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I’m impressed by my wife’s m1 air. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 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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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I’ve got an Air and haven’t regretted it despite tossing up between a pro. Find a hub is perfectly fine, especially as my monitor doesn’t travel much so I can leave it at the desk.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a M1 Air 16Gb/256GB model and use this docking station to handle 2 external monitors (only 1 is officially supported) https://tobenone.com/products/tobenone-uds033b-displaylink-docking-station-4-hdmi-18-in-1-usb-c-dock-included-a-powerful-120w-power-adapter

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

That’s my setup right now. You might want a trackpad, since control+zoom isn’t a thing on Mac and there’s no workaround, but pinch zoom works everywhere.

Sorry for the dirty unwanted desk pic, hope it won’t hurt our relationship.