I do miss the 144hz Alienware screen and the dedicated gpu, but prefer by far the taller aspect ratio, higher resolution and color accuracy of the Macbook. I use the cloud version of Lightroom to have the pictures available in every single device. The MacBook feels snappy and smooth while loading or loading photos in Lightroom. All without revving fans in an ultraportable. This is nothing to scoff at, as it’s on par with a watercooled high end desktop CPU from the previous generation. I believe the difference comes from the design of four performance cores and 4 efficiency cores in the M1 between the single and multi core score. While my relatively old but still capable Core i9 9900k overclocked PC: The M1 Geekbench5 result (It’s important to note that the fan didn’t kick in during the benchmark): Not to leave it on the “feels”, here are some benchmarks: One thing I do notice is that apps launch much faster (Photoshop and Lightroom specifically), I don’t know if it has to do with hardware or the fact that Photoshop is in beta. Though I feel my desktop PC to be faster still, it’s negligible and I believe it has more to do with UI animations between OSs. I cannot stress enough how weird it is to have a laptop that has no fan noise, even when working in Photoshop. You can check compatibility for your apps here. So if you have many apps that have not been optimized for M1, be wary of purchasing an M1 Macbook. There is a performance impact from running Intel versions, more noticeable than some reviews say. The only slowdown I noticed is the difference between running the Intel version of Chrome and then the M1 optimized version. There are no slowdowns and I have yet to be able to turn on the fans with browser / Lightroom / Photoshop usage. The M1 Macbook feels smooth and consistent even while on battery. You could feel the computer “ramping up” or throttling once the thermal envelope was reached (which was easy to do just brushing in Photoshop). One of the things I hated from the Surface was just how much you could notice the aggressive speedstep from Intel. Why does the MacBook have such a bad camera in 2020? Performance Again, the Surface did this one best with it’s 4:3 aspect ratio.Īnd I hate that the Surface had a 1080p camera. Though the non-widescreen aspect ratio is a godsend for photography and working on documents. From the Alienware side, I miss the matte coating and the sweet 144hz screen. Though I can’t compare anymore as I no longer have the Surface, but I’m sure it’s a close call. Now, the first thing I noticed upon booting the Macbook is that the screen color fidelity is better than I expected, maybe even better than the Surface. I cannot stress this enough: The screen should be one of the key purchasing factors when shopping for a laptop that’s geared toward anything creative, since a gaming screen, even if nice, will be tuned to higher refresh rates and lower resolutions. The laptop itself becomes somewhat transparent to your workflow. This 13” screen feels slightly cramped at times.Īnd while 15” screens are a pleasure to work at, what I have discovered with my first smaller laptop is that you can find space to work almost anywhere. I did not expect how much of a difference there can be between a 13” and a 15” screen size in reality. With one of my biggest pain points being the loss of the bigger screen for the added mobility and battery life, I hoped I had chosen right. I considered the praise they were getting around battery life and the performance parity with high end Intel machines, thus cancelling the 16. But, they became available sooner than I expected. Just like in the days of transitioning from IBM to Intel. I ordered a 16” Macbook Pro, thinking the new M1 Macbook would have app compatibility issues due to the changed architecture and other issues at launch not to mention they were not available for purchase for the first days. So, I wanted to be able to at least move around home when working.Īs I would normally get the biggest screen I could without entering desktop replacement sizes. Being locked at my desktop for so much time started getting on my nerves. One of the advantages of working from home is being able to move around a bit. I stopped using laptops when covid hit, as my PC was powerful enough for anything I threw at it, upgradeable, cheaper and not a lot of places to move to. Out of all of them, I still miss the Surface’s screen the most. My last experience with Mac OS was a mid 2015 15” Macbook Pro from work. In recent years I have used a plethora of machines and configurations, from a Microsoft Surface Book 2 to an Alienware m15 on the mobile side. UPDATE 14/02: Added Capture One test under “Applications” section.
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