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Title: Apple MacBook Air 2020 Review: Should you get the more powerful version of the M1 processor?
Post by: Redaktion on December 23, 2020, 20:25:57
If you are looking for the new Apple MacBook Air, you can choose between integrated graphics with 7 and 8 cores. But how big is there performance difference in everyday situations and does the additional GPU core impact the surface temperatures?

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Title: Re: Apple MacBook Air 2020 Review: Should you get the more powerful version of the M1 processor?
Post by: iUser on December 23, 2020, 20:53:41
I would rather invest in RAM than in SSD.
Even with soldered SSD you can expend it with external one + cloud services, but you can't expend your RAM.
Title: Re: Apple MacBook Air 2020 Review: Should you get the more powerful version of the M1 processor?
Post by: DanielTTY on December 28, 2020, 04:09:18
Appreciate if you guys can do a comparison review of the 8GB vs16GB RAM models of the Air. Thanks!
Title: Re: Apple MacBook Air 2020 Review: Should you get the more powerful version of the M1 processor?
Post by: Lunatics on December 31, 2020, 00:34:12
Sounds like the M1 inside 8-core MBA may come from a better bin than the M1 inside MBP. If true, it will make sense to me because MBA is thermaly more constrained.
Title: Re: Apple MacBook Air 2020 Review: Should you get the more powerful version of the M1 processor?
Post by: Tillski on April 15, 2021, 00:27:47
I read this article now many times. I'm a big fan of the Thinkpads but what Intel and friends are offering with their chips is so mediocre. An MBA with the M1 is giving you the same speed like the newest and biggest T-Series. It  has a No.1 single core performance. And on top it has double the runtime and runs without fans? Seriously? And it sells for 70% of the Thinkpad price? :)))) I'm laughing my pants off.
Title: Re: Apple MacBook Air 2020 Review: Should you get the more powerful version of the M1 processor?
Post by: Tillski on April 15, 2021, 00:30:55
Ah, and I forgot the color quality of the display....