs but doesn't mean everyone will.
Parallels is M1 built or UTM maybe?
VirtualBox is pretty wedded to x86-64. It's unlikely to make the transition.
I'm not aware of any solutions for running x86-64 VMs on M1 Macs. There probably will be at some point but performance won't be great.
Check out Created Labs on YouTube. I think he ran parallels on an M1
Both Parallels and VMware Fusion only offer same-architecture virtual machines (Intel on Intel, ARM on ARM).
That's interesting. Office 2016 should work just fine under Rosetta.
Office works fine under Rosetta, if not better than equivalent intel macs.
16Gb RAM might suit me better
Lol no not for Office
Office 2019 is now tailored for m1
install Parallels, run windows in that, install Office2016 - works okay for me
This
I would rather pay more and get the M1 version.
I run Office on M1 Mac and it works just fine. Not sure why you claiming it as a M1 related issue.
How great are xlookups!
They are literally making their own silicon. That's innovating. Its easy to hate them I know but you have to agree what they're doing for the laptop market is great. Hopefully Intel will pull their finger out.
I have zero interest in a touchscreen laptop. Like most people on this planet.
Apple is so behind the times.
Except the m1 chip smashes both performance and battery benchmarks.
Ah yeah that's why so many buy tablets with keyboard attachments I guess…to make up for their mcbook shortcomings.
I doubt touch screen is a deciding factor when you pick between these, especially when m1 can offer much longer battery life
I’m a designer and my work gave me a touchscreen PC laptop. I haven’t touched the screen once.
Good for ypu man, really sticking it to them ay.
Touching the screen is not required bro-ham
For most the extra for an M1 would be worth it (especially if you’re happy with 256GB storage).
Better performance, far better battery life, and I expect many years of additional support if you go the M1.
How is this still so expensive compared to the M1?
Bought the M1 Air base model and love the fact it is silent, super quick even with lots of tabs open and has long battery life. Takes a lot of getting used to coming from Windows though. Screen and trackpad are great, but the keyboard is very average and noisy (coming form ThinkPad) and Mac OS takes some getting used to. I miss having dual monitors too, i'm used to working off a 27" 4K and 22" 1080p. I'll probably learn to love it in time and maybe even prefer it over Windows. This will enable me to work on the go much more productively instead of being chained to my desk all the time. For the price I don't think you can get a better machine at the moment.
So, what I'm hearing from the comments is: Don't M1ss out the power of Apple silicon!
However, if someone needs 512GB storage, and has a budget limit of $1200, this is still a good buy, as it is the i5 chip. In contrast, the i3 chip was regarded as underpowered.
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Likely price error or out of stock as it's got a 404 on the page now.
Don't touch anything that's not an M1 chip.