1. M1 chip, no doubt about that.

2. 14"? Rumoured to be released in 2021.

I used the i9 16”, 16gb and currently running on the 8gb MBP. It’s as good as the rumours and reviewers say. It does things faster than my 16” but it doesn’t spin the fans.

I have the mba basic too, and have compared the two.

I’m sticking with the MBA cuz the difference in performance for WHAT I DO, which is reading business news, typing, and using “thinkorswim”, the difference is non-existent

I edited and rendered a 5 minute video (4K) with very basic colour correction, a background song, some text, and the MBA was 30 seconds slower to render. A total of 4 minutes vs 3.30. Scrubbing 🧽 was super similar, no lag nothing. So the user experience is similar.

I do have a 5% voucher to order any MBP if anyone’s interested. You just need to give me a RM100 deposit, I’ll order and pay first, and you can give me the remaining when the laptop arrives. However, it will arrive only late December to early January, cuz of the supply limitation

So my MBP is now in its box, waiting to be brought back to Melaka to be used as my family's media player. I'm not even going to sell it off, because it's unfair to buy an Intel Mac when the M1's are available. The thing runs hotter, and is for some reason, feels less smooth compared to my baseline MBA.

Like it's hard to explain but the entire experience off the fanless MBA is, just snappier than the MBP 16", especially once you get it going with a few tasks. When I say few, I mean, typically I run;

1. Thinkorswim
2. Stock news sites
3. YouTube on one monitor to keep an eye on the market movement
4. An Excel sheet to record my trades

That's literally all I do 90% of the time, and the MBP will run at 70-80C and the fans become quite audible. I just don't understand why but the M1 MBA does not do this.
Also at 70-80C, you cannot use the MBP on your lap. I do this thing where I hinge the tip of the MBP on my thigh while majority of the laptop is dangling off. It's quite a circus worthy of Russian circus standards if you ask me.

At this point, unless you NEED the Intel's, I think there's really no good reason to even bother with Intel Macs in my unwarranted opinion.

If youre buying from Switch then you need to validate on UNiDAYS

No need to, but be prepared to verify your eligibility when required.

Hey guys first time Macbook purchaser here, just ordered on Apple Store. Any accessories/brand you guys would recommend?

Will definitely need a usb c to usb a converter, looking for some affordable and reputable ones besides buying from apple itself (which is super expensive haha).

I second that.. not to worry anymore place it on top of bed/sofa/pillow and scare of overheating... if you put on your laps in aircon room. your laps will feel metal feels cold..
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pointless.

i'd recommend not to. the mb keyboard is fantastic to type on. why would you want a silicone cover for btw?

i see... hmm well i just be more careful around the MBP. touch wood so far no incidental spilling before...

Unless you are rushing for deadlines to edit and export your videos, waiting that extra few minutes doesn't really hurt. 8Gb unified memory is more than enough. That being said, I was quite kiasu so I went and purchased 16Gb instead, and this is with the known reason of wanting to use it for browsing, minor photo editing and light video editing LOL

just my two cent, i am heavy multitask user, 8gb ram is not enough for my usage, when i open photoshop with a 80mb file, my MBP ram swap usage goes up to 8gb. and my MBP start warming. usable, but got noticeable lag.. (Photoshop 2019 x86) peak ram usage 6gb).

this is my first macbook and i just try with base model.

Chrome with 1x++ tab, visual studio code, xcode, youtube, whatsapp, web whatsapp, (IOS FB messenger), discord, xampp, skype, filezilla and excel at the same time. 

the warm heats up mostly because xcode + iphone emulator + photoshop..

i cant utilize all the cpu except ram

mirror lag, but you can notice the zoom is slow.

but i got another issue when i zoom and teamviewer at the same time, and i move mouse in teamviewer i can hear the zoom sound is broken.

i suspect because some of the software are not fully support on m1 yet..

No worries bro, cant wait for the upcoming macbook though, heard they gonna launch 14 inch macbook this year 

Good to see Apple are getting serious again in selling computers, the M1 chip is truly revolutionary.

Ive been using this laptop since yesterday, never had to charge it since im just using 10% of charge lol

I am waiting for the 14 inch m1x MacBook, hopefully it will,launch faster my god