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by bla3 1981 days ago
I love it, but I find I don't really use it. My 16" MBP has a bigger screen, 4 usb ports so I can charge, two-factor auth, external microphone and external webcam at the same time. The downside is that it's much louder under load, but that is apparently worth it for me.

Also the 16" was much more expensive, but and it has much shorter time on battery - but I already paid for it and I'm usually close to a power plug anyways.

Maybe I'd use the M1 more if zoom was less prevalent.

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I have 16” too. Didn’t get M1, wanted to wait for better processor. I wanna be blown away by it. :)
I sold my top of the line 16” MBP and replaced it while making a “profit” with a $900 M1 mini, since I am working solely from home. The mini is faster in almost all tasks.
I did quite a bit of benchmarking. I mostly compile code, which parallelizes well. For that workload, the higher core count on the 16" means it's (a bit) faster. For single-core work, the M1 wins.