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Re:MacBook Air M1: Intel Readies Response for Windows Laptops by 908B64B197 on Saturday February 06, 2021 @07:53PM (#26051641)
They used the one metric (available game tittles) that doesn't matter on the MacBook Air.

Nobody buys a MacBook Air to play games.

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Re:MacBook Air M1: Intel Readies Response for Windows Laptops by winchester6788 on Saturday February 06, 2021 @10:06PM (#26052280)
The new macbook air is actually decent for gaming.

On the intel macbook airs (and on most pros without gpus) playing CS:GO at full resolution was a bad experience (overheating and <60fps).

I got the cheapest M1 macbook air and it plays CS:GO with no issues and without heating up (even when the ambient temperature in my city is ~38 Celsius)

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Re:MacBook Air M1: Intel Readies Response for Windows Laptops by trap_chateau on Saturday February 06, 2021 @10:35PM (#26052428)
any other games that you've played on them that you care to comment on performance wise? just curious
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