M1 MacBook Pro vs M1 MacBook Air | Is the MacBook Pro obsolete? 

Apple should ship these with an "Intel outside" sticker.

I don’t use my MacBook pros for computing, I use my old intel MacBooks for heating my room ;-)

Luke, you’re killing it. You have the best, most human, and comprehensive coverage of apple silicon. Keep it up man! I don’t know how your channel isn’t huge.

The best things about the current M1 chip is this will be the “weakest” chip they will make. It’ll get more powerful from here.

You really deserve to get review units from Apple! Keep up the great work Luke :)

"oooh oooh, but apple didn't change the design! The bezels are so thick!" ahahah

I’ve watched a hundred M1 video reviews on RU-vid, only subbed your channel. You cover things no one else seems to do. Great stuff.

As a Pro, the Touch Bar is indispensable to me said no one ever

No matter when you pause the video, Luke is gonna be making a hillarious face... XD

I remember when Luke was on around 10k subs lol - His content is levels ahead of youtubers who have more subscribers!

You’re really churning them out at the moment! Thank you.

Been waiting for these proper Miani videos about M1. Wasn't disappointed. Great works as always.

The M1 is an extraordinary accomplishment allowing unbelievable computing power, greatly improved battery life and that, at no increase in price. This is not the incremental improvement that we normally see from one generation iteration on Intel CPUs. Let’s not forget, however, to salute and congratulate John Srouji and his team. Such a revolutionary product is the result of long term vision, team building, team work, years of hard work, and overtime. Let’s also recognize the fact that Apple management had the vision and patience to endorse the team with funds and time to realize such an accomplishment. This is totally contrary to the 1 or 2 return on investment approach that many organizations have. Apple is a model to the world of business

Hi Luke, also the Pro has stereo speakers with high dynamic range and wide stereo sound support for Dolbe Atmos playback.

Great review. I like the fact you actually give your opinion, I feel like some other reviewers are afraid to!

This is the comparison video that I needed, thanks!

6:24 - This fragment blew me away, sorry Intel but Apple is going to revolutionize the industry with their chips.

I’m very impressed with the performance on these SOC’s and I still think the design looks great, it doesn’t bother me much that the bezels are a little larger I’m surprised people complained about that. The thing I wish they did do was further differentiate the performance between the models by increasing clock speeds, I know boosting clock speeds will considerably increase tdp but that’s why they have fans and they will be mostly inaudible. It would definitely justify the 13” over the Air, because right now the main difference is when the air thermal throttles.

Literally the first vid I've seen by you because of all the M1 reviews. And I'm loving the format of your review. Feels a lot more personal on what I'd notice when I use it. You have +1 new sub from me :)

The best video comparing the 2 devices! Thank you

Still using my 2007 MacBook Pro for video editing and photography. Granted, a 10 minute video takes about four hours to render. No complaints about Photoshop use whatsoever.

Meanwhile my 2017 MacBook Air heated upto 80 degrees Celsius just watching this video in 1080p lol😂

Solid work honestly, very good review/comparison!

This is called a real Review. The difference is not only an additional fan. No one spoke why there is a fan if both processors working the same but you answered all. Your review was so professional and detailed. Good job.

Please compare MB pro i9 vs MB pro M1 in detail. How it performs without eGPU on Final cut Pro , Adobe premiere Pro, Adobe photoshop.

M1 chips are really impressive. More performance and less power consumption? I haven't seen anything like this, really exciting times for buy a laptop. Luke, really like your videos, keep it going!!

Damn good review. Straight to the point. It is the best comparison between both machines. Please keep posting videos. Thanks Luke

Excellent review. Thanks for this comparison.

the question is how much of these performance differences are due to the fan and how much is due to the 8 core M1. Would be interesting to compare the 8 core Air vs the Pro

"Here's what an Intel mac sounds like halfway through a Cinebench run" Intel mac: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

Nice review bro! Very honest and well explained!

This video is exactly what i need right now. Thanks!

I love your content! Thank you so much for sharing! I have one constructive criticism tho: I always think that your face is lacking shadows. I know this because I was really trying to make my face well lit as well in the past videos and I forgot to add shadows. Its really important for a good looking video and will make your face look better and make correction of color also easier. Just wanted to say that. Keep up the great work and greetings from Leipzig, Germany!

Honestly, I think the MacBook Pro is a better buy for the pros. The only I am worried about on the Air is thermal throttling which is very bad... But honestly, for a base Apple Silicon beginner, this is more than enough seeing these are very great scores!

THE TOPIC I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!

You and Quinn are my favorite Apple channels! Excellent content and well thought out analysis. Can't wait to see what Apple does next with Apple silicon in the Mac!

7:58 - 2020 Luke talking to 2019 Luke.

13" on the road - sure esp with 20hrs batt - but did you connect to a 4096*2160 display at 60 fps? What's the tested upper limit of a 'single' display on these back in the editing room? 5K ? 6K? fps?

Just Ordered My Pro. I can’t wait to get it. Great video!

Thank you man. I love and watch all your videos. I believe you make a great work :)

Your charts would be easier to read if you put the values of the results on them.

I’m Not a big Apple person but holy shit man the performance on these little machines is insane

Superb analysis as always.

Thanks for sharing the ideas!!!

I got my air last night and the battery life and performance are amazing!

6:40 that's still incredibly loud! edit: I just realised that i was hearing the fan from my laptop lmao

The fan noise comparison blew my mind!

Thank you for the great information!

You are the only person who mentioned blender, now I can buy it in peace thank you so much

I may finally upgrade from my 2012 MacBook Pro...but $300 extra ain’t worth the upgrade for me.

Insanely great master Luke!

Good information and reviews.

Luke, can you please install and run several iPad and iPhone apps in the new laptops.

Two more ports... Just give me two more ports.

Thank you for the video and all the information. I'm switching from Windows to Mac and am so excited! I'm seriously looking at the 13" MacBook Pro. I appreciate all the info you shared.

This was excellent Camera quality is top tier Didn't feel like any wasted minutes of content Super informative and useful testing Thank you for this channel and this video.

"These are some FAN-tastic laptops" 👀

I'm genuinely surprised Apple priced these at the same level as their intel-predecessors. From a performance perspective, it feels like they could have easily upped the price. The Air now smokes the outgoing MBP 13" which until last week, was still on sale for £/$300 more!

Great insight!! I really liked it!!

Great review luke . Wish they increase the ports .

Meh, I’m satisfied with the 2017 MacBook Air until the second or third version of the M1 Air with a better webcam is released.

You’re half right. *The 2019 MacBook Pro 13 became the MacBook Air. The MacBook Air became the MacBook Pro 13. And the MacBook Pro 13 became the MacBook Pro 16.

Love your work. Keep it up!

Well presented and understandable.

You remind me of Eric from That 70's Show

I really want to see someone benchmark/test the 8GB variant vs the 16GB. I use Logic Pro X for music production and really want to buy one of these M1 Macbooks (for the battery life, power, etc), but I currently have a Macbook Pro with 16GB of RAM. I know these new M1 Macbooks are supposed to handle memory differently, but do not know how much of a difference 16GB (vs standard 8GB) is going to make. Are the new versions of the "pro" Apple apps super optimized?

Great video - one rec is to add data labels (exact numbers) on your charts.

Love watching your videos

I’m still on a 2015 MacBook Air. Both these laptops look really great, I’m just a bit sad that small storage upgrades still demand a high premium. I might wait until the next generation of one of these laptops come out before finally saying goodbye to my MacBook Air 👋

I’m struggling should I buy the Mac Mini M1 or hold off because I’m trying to learn Final Cut Pro for my channel.

Great review!!!!!

Great review~ thanks

"these are some fantastic laptops" -- except the air is fanlesstastic

I would still prefer the pro.. I really don't like the wedge shape

Love your videos mate keep it up

usually I get bored and pause videos, but this one was great!!

I can’t even imagine the next M2, faster, more power efficient, Rosetta gets better, and same non-existing fan noise!

Like others, I predict Apple will launch a 16” MBP and 24” iMac with the M1X and all new designs. Damn that would be tasty 😎

Thank you, Luke. I placed my order for a Macbook Pro, 16Gb, 1TB in gray, earlier today. Better sound, advanced mics, brighter, richer screen, The FAN...I can pretend to listen for it. And less chance for the Macbook to keep me warm. I think the Pro with 16Gb is better for resale, as there is always something new coming along..

Luke could you possibly try to install ubuntu on one of these arm macs. Ubuntu 20.10 now supports raspi natively so i think there is a chance it will work on M1. Even if you don't install, please try to boot up from the USB installer. Thanks much love your channel. Also maybe flashing the Windows on ARM virtual machine hard disk to a real partition and try booting from it. Thanks

I'm watching this video on the M1 13" MacBook Pro.

Underrated Channel!!

Best video till now in comparison! Ordered my mbp though :D

I was so sleepy I thought your name on screen said lukemia 😂

My excuse not to buy is: Where is my... SD card slot, Ethernet, and the frickin’ USB A?! ... CD writer...

luke man let me tell you, YOU NAILED IT jesus lord

Excellent review and really comprehensive. I was really interested in benchmarks between the two especially since it is the same chip. I decided to buy the Pro cringing a little on the extra $300 but thinking with the display and other features it was worth it while figuring that the performance was *probably* worth it without real objective test data - now I have it. Thanks Luke! This is my first Mac and I love it. It's nearly 4am and I need to get to bed but I am so addicted. I have been on the Pro for four hours and still 85% battery.

OUH OUH BUT APPLE DIDN’T CHANGE THE DESIGNS. THE BEZELS ARE STILL SO THICC.

Who else left their zoom meetings just to watch this video?

Been looking for this vedio thx alot

good work! Only thing to impove: tell wich 4k clip was rendered and how long it was!

I really want an Air due to how much lighter it is (surprisingly my dad's MBA feels way lighter than my MBP) and I reallllly don't want the Touch Bar, but the MBP makes more sense for what I do. Torn.

All the dislikes came from the butt hurt people because of 8:06.

i have propably watched every single reliable review on the M1 mbp and mba and i think yours is my favorite. you convinced me to get the MBP instead of the Air because i think it`ll suit my needs better and, for that, i dont mind paying the extra 300$ bucks. thank you :)

Good review

5-20% spec increase for 30% more.... the only thing you can say that is “obsolete “ is that mbp 16

One again, he’s giving a review without actually having it appears the product in his hands

Unique Concepts 👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Loved the comparison, well scripted and explained. I will keep my 2018 MBP

Just buy the air and get a fan from eBay