![]() Efficient - While the desktop chip obviously has higher raw performance, the m1 arm chips definitely do not hold you back and impressively at a fraction of the power.Your mileage may vary if you use other more heavy compilers. I use javascript/typescript and esbuild along with dotnet core for the most part. Before this, I used to use my main PC which is an i9 9900k based desktop and in most normal use cases the m1 airs seem to be cruising along no issues and I cannot notice any major differences compared to my experience on the i9 9900k desktop. Thing to note is that the macbooks still have display issues even with the Benq but to a much lesser extent. It has a usb-c connection that does dsiplay as well as charge the macbook. I originally had them connected to my main ultrawide, an LG 38gl950b (this is a very high end gaming monitor that I also use with my windows gaming desktop) but due to the major problems I've had with the m1 macbooks on this display (more on this later), I am now using a Benq EW3270u which is a 32" 4k monitor that I had bought a while ago for my playstation. I use both the airs in closed lid clamshell mode most of the time (90%+), connected to external display. I do have rosetta 2 installed but surprisingly mostly everything now has native arm builds. I am a full stack developer and my main use case comprises of using mainly these programs - VScode, iTerm, Fork (git client), nodejs, npm and pnpm, docker desktop for mac, slack, microsoft teams, postman and a lot of browser tabs. Also, for those that might be asking why not the macbook pro, well I bought the airs very close to the initial release, so the airs were the only choice back then. ![]() Additionally, I would not buy the 8gb unified memory version for software development use cases. If I had known about these issues before my purchases, I would definitely not buy. My personal summary for these laptops is that, while they are good laptops, the external display issues are complete deal breakers for my current setup. TLDR: Good laptop with a very efficient chip but with major deal-breaking external display issues. I've primarily used only windows and linux OSes in the past although I have used various other apple products like ipad and iphones. These are my first apple laptops by the way. I've been using these laptops daily for well over a year now. I bought these fairly close to the release date, I think a couple weeks after. Both have the 7core gpu, since I have no use for gpu cores in my use cases. I have 2 m1 macbook airs, one is a 256gb ssd 8gb unified memory version and the other is a 512gb ssd 16gb unified memory version. ![]() Hey guys, I just thought I'd post a semi-detailed long term review of the M1 macbook air from a software developer perspective, in case it might help others make a purchase decision.
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