Hey guys.. i’ve been not keeping up with mac or other brand laptops for many years, my 15” macbook pro has serve me very long.. but its due time for a major upgrade.. i’ve been looking for verious brands, initially thought that i might find something better elsewhere... but then again i started to read about praises on the M1 apple chip.. so, please advise me on few questions below. But first, i’m going to spec to highest end laptop possible, with budget cap up to RM15k.

1. Is the M1 macbook a big deal? Is there any other powerful laptop brand to compete this within my budget?
2. Between M1 and i9 macbook pro (top spec) which one to go?
3. I realize macbook air now having similar spec to macbook pro.. how to even choose between them? If macbook air is as powerful as the pro, then the air is a better choice because its lighter and more portable?

Any advise will be appreciated and thanks in advance

What are you going to use your laptop now for? What sort of applications do you plan on running? These would definitely give us a better view so we can give some of our opinions.

I work in bioinformatics field so i handle big data, the analysis would be reference matching and statistical mostly.. but that aside, I'm looking for a long term or future proof laptop.. i don't do game much, or would say i don't play game lately except a bit on mobile phone.. i also use laptop for some music softwares and video editing just for hobby

Today I found out an issue, the simplified chinese input keep not responding after turning on my MacBook.. This caused the system freeze and i need to force restart to resolve it.

Anyone got this issue before?

I work in bioinformatics field so i handle big data, the analysis would be reference matching and statistical mostly.. but that aside, I'm looking for a long term or future proof laptop.. i don't do game much, or would say i don't play game lately except a bit on mobile phone.. i also use laptop for some music softwares and video editing just for hobby

I work in bioinformatics field so i handle big data, the analysis would be reference matching and statistical mostly.. but that aside, I'm looking for a long term or future proof laptop.. i don't do game much, or would say i don't play game lately except a bit on mobile phone.. i also use laptop for some music softwares and video editing just for hobby

I work in bioinformatics field so i handle big data, the analysis would be reference matching and statistical mostly.. but that aside, I'm looking for a long term or future proof laptop.. i don't do game much, or would say i don't play game lately except a bit on mobile phone.. i also use laptop for some music softwares and video editing just for hobby

Then I wouldn't recommend the M1 Macs as the software used for it isn't exactly optimised (I am just assuming as you didn't answer my question on apps, unless you work mainly with Jupiter notebooks and Python). My data scientists at work all stick to desktop PC's instead as they offer better performance and they seem a little bit more familiar with Windows.

Today I found out an issue, the simplified chinese input keep not responding after turning on my MacBook.. This caused the system freeze and i need to force restart to resolve it.

Anyone got this issue before?

Lot’s of issues. I buy total 3 units of M1 Macbook Air M1, returned 2 of them. One having battery issue, and one faulty camera after few weeks of use. Don’t bother to repair, get new and ask for refund for faulty unit.

Lot’s of issues. I buy total 3 units of M1 Macbook Air M1, returned 2 of them. One having battery issue, and one faulty camera after few weeks of use. Don’t bother to repair, get new and ask for refund for faulty unit.

Mine happened to freeze randomly previously when launching apps/files and also when savings my data. Its was still in MacOS 11.1 back then.
After the updates to later versions, this issue did not reoccur anymore.
Not to be rude, but may i ask, where u buying ur units from?
As far as i know, Malaysia have no refund policy.
We can only opt for warranty coverage for repairs/replacement.

I bought via Amazon.

Ahh.. it makes sense then..
So ur 3rd unit is working flawlessly?

I think your freeze is caused by something else, I never had any issue with Chinese input.

What models are the m1 mba competitors in windows laptop? In term of weight and performance.

LG Gram, Dell XPS 13. Razer Book?

Can anyone share your experience using Microsoft Office applications on M1? Particularly Excel and Power Point.

A bit disappointed to learn that the Mac version does not have Power Query and Power BI.

Any file compatibility issues when exchanging files between Windows and Mac?