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I was thinking of buying myself a 14” but after using one it is just too heavy compared to an Air. I’m tempted by an M4 Air (mostly for the 32GB) but may wait a

I was thinking of buying myself a 14” but after using one it is just too heavy compared to an Air. I’m tempted by an M4 Air (mostly for the 32GB) but may wait a couple of years until we get OLED as my M1 Air is still adequate for my needs.

sgarland 2y ago
That's fair; it is significantly heavier - 360g according to their tech specs. An M1 is still no slouch, especially if you have higher than the base RAM spec. The other reason I went with (or eventually got to, anyway) a MBP was the nano-texture display. I had bought an available in-store model without it (at least where I am, the only things in stock that have it are iMacs), and after using it for a while, somewhat regretted not getting more RAM, as I had the base M4 Pro, with 24 GiB. My M1 was also base (8 GiB), and over time, I had wished for more. So, I figured if I was going to do that, I might as well bump everything up a little bit, so I got the next higher CPU/GPU spec (14 cores / 20 cores), and the next higher SSD (1 TB) spec. The nano-texture decision was a lot of waffling, because I had seen it on the in-store iMacs, and wasn't sure about it, but reading a lot of reviews, plus Apple's return policy led me to try it, and man I'm glad I did. I've since come to realize that under the perfect lighting conditions of an Apple store, the relatively small differences in saturation, contrast, and clarity between the nano-texture and standard displays is heavily magnified, while eliminating the thing nano-textures are great at: glare. The fixed position and angle of an iMac probably doesn't hurt, either. But sit down with a laptop in real-world conditions, and the benefits are immediately obvious. If I did a lot of photo or video editing, or if I strictly used my laptop on a desk or docked, I probably wouldn't want the nano-texture, but since none of those are true, it's terrific.

sgarland 2y ago

That's fair; it is significantly heavier - 360g according to their tech specs. An M1 is still no slouch, especially if you have higher than the base RAM spec. The other reason I went with (or eventually got to, anyway) a MBP was the nano-texture display. I had bought an available in-store model without it (at least where I am, the only things in stock that have it are iMacs), and after using it for a while, somewhat regretted not getting more RAM, as I had the base M4 Pro, with 24 GiB. My M1 was also base (8 GiB), and over time, I had wished for more. So, I figured if I was going to do that, I might as well bump everything up a little bit, so I got the next higher CPU/GPU spec (14 cores / 20 cores), and the next higher SSD (1 TB) spec. The nano-texture decision was a lot of waffling, because I had seen it on the in-store iMacs, and wasn't sure about it, but reading a lot of reviews, plus Apple's return policy led me to try it, and man I'm glad I did. I've since come to realize that under the perfect lighting conditions of an Apple store, the relatively small differences in saturation, contrast, and clarity between the nano-texture and standard displays is heavily magnified, while eliminating the thing nano-textures are great at: glare. The fixed position and angle of an iMac probably doesn't hurt, either. But sit down with a laptop in real-world conditions, and the benefits are immediately obvious. If I did a lot of photo or video editing, or if I strictly used my laptop on a desk or docked, I probably wouldn't want the nano-texture, but since none of those are true, it's terrific.