| You probably don't realise how fans can be a massive drag on productivity. I was so mad about myself that I hesitated buying M1 for so long after buying one. I've become much much much more productive on this machine, as I now longer feel this drag when I have to do something and then brace myself for the fan noise. I didn't realise that but I was putting a lot of tasks away just so that I don't get annoyed by fans. My M1 Max has fans, but they are so well tuned even if they do turn on sometimes I don't hear them and most of the time they are off. Given how much the fans are affecting productivity, I really couldn't care less if my compile time took 3 minutes rather than 20 seconds as long if it was completely silent, as I may have been hesitating for a couple of minutes to run the task in the first place. Also it is such a comfort to have a meeting without having to say "sorry guys, these are my fans going off". I also never noticed any performance issues. Anything I do is snappy, no hiccups and works regardless if I am plugged in or not. I had situations with my Dell where I couldn't plug in and the anxiety that it could shut down at any time (battery meter wasn't trustworthy) was painful plus massively worse performance on battery. Apple is a different league. As much as I hate Apple I see no alternative right now. |