My Life with the MacBook Pro M1 

Thanks for letting my check out your studio! It was so much fun!

My two favorite laptop tech guys, let’s go!

Your fan noise comment is so on point. Excited about alder lake / rembrandt hopefully being the beginning of the end for loud fans. I tend to restrict the cpu performance in my laptops so I never go over 43 dB.

Great video!

I thought his name is Ibra

Just use Mac NTFS done, no need to format any drive. You can read and write Mac Drives, fat32,Exfat, ntfs

@@Anthonym_323 ExFAT is supported natively by both platforms without needing to rely on some third party drive like you do with the NTFS support on Mac. Macs can only READ NTFS drives out of the box, they can't write to them. Microsoft charge a fair whack to license that functionality. The only time you really need to have an NTFS drive in Windows is if it's where the actual OS is, or it's part of the indexed network volumes (which newer versions of Windows are pretty shit at doing, incidentally. Try searching on a Windows Server network share lol).

@@TalesOfWar are there any disadvantages or differences to ntfs?

@@oudomsambatchorn851 i think there is file size limit 4gb but that should be all

@@zajlord2930 You're thinking of FAT32, exFAT has a much, much, much larger file size limit, the same as NTFS I believe. NTFS is just the native file system for WIndows so the benefit there is that it'll support all the things Windows expects it to support, exFAT doesn't.

Thank god too. I hate it when companies get too comfy.

The Ryzen chips are already decent, though. What AMD severely needs is good laptops. There are so many more things to consider than just the processor.

Ikr haha

I noticed that too! Like noooooo, you are creating the exact same problem when exFAT is literally on the same page 😭😭😭

Make sure that file size isn't an issue. I remember files over 4 GB weren't allowed in FAT or exFAT

Yes, glad to see i`m not the only one who noticed that. You`d think a good tech youtuber would know that .. Hell, any portable drive be it USB sticks to USB drives (external HDD/SDD) should have been formatted to ExFat from the get go out of factory (at least all of the ones I've bought in the last few years) and I've been keeping them on exfat as well just to avoid this Windows/Mac OSX issue. (not that i have OSX devices myself)

@@corgikun2579 You're thinking of FAT, which does have a max file size of 4GB. exFAT has a theoretical max file size of 16EB and max volume size of 128PB.

@@popcorny007 How would you theoretically format them drives when you have i.e. hundreds of PBs of files? They still need to go somewhere first :(

Between that and battery life are the biggest reasons I’m interested in the new silicon. Otherwise, you can get very nice (or even just good enough) Windows-based laptops for much cheaper. If I were into 3D animation, those Windows laptops would be the way to go, but I also have a beefy desktop for that + gaming. For mobile working, the new Macbooks are super interesting. If the 13.3 inch Pro ditched the stupid touchbar for physical keys, I was very interested in it for the crazy battery life.

agreed

Maybe my experience can shortcut the wait a little bit. I bought a MBP in 2014, and found it to be pretty awesome. Photo editing, music remuxing, light video editing. More importantly, it became a "lifebook" for me - web browsing, emailing, schoolwork - the 8 hour battery was a real winner. Even more importantly, it kept up with my daily workflow for almost a decade - I moved some of my video editing to my Windows machine (gaming tower) when I rebuilt it with Ryzen. Last summer I bought myself an M1 MBA and an M1 Mini. I'll set everything up on my MBA, transfer the project to my Mini on an external SSD, and let the Mini render it while I do something else. The new M1 is amazing - it sips battery and is a perfect compliment to whatever I'm doing at the time. It's just.... not great for gaming, although Apple Arcade is working on that.

I would highly recommend that you find a reviewer that has a workload similar to yours. Unfortunately, almost every reviewer on RU-vid is a 'creative' and their workflows are mainly related editing pictures or movies - tasks that the M1 chips are great at performing. If you have a more traditional workload where you are more concentrating at MS Office type applications, your experience will vary wildly - but most of that is due to MacOS issues vs. Windows. In particular, if you are doing work in MS Excel, the Mac version is pretty bad and then you also have a MacOS issue grouping items under the same task bar icon making it very slow to switch between workbooks - this is why most reviewers have the very large external displays - so you can place things side by side on the monitor for faster C&P. If you don't want to invest a bunch in a large external display, you are better off with Windows if your main workload is MS Office type tasks - and I am saying this as an owner of an M1. If you are used to Windows and like the speed - you will be annoyed by the animations, etc in MacOS that are more tolerable with an M1 chip but still a big cause for frustration.

@@kershekfamily That's why I tried to give an "everyman" experience - I'm a diehard Windows geek and I'm always upgrading my Windows tower/gaming laptop. My macbook is a computer I live on - web browsing, streaming video, and yes creative work. But I stilll use "office" type applications - the baked-in Pages, Keynote, and I forget their excel replacement because I don't use it, they're more intuitive and robust. They also come included with MacOS and don't require a separate service or purchase. They also export to their microsoft counterparts, and can edit/create PDF. AND I can open them on my ipad or iphone to make last minute edits if need be. It used to be that Mac was only for the creative types, and Windows was for everyone else. But Mac just does everything now, and Windows has.... pc games. Office. Antivirus. And updates when you're trying to work...

@@isturma "But I still use "office" type applications - the baked-in Pages, Keynote, and I forget their excel replacement because I don't use it, they're more intuitive and robust." - actually, no, they are not. Keynote is great for a 'green screen' add in, but it is no where near a replacement for Powerpoint. Even within MacOS - Powerpoint is materially slower and worse than the equivalent in Windows. Again, this is a MacOS and MSFT issue in that they decided deliver a sub-optimal product. Nothing against the M1 chip - that truly is amazing. But, non-Intel Macs have huge drawbacks. For example, if you are a business students, chances are you will need to do an MS Access project - well, there is no Access for MacOS at all. I use my Mac for everyday tasks as well - surfing the web, watching movies, etc. However, it is also my main laptop for work. In that, the majority applications I use are MS Office. I have yet to render a movie. However, I have to work on Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Outlook about 6+ hours per day. I think this is fairly typical for office jobs. Second, I typically have Teams open all day, Workplace Chat, and an open communicator program like Zalo or Viber. So, for me, the battery life claims mean little unless it replicates this type of load. Now, I will say that my M1 can usually make it through the day with 10-15% remaining. Hence, I have not been able to ditch carrying a charger - but, I know I can go 5 hours in a meeting without needing the charger which is nice to have. My only real complaint is how bad the MS Office office is. I have looked at Parallels but spending an extra $80 PER YEAR seems outrageous to me. I did buy the expanded storage to 512GB with the anticipation I will need to run Windows on the same machine. I just want a better option than Parallels at that cost. Again, your mileage may vary as everyone has a different workload. Just from my perspective, any review that concentrates on movie rendering or picture editing probably does not align with a vast majority of the people actually viewing the videos.

I've generally found WSL2 to be really really good, OSX and Brew annoy me but the Macbook hardware is exceptionally good. If the graphic card prices stay as they are i'll dual wield a Mac and an Xbox.

@@spacechannelfiver I’m surprised to hear that WSL2 works that well, and conversely, that Brew has been annoying for you. Granted, I’m not even up to Power User-level on Linux, just know basic scripting and compiling from source, but I would have thought Brew was pretty straightforward for giving a UNIX environment some ease of use in getting some basic tools. Kinda like pip for python-related tasks. But I’ve also not used Brew, so I can’t really say. I’m just surprised to hear praise for WSL2, as I used MSYS a while back and while it was functional, it never felt like it was anything more than a gimmick/wrapper function like WINE. At the end of the day, I still had Windows foibles to deal with, rather than being on Linux.

I just wish the battery life was better, but that’s the trade-off I feel like. It’s great amount of performance with a smaller battery compared to the 16-inch or more performance than the Air/13.3-inch models.

I used that for a time but found it a bit unreliable- that was some years ago though. Has the reliability improved?

@@Tigrisshark I have absolutely no issue, right now on my Mac M1, it’s reliable so far

Sure. I used Mac and iphone before (not anymore), and I understand your point. It is so seamless and amazing. But just to let u know, when u start researching about apps and automations on Android and windows, u realize there are amazing features and apps like syncing clipboard with all other computers in any OS platform, syncing notifications, opening android apps, take calls or messages. Some of them are even more useful than Apple ecosystem, and I can't live without them anymore.

@@ytn6662 Agree mate - I am not saying its only Mac that can do that. But for a regular user they need to do lot of research and understand how all of that works. I use Windows at home. But for me to get my PC to do the same its not easy and takes lots of work- Even then its not seamless as a Mac. Obviously Widows is a better platform for many reason. But Windows can not hide behind that and not expect users to stay. Because Mac have been catching up in price and performance for the last few years. I can see firms like ours have started to buy Mac's. That is a huge win for Apple.

Agreed. It’s complete overkill. I have the MacBook Air M1 and for light graphic design, managing my blog, Spotify, creating podcast, and checking email, it’s amazing.

@@anthonyt425 Yeah, M1 is more than enough for basic users. This is only for a professional workflow like editing, graphic design, etc.

How does it go with software dev?

What sort of software development do you do? I'm hesitant to try the M1 chips due to compatibility concerns.

For my coding workflow the Air m1 pretty much matched the 2019 i9 mbp i had earlier (actually it felt smoother if anything) while being completely silent. If anything the only thing i miss is having windows for some light gaming.

@@terribletruth8201 Yeah heard lots of issue for swes. Probably not worth the headaches.

@@andy-sl2im I'm not committed to any language or framework or anything, but I've been messing with C# a lot recently. idk about Visual Studio for Mac.