I believe Apple purposely remove 1 GPU core just to hit the $999 price point for the cheapest MBA. 😆

Hey guys. It's day 3 of me using my MBA M1 8GB/256GB. A few quirks

1. I can't drive my 144hz monitor. It runs at 60hz. Still trying out multiple different cables. Tried terminal commands, and they all don't work, so that's annoying. If anyone has better luck, do give a shout.

2. No matter if I'm on my MBA 8GB RAM or MBP 16GB RAM, it still eats into my SSD SWAP. There's no noticeable difference in smoothness on my daily use. Some have said that because the SSDs on these Macs are so fast anyway, the computer eats into the SSD swap regardless of whether there is enough RAM or not, as contingency.

3. Opening my usual apps;

- thinkorswim
- safari
- discord
- Davinci pro
- QuickTime to record my screen

on both my 8gb and 16gb laptops make no difference in how it feels. It's not because the 16GB isn't smoother. It's because the 8GB isn't at all laggy with all this. While I'm also a strict single Safari page user and no more than 5 tabs, I had my sister use it and she's a multiple browser and has nearly 30 tabs open.

No issues on her side with the 8GB either.

If you're set on getting 16GB, because you know you'll need it, all power to you. IF you're on the fence, I think 8GB might be surprisingly sufficient if your workflow's like mine.

Oh and get used to hearing "phantom" fan noises. I keep thinking I hear my MBA ramp up the fan because that's all the Intel Macs would do. But nope, no fan installed so no fan noise.

256gb sufficient? Or upgrade storage would be better for a light user..

Received an SMS from Apple. They've shipped out my Macbook Air M1. It will arrive by 17/12.

Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C)

My MBA is still in out for delivery status. Aiyo .. so long .. aha ..almost 6pm already .. looks like I m not going to get it by today. ..

Mine is finally ‘Preparing to Ship’. Does one have any idea how long would it take to reach our shore from wherever this is?

Or set it to low reso. I managed to run Dota 2 but that also is buggy. Then again, I'm sure all of us bought this with the intention to be productivity geeks haha.

btw, anyone here got a recommendation for privacy film? The one I saw on Lazada for Nilkin brand damn exp but wanted to know if its worth it.
Need it because I work from outside quite often.

I'm getting a MBA M1 later this month. I already have a Mac mini M1 but since HLB is giving 20% cashback, why not?

Anyway, to my question, thanks to lurkingaround, I was alerted to this thread about MBA M1 problems.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252125613?page=8

Has anyone here encountered similar crashes? Or is this just a first world user problem? fwiw, since updating my Mac mini to 11.2 on 2/2, I've had 2 kernel panics one on 2/2 and one on 3/2. None after that. Touch wood. 2 days ago, opening any video with VLC, it would play with audio only and a nice black screen. Had to restart to fix that.