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@yzengame 3 месяца назад

Alex, thanks for your LONG TERM REVIEW for MacBook Pro. Because this type review is very rare.

@AZisk 3 месяца назад

Glad it was helpful!

@MStoica 3 месяца назад

Hmm, just checked... M3 Max, 8 months old, at 60 cycles I have... 100% - Maximum capacity. I didn't expect that. And I never use the magsafe charger, might as well throw that away. The whole point of having thunderbolt is to eliminate all other cables, and have one single cable that does everything - sends video/audio to the monitor, communicate to any usb device that is plugged in the monitor hub, and receive power from the monitor... all with one single beautiful cable, no clutter (2 cables would already be 1 cable too many). I don't know if the settings matter, I have "Optimised Battery Charging" turned on... And in those 8 months, I maybe used it on the go (so without the external monitor) to drain it to below 30-25% less than 5 times.

@blazbohinc4964 3 месяца назад

Macbook Pro M1 Pro 16'. Manufactured May 2022, bought november 2022. 131 cycles, 92% health. I use Al Dente to limit charge to 90% and I usually keep it plugged in if I'm at home. I almost never discharge completely. But I'm certainly not as careful as I could be. I've opened it once to clean it recently and it was almost pristine inside. So I'm pretty glad. No scuffs or marks either, looks like a brand new machine. Paid 3150€, about 3400USD. Next one will probably be twice that because I'll most certainly get the most powerful chip. Maybe M4 generation, we'll see.

@dryadeknight2993 3 месяца назад

Macbook Pro M1 Pro 16". I've used it for 2.5 years now, 443 cycles and maximum capacity is 95%. I have a simple rule. I plugin 80% of the time, and add the cap charging percentage at 85% (using Al Dente). When I use it unplug, I only use down to around 50% (around 5 hours with heavy work with VSCode and 2 Docker images running in constant debugging mode). I also try to keep it as cool at possible.

@danielkemmet2594 3 месяца назад

Imagine Buying a 3,500$ laptop and babying it this much like it's a good thing.

@Elite.868 3 месяца назад

@@danielkemmet2594yeah a 3500 laptop that’ll last him 6+ years as opposed to being careless with it and replacing it in 2

@doxologist 3 месяца назад

@@danielkemmet2594 do you buy a $80k car and leave it to rust and crumble/stop servicing it? I feel all expensive things should be taken care of. Just because they're expensive doesn't mean they're an autonomous Adult

@dryadeknight2993 3 месяца назад

@@danielkemmet2594 lol, I baby my $1000 Asus for 4 years. Can I baby my Mac now, so I can squeeze every fk dime I spend on it?

@ewoggerts 3 месяца назад

Thats pretty impressive. Nice job dude.

@pe6649 3 месяца назад

Just use AlDente Tool to restrict the max load (SOC) of the battery. 80% is recommended. Since I work mostly plugged in or with a plug nearby, I set level to 70%. Additionally I also changed sailing mode to 25% less, so loading will only starting when under 44%. As 40-60% is the optimal loading window for batteries this will even more improve longevity. In that rare cases I need really more battery, I can quickly start loading to overrule that. Additionally, when being mobile, one power bank is enough, so normally I don't have to care for loading more than the mentioned 70% before I leave the house.

@luki8806 3 месяца назад

Base model m1: 139 cycle, 92%. I use it 8-12 hours every single day and love it. My work stuff is mainly office, mails and slack and RDP combined with apple productivity things like the calendar/reminders/notes combo with apple music or podcasts in the background. After work I use it to private things like light photo (pixelmator pro) and video editing (imovie) to edit 4k60fps video from my i13 mini. So for so good, not a single hiccup, one if the best deals of my life that I will keep until it's supported, and after that it will be a secondary linux machine. I love the older macbook design, it's really comfy to type, trackpad is amazing. I was first worried about the 8GB ram, but nothing bad so far, it usually uses 1-2GB swap, the SSD still holds up, will see if it has issues because of swapping. I was a PCMR guy all my life, but apple got me with this, I probably go for the actual base air when the sw support ends on this.

@doctor9228 3 месяца назад

My M2 Air battery has 95 cycle count and still 100% capacity after almost 2 years. I never continue to use it connected to power after full charge, disconnect and let it discharge to 10%. It looks like it really helps.

@ivanhoe011 3 месяца назад

if only I could close the lid and use external monitor without keeping the mbp connected to the grid all the time... :/

@hydrolifetech7911 3 месяца назад

@@ivanhoe011this is what irks me too! I use a big external monitor for approximately 95% of the time when I am using MBA M1. It would've been very useful if I were able to use it with the lid closed and unplugged.

@pashapepeh 3 месяца назад

@@hydrolifetech7911 why you cannot use it when lid is closes?

@jiroephraimcabanto2915 3 месяца назад

The fact that it has so low cycle count after 2 years only means that the battery lasts too damn long

@jiroephraimcabanto2915 3 месяца назад

@faaax12 3 месяца назад

My M1 Macbook Air is at 87 % with 115 cycle counts 😂

@AZisk 3 месяца назад

i knew it! there is something special about 87%

@mihirsinghyadav 3 месяца назад

Same dude. First 1 year, always plugged in and it got to 87% with only like 50 cycles and then stayed there for eternity.

@LordAlacorn 3 месяца назад

@@mihirsinghyadav feels like planned obsolescence...

@mihirsinghyadav 3 месяца назад

@@LordAlacorn ikr 😮‍💨

@CozyAlgorithmCave 3 месяца назад

i'm using "Al Dente" on my M3 Air and hope mine has 100% SoH for a little longer 😅

@yiboli1842 3 месяца назад

Hey Alex, great video and new subscriber here. Since I bought my M1 MacBook pro 16' in 2022, I've been running an experiment micro-managing the charging my self. I plug-in magsafe when the battery is below 30% and disconnect the charger when it is over 80%. I've been told it's unnecessary but I kept going and now it is becoming my habit. There has been a few times forgot to disconnect but the percentage has never been below 20%. Here is the stats: 98% (After 1-year heavy use); 94% (After 2-year heavy use).

@AZisk 3 месяца назад

Awesome, thank you!

@paulwoodward8265 3 месяца назад

I agree with your strategy, that's good management and should limit battery wear. Al Dente is an app that can help with this 🙂

@dadthelad 3 месяца назад

Al Dente battery software does this for you. Free version does the basic max charge limitation, by default set to 80%. Pro version has a bunch of bells and whistles, but not needed.

@Yunghamz 3 месяца назад

Love my 16 inch 16gb ram m1 pro, got it in december 2021, 96% full charge capacity, 232 cycle count. Always fast, never heats up, never makes a noise. Have used dockers, windows on parallel at the same time and all sorts of other stuff open. My first ever macbook and can't see myself going back to windows

@mwgamer7559 3 месяца назад

I have had my 16 inch M1 Max MacBook Pro for just over a year and it is at 85% Battery health. Bit I do have 535 charge cycles on on Mac.

@ralph_d_youtuber8298 3 месяца назад

Gonna be waiting for the 10-year review. I have to test the longevity and the build quality.

@sebastianibanez7219 Месяц назад

and at that point we may as well wait for the M4 Macbook Pro 10 year review

@ralph_d_youtuber8298 Месяц назад

@@sebastianibanez7219 that's actually true

@grizfan93 3 месяца назад

16" M1 Pro, had it since November 2021. 328 cycle count and 89% max capacity. It spends most of the time plugged into an older Belkin Thunderbolt port. This computer runs as well as it did on day 1, and I hope to get several more good years from it.

@alexmid 3 месяца назад

I am still working on MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014) 2,5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, the native battery is swollen three year ago, replaced to new one but always on wire, I already sanded down the edges near the touchpad with my hands :)

@shiftto 3 месяца назад

how long battery last for when it bought new bro

@alexmid 3 месяца назад

@@shiftto 7 years, The battery swelled and began to squeeze out the bottom cover. They say new MacBooks don't have this problem, so don't worry

@alexh2665 3 месяца назад

Loving my M3 pro. I’ve upgraded from every Apple Silicon MacBook only because I traded my last MacBook and I do notice and appreciate the performance gains especially when it comes to resource heavy applications like Xcode

@rightwingsafetysquad9872 3 месяца назад

I got the 14" MPB because, depending on sales, it's often the same price as an Air after upgrading the storage and RAM to parity, and almost always within $200. For that $200 you get better screen, better battery life, better speakers, and faster processor (though the faster processor doesn't matter to me). When people mention the weight, my usual reaction is to say go to the gym. I've gotten used to carrying a Mac, Thinkpad, and at least 1 tablet. The M1 Pro is still going strong. The only time it feels even slightly slow is when launching Microsoft apps.😂 8/10, would recommend to anyone.

@dadthelad 3 месяца назад

Yeah exactly, it's not like these "heavy" MBP's are heavy at all. I used to travel with a 2009 17" MBP. My current 16" M1 Pro MBP is a lightweight in comparison. "Do you even lift, Pro?"

@shapelessed 3 месяца назад

I'm using a regular 16GB M2 MacBook Air on the go and have been happy with it for over a year, which is a good thing considering it's my first MacBook. The battery life is also strangely close to yours. 91% at 133 cycles. Despite the laptop being sufficient for literally everything I do with it (and it is a lot) when I need to do some real(er) work I just fire up my PC at home with 2 27-inch monitors. Sure, it isn't portable, but the advantage is that I can upgrade just the things I need and is always roughly up to date. I recently went from 16GB to 32GB and never hit swap afterwards.

@crisantogarcia6646 3 месяца назад

I bought a used 16” M1 MacBook Pro coming from a mid 2012 MBP took a while to get used to the size but I love it for music production, video and photo editing, homework. I hope it lasts 10 years!

@ray89520 Месяц назад

My MBP with M2 Max I got on March 1st 2023 and I use it for a big part on my Thunderbolt 4 Dock and power it from it, but also use it on battery. At the moment 73 cycles and 100% capacity. Still love the machine and use for gaming my custom built desktop PC, but otherwise everything runs on the MBP without any problems. And it's awesome that the fans nearly never kicks in.

@TillmanZ 3 месяца назад

Hey Alex! Sorry for not having scanned through 270 other comments to check if someone has mention this already but as a regular user of the MySQLWorkbench myself I can tell you that a couple of months ago they finally have released a native ARM build. 😄

@AZisk 3 месяца назад

ah nice! thanks for the heads up.

@Lentrail 3 месяца назад

Watching on my 16in MacBook Pro with m3 max

@AZisk 3 месяца назад

noice!

@UECSoumyaRay 3 месяца назад

Same here brother!

@sporthaas Месяц назад

Watching on my 13" HP EliteBook

@wisedonkey_ 3 месяца назад

I have a M1 MacBook Pro within a year of the release date. The capacity is 96% and cycle count of 28. MagSafe is alway plugged in. I use it mostly as a desktop PC.

@marcinmjk 3 месяца назад

If you are using your MacBook mainly attached to monitor/hub with USB-C there is software called AlDente which can limit charging to 75%/80%. Working all day with limited charge preserve battery. My battery has 99,6% according to Coconut Battery (100% system report). Highly advised.

@MrOktony 2 месяца назад

@@marcinmjk I normally leave my MacBook plugged into power socket and attached to monitors etc, is this healthy? Does this screw up the battery?

@marcinmjk 2 месяца назад

@@MrOktony my old Pro 13” with Touch Bar ended up with 80% after jest 2 years of usage like that

@MrOktony 2 месяца назад

@@marcinmjk I always wondered about this, I just checked my MacBook Pro M1 battery Health Information: Cycle Count: 201Condition: Normal Maximum Capacity: 83% . Been using for nearly two years. So having your laptop plugged in most of the time affects your health. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@DanielLavedoniodeLima_DLL 3 месяца назад

My M1 Macbook Air is 95% at 115 cycles. I rarely use it out of my desktop setup, outside of a few work trips, so the cycles are probably the Macbook going from 100% to 80% on a stand-by charging level and going back up to 100% after a power drop at night (which is kinda common in the old building that I live)

@EduardoSanchez-un2hh 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the info. I'll wait for the M4

@mavfan1 3 месяца назад

My M3 Max 16" just developed a band of vertical lines on the screen. A hardware issue as the lines don't appear on a screenshot. Taking it to the "genius" bar in a few hours. Had this machine for a whole 5 months before this problem, battery still at 100%

@Optimistas777 3 месяца назад

Did they fix it

@dodi981 3 месяца назад

I'm holding my copilot pc purchase till I watch your test videos and comparisons with macbooks.

@AndRei-yc3ti 13 дней назад

Wouldnt buy the copilot pcs. Rumor has it they are unusable

@noyouremoop 3 месяца назад

88% and 336 cycles on a M1 Pro 16" bought just after release - though during the week at work, I never have it plugged in

@dc5 3 месяца назад

I'm curious how much it would cost to run the LLM work you're doing on your Mac if done in the cloud. Spinning up a powerful VM to do the work, then take it down. I'm trying to decide whether it's worth it to spend $1500 more for an M3 Max and 48GB, when most of the time there won't be any heavy AI work running on it. Thanks for sharing!

@dadthelad 3 месяца назад

Or build a desktop PC from parts for running LLMs, and pile in a stack of RAM at 1/8th the price Apple charges!!! As a bonus, you have yourself a gaming machine if you're into that.

@kuntalpcelebi2251 3 месяца назад

Good luck building a pc that runs 70b parameters LLM. They simply won't run. There is a video of that. However, 128 GB MacBook Pro runs llama3:70B like a butter

@markmitchell5220 3 месяца назад

I'm not a developer but I find your videos informative and entertaining. I run a Mac Book Pro M1 Pro and it has more power than I need. I chose it for the lovely display. Two years in mine shows Battery Health at 98%. Showing 140 charge cycles most of the time running in "Low Power" mode. I try to never charge to 100% and avoid charging until it drops to

@paulwoodward8265 3 месяца назад

I use Al Dente to limit charge to 80%. There's a lot of data to indicate this significantly reduces battery wear, especially if laptop is plugged in most of the time. There is now an 80% limit option baked-in to the new M4 iPad Pro, and reportedly the Vision Pro only ever charges to 80% of the hardware capacity. Maybe try that for a year next time you run a similar test. (there's a 'top up' option for those times when you need full charge).

@andyH_England 3 месяца назад

Yes, the science of LiOn is proven, and the short answer is that if you keep to 80% charging capacity, you will double the life of your battery. So, on an iPhone, it will go 500 cycles before health hits 80% capacity, charging to full, but stop charging at 80%, and it will go to 1000 cycles before reaching 80% health.

@MikeFuryTech Месяц назад

My company puts us on 3 to 4 year upgrade cycles. So, by the time my 2019 MBP (i9 / 32GB /1TB) was eligible to upgrade, the M3 MBP (Pro) was the new standard. I jumped from the i9 to the M3 ... HUGE difference. Sadly, they only speced it with 18GB/512GB but I make do. I have to use Cloud VMs now .. (so I'm not sure how that saves money) but now I don't worry about the bloody things. I can throw more RAM in the VM than ever and not stress my local hardware.

@paulgooderham 3 месяца назад

M1 Pro, 181 cycles, 100% max capacity. It is usually plugged into Magsafe and holding at 80%. I'm actually surprised at that cycle count.

@sgtnik4871 3 месяца назад

same for me, holding at 80% with aldente is working very very good

@warrencedro6832 3 месяца назад

How do you set it up to hold it to 80%? Mine always goes up to 100%.

@sotirov.d_dev 3 месяца назад

@@warrencedro6832 Using Al Dente. Mine is set to 75% 144 cycles 100% battery health. Using MagSafe, USB charger, dock station.

@shapelessed 3 месяца назад

@@warrencedro6832 Are you blind?

@warrencedro6832 3 месяца назад

@@shapelessed common sense (which seem to be you do not have) says otherwise. I'm asking a valid question here and you're coming to me with that?

@michael_thq 3 месяца назад

You might want to fix the Amazon link for the M3 Pro in the description. It has 2 a’s instead of 1

@ccccjjjjeeee Месяц назад

14" M1 Pro, owned for about 1.5 years, heavy use (power hungry software development with docker etc), pretty much always use usb-c, 377 cycles, 89% capacity

@jasmeetbrar8609 3 месяца назад

I have my 16” M1 Max MacBook Pro, and it absolutely love this machine! It’s blazingly fast and efficient! It still feels like new! I’m going to be holding off upgrading it until the next 5-10 years!

@txkingg 3 месяца назад

The notch is not annoying because it uses the dead space of the top bar, when watching content in full screen there is also black bars there anyways.

@dadthelad 3 месяца назад

If, like myself, you run with wallpaper set to black, the notch is completely invisible at all times, because the menu bar is the same black as the notch. Solved since day of arrival. There's also various 3rd party software that lets you have colourful wallpaper, but a black menu bar, achieving the same result.

@markehijele 3 месяца назад

The notch is still aesthetically bad. There’s no sugarcoating or running away from it. It’s an unnecessary design flaw.

@txkingg 3 месяца назад

@@markehijele if you say so, everybody has their own opinions

@v1k705 Месяц назад

MacBook Pro M1 Max 10" for almost 2 years everyday usage, 115 cycles and capacity is 91%. Don't used something special apps to limit charge, also use third party chargers and power banks (mostly ANKER). Love this machine, YES sometimes wanted a bit smaller and ligher device, especially on trips. BUT when you need to do some more resource heavy tasks on the go or without additional monitor it shines. ALSO really quiet device on the load, 90% of time the fans ar off, if compare it with Intel based MBP 16". =) Still don't looking for any upgrade at this moment and planning to use this machine at least 2 years more. Usually don't write any comments, hope this be helpful for someone who is looking to buy a MacBook Pro with any kind of Apple M chip at this moment.

@PeymanBeyranvand 3 месяца назад

M1 MacBook Pro, almost 3 years of usage, holding at 60-70% charge using AlDente and currently 99% battery health @118 cycles. I believe the key is not to keep the battery at very high or very low state of charge, like when docked.

@twitchizle 3 месяца назад

118 cycles in 3 years? Do you even use it?

@ZhuJo99 3 месяца назад

@@twitchizle many people use it as desktop with ability to be mobile when needed. I'm one of those people. Battery usage doesn't tell how much time computer is used

@andyH_England 3 месяца назад

@@twitchizle If you use it plugged in then the battery count stays static. As cycle count tells you how many times you have discharged 100% of the capacity.

@PeymanBeyranvand 3 месяца назад

@@twitchizle almost entirely plugged to an external monitor. However used it at least 8 hours/day as it’s my main dev machine

@orkuncetin4195 3 месяца назад

I have got M1 Pro 14" which has as 530 cycles with 91%. I have been using it for about 15 hours in a day. I got it when they are released. Even If I am charging every day. I am shocked that battery performance is still pretty great.

@sebastiandenis 3 месяца назад

My M2 Max was bought in May 2023, and now the max capacity is 89% (64 cycles). I only used MagSafe for charging, I've never charged using USB-C. The "Optimised Battery Charging" option is turned on.

@kevinsingh7660 3 месяца назад

I have a 16-inch MacBook with an M1 Max chip, bought in September 2022. The cycle count is 272, and the maximum battery capacity is 89%. I only use the Apple charger to charge it and do not use a dock. I connect an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard using an Apple Type-C adapter with a Logitech Bolt connection for my wireless MX mouse and keyboard.

@lex9393 3 месяца назад

I got a M3 Max 14" it is at 98% with 194 cycles after about 7 months now. I unplug it every time its at 100% and plug it back in when I reach 30-40%.

@kyaroslav 3 месяца назад

14" Pro M1 - Cycle Count: 149 Maximum Capacity: 87% Almost all time connected to charger.

@RichWithTech 3 месяца назад

How can it be almost always connected to the charger and have a cycle count of 149 at the same time?

@AbarajameLabanyera 3 месяца назад

Except 148 times 😂

@aarohanyt7374 3 месяца назад

mine's charge cycle 240, bh = 89%

@saiphaneeshk.h.5482 3 месяца назад

@RichWithTech thats what I don't understand mines at 121 cycles but mostly all the time it's connect in work. Just weekends i use them without connection.

@RichWithTech 3 месяца назад

@@saiphaneeshk.h.5482 How old is it?

@Watchandlearn91 3 месяца назад

I have the 16 inch M3 Max (16 core CPU / 40 core GPU / 48gb RAM / 1TB) and it is fantastic for all of my software development needs and is my workhorse. I also have a M2 MacBook Air (16gb RAM / 1TB SSD) and it is my go to laptop for using on the go, in bed, and around the house because it is so thin and lightweight that I hardly even notice it in my lap. It is also my writing laptop for that reason. Honestly right now there is no one machine for all of my needs and therefore two laptops + a desktop for any Windows / Linux specific dev tasks is my go to at this point.

@billymania11 Месяц назад

No M chip here. Still rocking my 2017 MacBook Pro. The keyboard and battery replaced a year ago. Since I do enterprise work, X86 compatibility is super important for me. I also have a Surface Pro 9 which I use from time to time as well. I have a USB C charger at work that charges both laptops on as needed basis. So I never worry about running out of battery. I can't yet make a case for purchasing an M chip MacBook.

@denisgithuku8563 21 день назад

Thanks Alex for these videos. They're very informative. You wouldn't happen to have an old MacBook lying around, would you? Junior Android Developer from Kenya, Africa here.

@abhijitbandyopadhyay4821 Месяц назад

Hey I also have a 16" Macbook Pro (96 GB variant) .. but even after 1 year .. the battery is still showing 100% .. though my daily usage rarely exceeds 3 hours (on an average). One rule I follow is rarely do I allow the battery charge to go down below 80%

@MisoPet3cko 2 месяца назад

159 cycles and battery is on 94% on its capacity. Honestly, I haven't paid much attention to it. I just plug the magsafe cable out once its fully charged and then use it on battery. After year and a half it still gets me through the day 7-8 hours coding. (docker, vscode, minikube mostly..).

@kerningandleading Месяц назад

I have 132 cycle count on my 2017 MBP after getting a new battery early last year. It's at 92%. I have started using AlDente to keep my laptop charge capped at 70% and that seems to be helping since I keep it plugged in a lot of the time.

@zedpassway4140 3 месяца назад

An upgrade for me using a M1Pro with 16 GB RAM , running photo software, is more benefited by 36/48/64 GB of RAM, than by the processing power. I await to see if the increase is dramatic with the M4max. if not, I will get a refurb m3max with 48 gb from Apple----probably for about $2600.

@krvandrii 3 месяца назад

2019 15 inch MBP, i7 16Gb RAM, still use it as my work machine. Only maintenance - replaced battery and cleaning, totally will buy Macs in future. P.S. I work as software/hardware engineer + some animation and hard surface modelling as hobby.

@zushi88 3 месяца назад

16" M1 Max here, 197 cycle counts at 97% capacity. I only charge via type c, since it's a one-cable rule them all with my ipad pro. I try to work in a cool environment as much as I could since I notice that if I work outdoor my battery seems to last only 6 hours.

@lbgstzockt8493 3 месяца назад

Heat is the biggest killer of batteries, so working in a cool environment is a good choice. It also feels better to not cook my laptop imo.

@onlinealias622 3 месяца назад

I have an M1 Pro Macbook pro 16 inch and I absolutely love the machine. I don't work on it for work, but it's great to code on for personal projects and learning. My new software job gave me a choice of laptops, and I requested a 16 inch M3 pro macbook pro so I'll have another one for work now haha

@GaiaTutankhamon 3 месяца назад

Alex I love your videos, great content. I wish you could lets us know as a soft engineer, Can we trust and use aldente?

@workhardforit 2 месяца назад

8 months-ish in (got my M3 Pro 16” MacBook Pro back in January 2024) and my battery health is still at 100%.

@hafthors 3 месяца назад

Watching on my 14in MBP M2 Max which I've had since 5/1/23. At 89% w/ cycle count of 47. BTW: I ❤ this machine and am not regretting getting the smaller size. I'm usually connected to a monitor (and MagSafe), so the smaller display is just auxiliary. When I am out and about with it, I appreciate it being more lap friendly and one-hand totable. Thanks for your reviews and feel free to AMA.

@JoeWithTheGlasses 2 месяца назад

Base model M1 Macbook Air, bought it new in Fall 2021 so it's almost three years old now. Battery health is 87% o.o

@paulwoodward8265 3 месяца назад

I saw a video of geekbench points divided by max clock speed. Yes, I know this is not very scientific, but it was interesting. M1, M2, M3 were basically identical - most of the extra performance was just down to higher clock speed. The cost is heat and noise, obviously, which I think we've observed. M4 was significantly faster per clock. It's the first Apple silicon chip based on Arm v9, which could be part of the reason. This might be enough reason for you to move. Also, M4 gets support for matrix maths operations, which will be huge for some ML tasks.

@MatijaVabec Месяц назад

m1 air, 93% with 145 cycles, 1 year and a half of use. I use it 90% of the time on the charger through satechi usb hub but I use aldente to limit battery at 80%.

@jamie61734 Месяц назад

M1 Pro 14" Cycle Count: 276 Capacity: 91% Most of the week it's connected to a charger, although I do use AlDente to only charge to 80%

@_Yek Месяц назад

After roughly a year cycle count is 102, Health at 97%. I use my 14inch M3 Pro daily at least 5-6 hours per day mostly in clamshell mode, with charge limit set at 80%.

@garymcpherson951 3 месяца назад

16-inch M1 Max. Work from home, so typically keep connected to monitor via Thunderbolt for power. 131 cycles, 87% capacity ✨

@Nemesis-db8fl 3 месяца назад

I do have a couple of macbook airs laying around -Alex

@bockach 3 месяца назад

Basic M2 Pro 14", 1 year, 119 cycles, Maximum Capacity: 100%. Charged mostly by USB-C (I guess 80W power) from a Dell monitor.

@DojoOfCool 3 месяца назад

I have a MBP M1 Max and love it for doing my audio work, my only regret is not getting the 16" because I'm getting older and eyes aren't what they used to be. I also have an old 27" iMac i9 ten core and have to say that computer still holds it's own against the M1 Max. Doing audio core counts really matter. See where Apple is going with the M3 and M4 chips I decided to my a Mac Studio M2 Mac for a second audio workplace. The DAWs I use Logic Pro and Ableton Live neither one uses the efficiency cores so that why I got a M2 Max based Mac now, the M3 and M4 are basically just adding more for graphics AI.

@naustradmas 3 месяца назад

I am still running things on 2015 MacBook Pro 😅 4gb ram with 128gb hard disk. Looking at m3 pro only because I need Xcode otherwise my old laptop doing just fine. Can’t wait for M4 Great video btw, one of a kind channel.

@rashan986 3 месяца назад

14" M1 Pro, 2021, 207 cycle count and 95%. At home and on the road, I'm charging it USB-C, at work I use the magsafe charger.

@DaRealMaus 3 месяца назад

My M2 max is at 100% with 17 cycles after a year of use. To be fair, it’s nearly always plugged in, and i set Al Dente to have a limit at 55% and allowing it to sail to 45%. Seems to work great! :) Obviously this is just the setup for home use and when i take it on holidays i disable Al Dente and don’t leave it plugged in

@aohalloran2428 3 месяца назад

Stays plugged in most of the time to dell docks, 59 charge cycles… 100% capacity on my 14” M2 MacBook Pro 18 months old.

@Hyp3rSon1X 3 месяца назад

I'm using my M1 Mac for almost half a year now. I only lost 1% of Battery capacity in that time. I almost exclusively only use USB C Power (coming from the Docking station). To be fair, I'm not really mobile with my device, but I do use AlDente to limit the maximum charge to 73%, and let it sail for 15% until it tops up the charge again. Might help keeping the Capacity high. My cycle count is at 70, and max capacity is shown as 99%.

@aromanstuff 3 месяца назад

87% on my M1 Pro 14" with 577 cycles on the battery and I have literally NEVER used MagSafe, not even once. I use the laptop about 70% plugged in to a hub or monitor, and 30% on battery.

@wk99 Месяц назад

My M1 Max 16 battery is still 100% after two years of daily use before I traded in for M3. I was always on MagSafe but the cable was always attached to the phone charger cos I didn’t like the brick. Isn’t that weird?

@DurrantKellogg 3 месяца назад

M1 Max 16" Cycle count 39 max capacity 90%. i rarely unplug it , it just sits on my desk. had it for 2 years.

@StefanRedel 3 месяца назад

92% after nearly 3 years with my MBP 16" M1 Max. Nearly always plugged with Magsafe as a more or less stationary computer.

@niiteye1440 Месяц назад

seeing my boy Dave makes me soo happy!

@_jerieljan 3 месяца назад

I too have 87% battery health and 214 cycles in and I've been using this M1 Pro since 2022. This stuff used to bother me all the time but honestly, as long as it lasts (and it does!) as you need it to, it's great. Imho, compared to the 2017 Intel era, I have a far better battery experience on this thing and I love it.

@nuxanderen7245 2 месяца назад

I have cycle count 175 and 93%. I limit my charge to 75% via software and charge before it gets below 20%

@descendency 3 месяца назад

The reason I wanted to go from the M1 Max to the M3 Max is because of 1 thing... AV1 decoding. RU-vid has a small number of videos that buffer a bit (HDR 8K60fps videos) but are completely smooth on the M3 because of the AV1 decoding. Did I need it? No. But these videos are the highest quality ones I've seen on YT. It's pretty insane, so it's a cool trick to show them off.

@EyesOfByes 2 месяца назад

Regarding battery, I'd use Aldente and set charge limit to like 70% and keep it plugged it most of the time

@jorgeruiz9412 3 месяца назад

In my experience, upgrading to the next year model from a current year model is not worth it, unless there is something earth shattering like the introduction of Apple Silicon. Going from M1 to M2 and even M3 will only give you a little bump that you may not actually notice, or notice only on some apps. I got an M1 Max Apple Studio and have not felt the need to upgrade. Id does everything I throw at it, no complains! When I upgrade it will be because I am tired of looking at it, sitting cool, silent, even dusty. But the new one will probably look the same!

@moreno_thiago 8 дней назад

I have my Macbook M1 PRO for like since launched and I have 134 cycles and 87% :D It’s normally on my desk being charged with a dongle as well :D

@AirForceA7x 3 месяца назад

I got m3 max speced out sitting in a box rn. Unopened for a week since it got delivered. This book is so timely as I’m considering returning

@CodyHatch24 3 месяца назад

M2 Air is at 97% with 297 cycles over 22 months. Mine is constantly being charged through the Thunderbolt

@marcinkowalczyk647 3 месяца назад

i think M3 was intended to be the M2 and M2 was essentially fixed M1 (due to TLB cache issues for ULTRA) - The M4 seems to be overhauled in a major way chip-wise

@Whfkl14927 3 месяца назад

A little more than half a year of using it, M3 pro 14 inch and have 100%. I always charge it when drops to 20 and charge it only to 80. Use it every day..

@hqwill4904 3 дня назад

89%, after 260 cycles, M1 pro 14", bought in 2021

@MikeFuryTech Месяц назад

If that is your backyard, you live on the edge of heaven. Very nice.

@EnronnSierra 3 месяца назад

I have an M1 13 inch MacBook Pro I bought in November of 2020 and its still super fast with its 8 GBs of RAM. I probably won't upgrade until stops getting security updates.

@ruslan8820 3 месяца назад

I have been using mbp 2013 still 11 years , still amazing! 🤩

@MrWhiterunGuard Месяц назад

My first gen rMBP(2012) still works fine as my workload becomes lighter as I get closer to retirement. I don't see a reason to upgrade TBQH.

@dadthelad 3 месяца назад

16" M1 Pro MBP 32GB/2TB. 2 years old (purchased June 2022), Cycle Count 930, Maximum Capacity 84%. Just installed Al Dente free version with max charge set at 80%, thanks to a comment from @dryadeknight2993 thanks mate! My understanding is for best battery health, keep charge between 20-80%? I've been manually doing this as best as I can, but often go up to 100% without meaning to. Solved now due to Al Dente. Zero intentions to upgrade anytime soon. This thing is an overkill beast. Mostly just wanted the 16" screen and 32GB RAM, otherwise would actually prefer an MBA.

@FlorianBorchert 3 месяца назад

Use the Programm Batfi to not charge the battery and cap it to 80% whenever you are plugged in. That’s how you don’t drain the battery that much and have less charging cycles

@yuranduran 3 месяца назад

M1 Max 16'' Pro, using it from November 2021, cycle count 90, battery health 93%. It is constantly connected to the charger (not Apple's).

@stingus 3 месяца назад

After two years of mostly plugged-in usage my base MBP 14 2021 on M1 Pro battery has: Cycle Count: 87 Maximum Capacity: 98%

@kraissus 3 месяца назад

MacBook Pro M1 here, from 2021 - 290 cycles and 95% of capacity using Al Dente and charging at 85%.

@RealityStudioLLC888 3 месяца назад

I've been using my 16" Macbook Pro M2 Max for about 1.5 years now and my battery system report says 161 cycles and 98% health. I''ve exclusively charged it via USB, only used magsafe once to make sure the included charger worked.

@MrVenomSVK 3 месяца назад

Hmm I have Macbook Air M2 16 months now. I have 126 cycle count and battery capacity is still showing 100%. I am charging battery from 15-20% to 80-85%. Sometimes charging to 90-93%. Only two or three times I was charge it to 100%.