![]() The M1's speakers sound better, and I never noticed mine being bad (until, ahem, now). My old keyboard now feels quite soggy, but I preferred its keycap size: they're smaller and have a bit more space between. The M1 has 1mm travel and ended up making me dissatisfied with both new and old. My old MacBook has 2-3mm travel on its keyboard. It was cute being able to (just) power the M1 machine from my phone's charger. There's USB-C – it's still a long way from Nirvana, but it's also not a totally useless port any longer. Compared to the 2015 MacBook Pro, the M1 unit is still superficially very similar – I can clearly remember that feeling of dorkiness you get being the only one at a meeting with the unfashionably thick previous-generation MacBook Pro, so this is good news. ![]() Just like the last time Apple changed Mac processor architecture, the outside of the hardware has changed very little. But for most of the comparisons below, said five year old laptop will be the benchmark. If I really need power, I have the luxury of desktops at work (several desktops if it comes to that). I know my current machine's limitations and if I'm really going to push it (with maybe a 3D render or a long transcode), I'll quit out of web browsers and anything from Adobe and let the lappie do its thing while I distract myself with my phone. ![]() It has 8GB of memory and a 2.7GHz Core i5 processor, and it handles writing reviews, reading email, doing some CAD, some (script-kiddie) coding just fine – all of it happens pretty much instantly. It's important to note that I don't actually notice my personal five-year-Mac old laptop being slow that often. Docker Desktop for Apple Silicon is here, but probe a little deeper and you'll find Rosetta 2 staring back READ MORE
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