Re:iPad Pro M1
by technics256 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @05:23PM
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My biggest concern is the screen size. Does it get in the way?
I do miss having the extra screen space, but even 16” felt like a bit of a compromise compared to being docked with a 27” monitor.
If you don’t mind a little blurriness you can always run it at a higher scaling mode and get effectively the same screen space as the 16”, just shrunk down. I go the opposite way—I’m willing to sacrifice space for perfect 1:1 pixel mapping.
It’s a 13” display. You probably already know whether that’s enough or not - the processor can’t affect that.
Re:iPad Pro M1
by gordon_freeman on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @04:46PM
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care to share hardware specs of your M1 Air?
Sure: 16” was 6-core i7, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 5500M 4GB GPU
Air is M1 with the 8-core GPU, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD
I have a 2019 16": 8-core i9, 32GB RAM, 5500M 4GB GPU.
Worst Apple product I have ever owned. Overheating, slow (forever throttling), battery hog.
Can't wait for the Apple Silicon 14/16" MBPs this year.
Went from a late 2017 15” MBP i7 4core 16GB, RAM 512GB, Radeon Pro 560 with 4GB of GDDR5 to the same Air config. Unbelievable change.
Re:iPad Pro M1
by lucasverra on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @05:21PM
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16gb ram, base SSD. You cannot go wrong with that. Great machine I'm typing on this message
It sounds like a criticism, but the best thing about it is that it gives me absolutely no cause to ever think about it. I don't get irritated by it being burning hot and loud as hell because it's always cool and silent. I don't have to worry about battery life because it just lasts all day. I don't constantly bump stuff on the Touch Bar because it has actual function keys.
It just gets the hell out of the way and lets me do my job. That would be enough, but it's also drastically faster than the 16" at literally everything I do day-to-day, which is nice.