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- Mstraa ( @Mstraa@sh.itjust.works ) English1•1 year ago
I’m really hyped too! But for now my company mb pro 16" i9 will do the trick.
- red ( @red@feddit.de ) English1•1 year ago
Still wondering - my company uses Macbook Pros for everything, and as a Principal IT Systems Engineer, I’m certainly a power user. However, I mostly work on systems remotely, i.e. just SSH sessions or CLI tools to work on servers, so I don’t really need this power. But so far, a Macbook Air was way too lightweight and the screen too small to work productively.
But with the Macbook Air 15, I might as well request this instead of the latest Macbook Pro 16 when I’m due for a new device next year. Not really sure I care about any of the differences in spec - other than maybe the extra ports and the ability to connect a second external monitor, but I guess I can life with both. And while the Macbook Pro 16 has considerably better specs, My 2019 (Intel-based) Macbook Pro 16 seems about on par and spec-wise I’m still more than happy - just battery life and heat are problems.
- simple ( @simple@lemmy.world ) English1•1 year ago
The caveat: the Air still gets hot. It was hotter in the area right above the function row than I wanted to touch during pretty much all of my benchmark testing. The keyboard, while usable, was toasty.
Ah man, I was under the impression that these laptops wouldn’t get that hot with the new chips.
- shanghaibebop ( @shanghaibebop@beehaw.org ) English1•1 year ago
You really like the m chip pros then. Amazing battery life, and I’ve never hit any heart problems.