Pavel Jelic If you are one of our regular readers, then you certainly did not miss this year's third autumn conference from Apple last week. Despite the fact that most individuals do not realize it, this very conference marked the start of a completely new era for the Californian giant. The Apple company introduced its own M1 processor, which became the first of the Apple Silicon family. The aforementioned processor is better than Intel in practically all respects, and the apple company has decided to equip the first three products with it – MacBook Air, 13″ MacBook Pro and Mac mini.
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Pavel Varenka The good news is that the first pieces of the mentioned apple computers have already reached their owners, as well as the first reviewers. The first reviews are already appearing on the Internet, especially on foreign portals, thanks to which you can get a picture of the new devices and possibly decide to buy them. To make it easier for you, we decided to take the most interesting of the reviews on foreign portals and provide you with information in the following articles. So in this article you will learn more about MacBook Air, soon about the 13″ MacBook Pro and finally about the Mac mini. Let's get straight to the point.
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A laptop you haven't seen in years
If you have at least a little knowledge of what Apple laptops look like, you surely know that the arrival of M1 chips from the Apple Silicon family had no effect on the design side of the products. Even so, according to reviewer Dieter Bohn, this is a laptop that you haven't seen in years, especially in terms of hardware. While nothing has changed at all to the eye, there have been very significant changes in the guts of the new MacBook Air. The performance of the M1 chip is said to be absolutely breathtaking, and David Phelan from Forbes, for example, says that when testing the new Air, he had a feeling similar to when you switch from an old iPhone to a new one - everything is often much smoother and the difference can be immediately recognized. Let's see together what these two mentioned reviewers actually think about the new Air.
The incredible performance of the M1 processor
Bohn from The Verge commented on the M1 processor in a little more detail. Specifically, it states that the MacBook Air performs as a completely professional laptop. Reportedly, it has no problem working in multiple windows and applications at the same time – specifically, Bohn had to try more than 10 of them at once. The processor then has no problems even when working in demanding applications, such as Photoshop, in addition, it does not break a sweat even in Premiere Pro, which is an application used for fairly demanding and professional video editing. "While using it, I never once had to think about whether I would open one or ten more tabs in Chrome," continued Bohn on the performance side of the new Air.
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Benjamin Levicek Forbes' Phelan then went on to notice a significant difference in booting up the MacBook Air. This is because it constantly runs "in the background", similar to, for example, the iPhone or iPad. This means that if you close the lid of the Air, and then open it after a few hours, you will immediately find yourself on the desktop - without waiting, jams, etc. According to the mentioned reviewer, it takes the longest time for the MacBook Air to recognize your finger through Touch ID, or it will automatically unlock with Apple Watch.
Passive cooling is enough!
If you watched the presentation of the new MacBook Air, you may have noticed one significant change, i.e. apart from the installation of the new M1 processor. Apple has completely removed active cooling, i.e. the fan, from the Air. However, this move raised a certain amount of doubt among many people. With Intel processors (not only) the Air overheated in practically all cases and it was not possible to use the processor's potential 100% - and now Apple did not strengthen the cooling system, on the contrary, it completely removed the fan. The M1 processor is therefore only cooled passively, by dissipating heat into the chassis. The good news is that even if you push the Air to the limit of its performance, you won't really feel any difference. Of course, the device heats up, in any case, you won't hear the annoying sound of the fan, and most importantly, the processor manages to cool down without any problems. So all doubts can go completely aside.
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The 13″ MacBook Pro has significantly longer battery life per charge
Another much-discussed and somewhat surprising part of the new Air is its battery, i.e. its battery life. In addition to being very powerful, the M1 processor is also very economical. So if you need to save the battery as much as possible, the processor activates four energy-saving cores, thanks to which the new MacBook Air, according to the official specifications, can last up to 18 hours on a single charge - and it should be noted that the size of the battery has remained unchanged. Purely for the sake of interest, for the first time ever, according to the official specifications, the Air can last for less time on a single charge than the 13″ MacBook Pro – it can last two more hours. But the truth is that the reviewers did not even come close to the stated specifications. Bohn reports that the MacBook Air doesn't quite reach Apple's stated battery life, and in fact, the Air lasts less time on a single charge than the 13″ MacBook Pro. Specifically, Bohn got 8 to 10 hours of battery life on a single charge with the Air. The 13″ Pro is said to be almost 50% better and offers several hours of battery life, which is remarkable.
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Disappointment in the form of the front camera
The most criticized part of the new MacBook Air, and in a way also the 13″ MacBook Pro, is the front FaceTime camera. Most of us expected that with the arrival of the M1, Apple would finally come with a new front-facing FaceTime camera - but the opposite turned out to be true. The front-facing camera is only 720p all the time, and at the launch Apple said there were various improvements. The camera is now supposed to be able to, for example, recognize faces and make other adjustments in real time, which unfortunately is about all. "The camera is still 720p and still terrible," states Bohn. According to him, Apple should have integrated certain technologies from iPhones into the new MacBooks, thanks to which the image should have become much better. "But in the end, the camera is only better in certain cases, for example when lighting a face - but in most cases it looks just as bad," states Bohm.
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I'm going to buy me, so I hope I don't make a mistake. I want to use the laptop primarily for studying (Word, Excel, etc.) as well as for handling e-mail and orders from the web, connecting with my iPhone, watching videos and movies, maybe in the future light video creation and photo editing..
You're not stupid. I have the basic version for about 28700 CZK (also with ISIC) and everything runs like clockwork. And it works well with MS Office.