[gtvwill]

Pro. It perfs incredibly well in a bunch of areas it was expected to.

Con. It can't even run code from a whole segment of apps because of archi it's built on.

Result - Perf was nothing out of line with expected results from what you'd expect the market to come up with for the next range of products.

It's really nothing special from the user end of things.

[outside1234]

The MacBook Pro 2021 M1? It is totally something special:

1) The hardware is first class. Everything is back where it should be and improved. You can't get hardware like this anywhere else. 2) It is extremely fast. Nothing ever slows down. I can't figure out anything to throw at this thing that will turn on the fan even. 3) It just works. No drama. This is very valuable if your real value is writing code and not doing sys admin.

[thaway2839]

I'm currently using Linux (Ubuntu 21.10 on a 2015 Core i3), Windows (on a 10th gen core i7 laptop with lots of RAM but an iGPU), and macOS on an M1 Mac Mini, macOS definitely feels the slowest.

I suspect if my Windows laptop was closer to the other devices it would be slower, but Linux just feels so much faster than macOS in actual tasks. The interactions are so much "snappier", whereas with macOS most interactions feel like a chore (I think it's the animations).

[jazzyjackson]

You can turn some animations off, system pref > accessibility > display > reduce motion, and dock & menu bar, uncheck “animate opening applications” + “Minimize windows using” scale effect seems a touch faster than minimize with genie effect.

But agreed, the interface is not as snappy as windows and Linux.

[noahtallen]

Seriously. No other laptop on the market can do all of:

- have an insanely long battery life

- stay completely silent

- have excellent performance

The other laptops which can theoretically beat the MBP at some tasks utterly fail at being silent or having long battery life under load.

And the other silent laptops (chromebook maybe) can’t manage heavy workloads.

So it is very unique in the laptop space.

[TranquilMarmot]

I use an M1 Macbook for work and I also have a Framework for personal use and... yeah.

I adore the Framework but I really wish there was a REAL non-Apple competitor in the laptop space. The M1 is just _so_ quiet and fast, I really have to try hard to get the fan to spin up. Can't really speak for battery life since it never leaves my desk where it's plugged in haha.

It's a shame I despise macOS so much or else I'd use this work laptop for personal stuff more often.

[marcan_42]

I did an idle battery life test. 1% per hour. Turned on, with the screen off, and an active SSH session.

That's better than many x86 laptops in full-on sleep mode. With the OS running.

People underestimate just how good modern power management can get when the vendor cares.

[tmccrary55]

While I think the Apple Silicon macs are generally high end, the most fantastic thing to me is the battery life.