Thank you!!

Yeah it does have it's positives for sure. And the performance just blows any PC I've had out of the water, especially at that price point. I still personally prefer windows in many aspects, because of the choices it gives me, but sometimes they're absolute overkill for sure 😅

I bought a MacBook Pro 16 M1 the base config with 1TB Ram, almost a year ago. 1.When it comes to performance on video editing it blows away any windows laptop and it does that on battery while windows laptops, some twice as expensive, are plugged in with fans almost to the max. The hardware is amazing, the fact that it runs any app as fast on battery as when it's plugged in is something windows laptops cannot touch. 2.The battery life is amazing, it really can be used for a full work day. I still have 100% health after a year 3. The screen, speakers, and touchpad are the best on the market, the keyboard is very good but not the best Cons: 1. The upgrades of storage and ram are very, very expensive, almost to the point that I would call it thievery 2. The OS compatibility is the worst I've seen, Linux and windows are more backward compatible than anything Apple has 3. The look and feel of the OS feels like windows 10 years ago 4. Default apps like Finder, Calculator, and even the clipboard are very poorly implemented. You need to install apps for basic tasks. It made me appreciate windows as an OS more 5. No delete key, you have to press Fn + backspace 6. Misc: You don't see transfer speeds when copying stuff, any peripheral that you plug in, must be plugged in AFTER you've logged in, window default sizes are too small; even tough you see an app, you may be logged in another app and some control's don't work. Bottom line: Apple, for me is like a convertible. For some tasks, it's brilliant, but for most, you are better off with windows. Right now I have two machines, I cannot live with just macOS after 20+ years of windows LE: If Qualcomm's Snapdragon Elite performance is as good as they say, and if battery life is as good as an MacBook Pro and apps run as fast on battery..I would go back to windows immediately

Very good summary, I'm with you on almost all of these. I'm sticking with this solely based on the fact that I'm doing a lot of video editing lately, If I had the option of the same speed in a windows machine at the same price and a similar form factor, I'd definitely want that. @pauuuuul87

This year 2024 meteorlake laptop models are great. Not so big differences with the performance anymore. The battery life is also good. I'm just trying to decide between HP Spectre and Air 15". And I can't. It's difficult decicion.

@@libremerlin Yeah, as I mentioned if I had the choice between the MBA and a Windows laptop at similar performance, price, and form factor, I'd switch back. haven't had the chance to try out one of the meteor lake processors, but they sound great on paper!

Thank you! I'll have to check those out for sure!

Agreed on that point, and I think if you already have an iphone it makes extra sense!

I spent ~2 minutes right-clicking windows start menu stuff and hitting uninstall, never saw those "ads" again afterwards

Totally. I'm constantly searching for shortcuts and the like. But the sheer performance, and, as you mentioned, the cost, makes it worth powering through. Simply not having to deal with Proxies for video editing is already a great timesaver.

Your first impressions might be similar to mine then! Thanks for watching.

Any updates?

Thanks for the tips! Really appreciate it. I will be remapping my caps lock key asap 😅

Thanks for the tip!

Makes sense! Thanks.

Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful 😊

​@@PhilKnallI'm also an expat living in Japan who owns a Surface Duo 2. We are a rare breed, I imagine 😅. I'll be using the Duo 2 until it dies, or until other companies finally realize that the 3:2 aspect ratio is the best for multi-tasking. As for my Surface Laptop Studio, well, that's more debatable.

@@modmars1 Whoa whoa wait! I didn't realize there was another 😉😉 I really wanted to try the Laptop Studio too, it's just way too expensive (I paid 17 man for this!) and a bit bulky. Super cool hardware though.

@@PhilKnall Oh boy! It's very expensive. I bought the Laptop Studio 2 for 30 万, and that was a bargain back then, since it was the 32gb RAM, 2 tb version

@@modmars1 Sounds like a great powerful machine but... Way out of my price range right now 🙃🙃

Thanks! Interesting, for me it just brings up the emoji keyboard, probably because the Japanese layout already has dedicated keys for switching between English and Japanese

​@@PhilKnall Maybe hieroglyphics has its own way of doing input. As far as I know European languages use the globe button for that. I even manage using two layouts for three languages due to overlapping characters and those available via Opt/Alt.

Just a matter of what I'm used to. No shade.

I miss Xwin... which you think would make me a Linux desktop user. I probably will be at some point in time.

Interesting! My mom had a Mac 2E (I believe?) so I definitely remember the early days of MacOS. Personally I enjoyed win 10 quite a bit.

Yup.. if only it ran windows 😂 very happy with the switch overall so far though

Yeah... The tablet, touch, and pen functionality are the ones I'll miss but as you said it's niche use. The sp8 was much heavier than my previous sp5, so I used it as a tablet much less.

Ah, Amiga... That's a name I haven't heard in a while! I never owned one but a lot of my friends did and I remember them fondly!

It's basically acupuncture! 😂

Thanks for the tip!

Shift command 4 can take a picture you choose the size of, shift command 3 will take a pic of the entire screen, and shift command 5 will screen record a video in MacOS. Command w closes windows and command Q quits and application. These are common to all Unix/BSD operating systems. But Windows for some reason didn't want to use the same key commands as everyone else since they were the most used operating system, and even Linux had to figure out what to do with the "windows key" and remapped it to the "Super Key" back in the early 2000s. LOL So I'm sure it has been annoying if you are coming from using a Windows PC for years. But the best way to really get around in MacOS is get a key command pic from google and keep it on your desktop for a quick reference until it becomes natural to you. I know when Apple moved from OS9 to OS X 99% of Mac users had the same issue. But Mac OS has tools like snipping tool built in without a 3rd party app needed. Cheers!

@@joesalyers Well, I much prefer Alt S as my the hotkey for snipping vs Cmd+Shift+number, not to mention that that screenshot I take with Shottr shows up in the middle and not in the right bottom corner. But even more so, I don’t to use hotkeys even, I can click with a mouse on the shottr shortcut on top to snip. How would I do that with built-in feature? Must we always remember and rely on keyboard hotkeys with Mac OS?

@@alexsfca You could go to your utilities folder and put the screenshot app in the dock. Screenshot records the screen and takes screenshots that way you can just use a mouse. But one thing to remember Mac OS is Unix and like all Unix and Linux systems key commands are vital. But Mac OS has a feature in the settings where you can change "hot keys" Key commands to whatever you want. Just go to the system settings scroll down to keyboard, then keyboard short cuts. But yea for any modern computer system Key commands are really the easiest way to get around. Cheers!

well, I tried your advise and use MacOS screenshot and it just does’t let me to freely select the area, instead a square/rectangle pops up and I have to adjust by dragging, a far cry the flexibility of Windows snipping tool and Shottr (which works the same as Windows). I tried but hate the built-in snapshot. It’s a shame - one of the most basic OS tools used multiple times a day.@@joesalyers

Glad you still have something left that you love!

The Mac was there when no one else was!

Quite right I didn't. It's very hard to find them without prior knowledge.

Yeah! I've barely noticed this machine getting warm so far.

Yeah I saw that too. He's right. It needs to be addressed.

Haha true. Sadly I don't like iOS so that's gonna be a while. Still, I might do that when my duo dies.

It's the standard Japanese mac layout. I'm still having trouble with the function keys.

@@PhilKnall Have you tried remapping the modifier keys, which include caps lock and globe, to your liking? See System Settings -> Keyboard -> Keyboard shortcuts... -> Modifier keys. For example, I map caps lock to globe.

Ah nice, that's a good tip! I still work on a windows PC so that'll be much easier than remapping my muscle memory.

Thanks for the heads-up, totally forgot for this one. I'll get them added.

Yes?

@@PhilKnall The position is weird, even the size of the space bar 😁

@@allenedwardcamungao6311 it definitely needs some getting used to! 😅

@@accidentcellar6307 not true, he loves the dual functionality of the Surface, prefers the design, the keyboard and the OS. Those are LEGITIMATE preferences that many people have chosen over a faster chip.

I would totally go back to the surface if I didn't do photo and video editing. I *love* the fit and finish and Windows Software but I *need* the Mac performance. So unfortunately MacBook is the way to go right now.

@@PhilKnall 👍

Oops, that's a major goof on my part! That must be the picture of when I managed to kill the MBA in a day, several hours of video and photo focus stacking. Battery life is good but not almighty.