> The crazy thing about using a Macbook Pro (with an M1 Pro or M1 Max CPU) is that, in single-threaded performance, it's really no faster than a dippy little Ma

> The crazy thing about using a Macbook Pro (with an M1 Pro or M1 Max CPU) is that, in single-threaded performance, it's really no faster than a dippy little Macbook Air. That “dippy little M1 MacBook Air” is damn fast. Even for single core tasks. I’ve owned one for a year now, and recently got the new M1 Pro with eight of the same cores, and single thread performance is not low by any sensible measure.