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I bought the M1 MacBook Air when it came out almost 2 years ago. I’m Still amazed at how quickly everything opens and how long the battery lasts.

breck 4y ago
I haven’t bought any M2s yet. Still so giddy about the M1
- JCharante 4y ago
  I used 3 different MacBook pros for work and after getting assigned a M1 MBP, the battery life convinced met to get an M2 MBA after it came out. I can never go back to Windows or System76 after this.
simonswords82 4y ago
I was using the MacBook Air in 2013 and was impressed with its reliability. Prior to that I'd been on Dell XPS laptops. The MacBook Air M1 is just another level of solidarity and speed and battery life. It just works. So long as Apple continues on their existing pathway I'll forgive them pretty much anything.
dekhn 4y ago
I bought a pair for my kids and they have been absolutely wonderful school computers. I don't even carry a personal laptop any more, and I personally don't like Mac OS X, and I really don't like Apple's RAM pricing, but the hardware design is truly hard to beat.
joshstrange 4y ago
I bought the M1 Max MBP when it came out and the battery still shocks me. 80-90% of the time it's in a dock on my desk but I'll be sitting on the couch and think "Oh, I should probably plug in, I've been running it hard for the last hour or so.... oh.... 70% still, nevermind".
- Maursault 4y ago
  While the energy efficiency is vastly improved with Apple Silicon, the battery technology is still Li-ion. If your dock charges, you're killing your battery letting it charge every time it drops below 100% capacity. Apparently, the ideal way to extend Li-ion battery lifetime is to use the battery, never letting it drop below 20% capacity, but never charging it above 80%.
  - unsignednoop 4y ago
    Apple already solves this problem! https://imgur.com/a/HglsjJq https://imgur.com/a/HglsjJq (hovers around 78% on my personal machine)
  - yisonPylkita 4y ago
    There is a tool that takes care of it for you - https://github.com/davidwernhart/AlDente https://github.com/davidwernhart/AlDente
- MrRiddle 4y ago

breck 4y ago

I haven’t bought any M2s yet. Still so giddy about the M1

JCharante 4y ago
I used 3 different MacBook pros for work and after getting assigned a M1 MBP, the battery life convinced met to get an M2 MBA after it came out. I can never go back to Windows or System76 after this.

simonswords82 4y ago

I was using the MacBook Air in 2013 and was impressed with its reliability. Prior to that I'd been on Dell XPS laptops. The MacBook Air M1 is just another level of solidarity and speed and battery life. It just works. So long as Apple continues on their existing pathway I'll forgive them pretty much anything.

dekhn 4y ago

I bought a pair for my kids and they have been absolutely wonderful school computers. I don't even carry a personal laptop any more, and I personally don't like Mac OS X, and I really don't like Apple's RAM pricing, but the hardware design is truly hard to beat.

joshstrange 4y ago

I bought the M1 Max MBP when it came out and the battery still shocks me. 80-90% of the time it's in a dock on my desk but I'll be sitting on the couch and think "Oh, I should probably plug in, I've been running it hard for the last hour or so.... oh.... 70% still, nevermind".

Maursault 4y ago
While the energy efficiency is vastly improved with Apple Silicon, the battery technology is still Li-ion. If your dock charges, you're killing your battery letting it charge every time it drops below 100% capacity. Apparently, the ideal way to extend Li-ion battery lifetime is to use the battery, never letting it drop below 20% capacity, but never charging it above 80%.
- unsignednoop 4y ago
  Apple already solves this problem! https://imgur.com/a/HglsjJq https://imgur.com/a/HglsjJq (hovers around 78% on my personal machine)
- yisonPylkita 4y ago
  There is a tool that takes care of it for you - https://github.com/davidwernhart/AlDente https://github.com/davidwernhart/AlDente
MrRiddle 4y ago