Well they already have the pro 13 inch. So I went for the air for a few reasons. One, and is the major one… 30W max power. That is important when you live the van life and have limited power resources… my solar panel is only 100w. Plus I need the smaller form.
The second reason was the price. I got it on sale for $850 brand new so, can’t argue with that, lol. There is also not that much difference between the 2 for me to pay the extra money. I used to work for Apple for years and know their little game on that, lol. The only difference in the air and the pro base levels is 7 core GPU vs the 8 core. Not enough for me to warrant the extra $300-$400. My main graphic usage is video recording and streaming, so far this thing is a beast.
3 my 2015 MacBook Pro’s battery is about dead, costs $400 to replace, so I sucked up the extra cost for a new unit. Needed something quick.
Sure, van life makes low energy consumption for equipment mandatory. The Air is a good machine, for sure. If I wouldn't need 32GB memory, I would've gotten myself the Air already. How cool you got one for 850$. The entry model is at least 25% more expensive in my country (Netherlands).
True, Mac Pro is out, but still with Intel chips. I'm waiting to replace my laptop with an Apple chip. Seen reports on M1 versus the latest Intel MacBook Pro showing M1 is equally fast as Intel, also for graphics, hence I expect a lot from the M1X or M2 or whatever name they gonna give to the chip for the Pro.
They have the MacBook Pro 13 inch with the M1. Starts at $1299. I went back and forth, but again the price difference… only difference is the 1 core difference on the GPU and it has a cooling fan where the air does not. That’s the only major differences that I saw. Plus for me, the MBP is still a 60w max draw. I’ll take the ‘last years’ model for the price, lol. Loving it so far. Been playing around with my OBS setup.
Ah ok, a Pro with the M1. Well, when I spend money for a Pro, I like the successor of the M1 for sure :) Since my last laptop is from 2013 and still holding, I plan to hold my next Apple for at least as long, ie I like high specs to be able to deal with everything. Currently have 16GB with much of it in use by mostly my browsers. Have 4 or 5 open all the time with 10s of tabs open all the time to do my work efficiently. That eats RAM. So next one shall get 32GB which should also give me the opportunity to do some photo editing, but foremost get a bit more serious in heavy graphics stuff, like video creation and editing.
OBS? That's the streaming setup you meant to say?
Yeah OBS is the streaming software.
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Yeah the only reason I got a new computer was because it was gonna cost $400 to replace the battery on my current computer. And they have that deal so why not?
Super deal indeed! 👍