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I have an M1 in my personal laptop, and a previous-gen i7 in my work MBP and the difference is night and day. The i7 is hot, loud, and can barely last 4 hours
by synicalx 4y ago
I have an M1 in my personal laptop, and a previous-gen i7 in my work MBP and the difference is night and day.
The i7 is hot, loud, and can barely last 4 hours on battery (and it has a brand new battery in it). With a 4k monitor hooked up there's also a noticeable amount of lag when doing stuff like moving windows around, and opening my various apps after a reboot takes ~3 minutes before my computer is useable again. The RRP of this device was around $3800AUD for i7/16GB/512GB.
On the other hand, the M1 doesn't make a sound and lasts ~12-16hrs on battery. Even playing a 3d game on it for hours, it's inaudible and only warm to the touch (and gets very acceptable performance). Starting up all my apps takes maybe 20 seconds or so and while doing that there's no lag or hitching. The RRP of this was $2799AUD for M1/16GB/1TB.