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I'm reached 20GB of swap memory and nothing is hot, noisy or battery draining. My 2020 Intel MBP 13" would be struggling and skipping a beat by now, instead of being buttery smooth. It's amazing how smooth everything is. Yeah, I'm not editing 4K o 8K raw video but the M1 MBP is Apple's LOW END machine. It's a game changer.

darkvader said:

I touched a M1 Mac today for the first time.

S L O W.

Completely what I expected, but with all the "no, really, they're fast" hype, I thought maybe I'd be wrong.

Nope.  They're slow. 

Buy an Intel Mac while you still can.

I had the same experience before the 11.1 update, after which everything was fast and buttery smooth. It’s important to remember that anything running Rosetta is going to slow on first launch and then as fast or faster than the Intel model.

No way I would go back to an Intel model. They run hot, are noisy and the battery life is dismal. Mine has only been barely warm  and I’ve never heard the fan (in thick protective computer case) and the battery life is just nuts, something no PC can match and all that with most apps still on Rosetta.

Plus the wake from sleep is instant and USB4 pretty much eliminates the need for Thunderbolt for single flash drives, etc. Another benefit is that USBTB/4 manages data streams in a way that improves speed when using multiple devices.

FAST - QUITE - COOL - CRAZY BATTERY LIFE

Once you go Apple Silicon there is no going back!

melgross said:

I figured there would be an article on this here after I posted about it in another thread. I may try this if my Macbook Pro ever gets here.

The ship times are crazy. Mine is like a month. These new models are selling like hotcakes.

There will also be savings from getting rid of 3rd party GPUs!

I'm not sure why this is an issue. The Constitution only prohibits the government from limiting speech. On private property there are no such protections. Everyone may be on FaceBook but that doesn't make it public property. The existing laws were established to address liability as a consequence of that speech.