Apple’s Older M1 Might be TOO Good

In this clip, Marques, Andrew, and David discuss the news that Apple is slowing production on M2 chips due to the new M2 products not selling as well.

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[RirtyDascal]

This is true. I still have my M1 Macbook Air and can't imagine needing more than this for at least a few years. I would've considered trading and upgrading to the M2 Air but they screwed up the storage and made it too expensive to get the not crippled storage. If I upgrade anytime soon I already decided I'm getting the M1 Pro MacBook Pro with the higher core CPU and GPU.

[amitthehuman]

I think it also has to do with the way they messed up the price ladder. They increased a lot of prices while making some lower tier options very bad. Those changes make people with a limited budget (that means most people) not want to climb on that ladder at all

[arthuraguiar]

I'm afraid they might start nerfing those M1s via software updates. Not sure on the legal side of it, or how bad would it hurt their reputation

[Collin_J]

I just picked up a used M1 Air from my sister's employer and wow this thing is a beast. Big upgrade from the 2013 MBP

[lennylennington]

I have a M1 Air since its launch and am a very casual user. I’ll need to replace the battery at some point, but I can see myself keeping it for years and years, it works so well.

[sundaynightdrunk]

The M1 Air hits a sweet spot that's hard to beat, and you can find them relatively cheap. I paid $900 for mine, but that was only a couple months after it launched. I love that thing and carry it everywhere because it's so small and light, I basically forget I have it until I need it. When I travel it's all I take, and it gets done everything I need it to.

[nevermore]

I upgraded my m1 MacBook Air to the m2 MacBook Air when it came out purely for the redesign and better display. And I absolutely love my m2… but if I could do it over again, I would probably keep the m1. It was such a fantastic laptop and as cool as the redesign I’d, it’s not a major improvement like I thought it might be.

[CompleteAnimation]

And a month later, they announce an M2 Mac Pro!

[remccarthy]

I have the 13" M1 MBP (Yes, with the "Touch Bar") and I love the thing. I can't see upgrading for many years to come. I have a 14" with M1-Pro Chip for work and it is great also. Apple better not try to slow these down just to sell more products.

[johnjurmu]

I got lucky and bought my MBP in late 2013. A perfect point where it was at the beginning of processors weren't making huge leap and bound improvements, pre butterfly keyboards, plenty of I/O. It's been a good run but starting to save up for a M processor upgrade.

[kwok]

Hearing you say that I probably won't update until probably M4 or M5 made my wallet so happy, lol.

[coyley]

I’m a little selfishly pleased about this 😂 I bought a MacBook Pro M1 10/16 in Dec last year and it’s astonishingly fast and powerful. And almost more importantly, SILENT. Bloody lovely. (It’s my first Apple computer after decades of Windows computers)

[Rosa-xgtb]

I'm planning on buying a laptop for university this year and M1 air still easily looks like the best value for the money by far, I just hope they won't discontinue it for as long as possible.

[PaulHojda]

Got myself an M1 Air 2 years ago and it's been fantastic. I have absolutely no reason to upgrade. The performance is waay more than sufficient for my daily tasks, and I actually love the design and the gold color, which you can't get on the M2 air. Even with just 8GB of RAM, I don't see myself buying a new laptop in the next 5 years.

[stingus]

Got myself a base M1 Pro MacBook 14. I had extremely high expectations and it exceed them. It's insanely good. It's extremely hard to get a MacBook with a custom configuration where I live, so it's an only choice. Ended up recommending it to all my friends and most of them also went for it at the end. All of them are extremely happy about it.

[kreshnikkona]

They should rebrand the 13inch "MacBook pro" to the 13 inch "MacBook". So the lineup would be MacBook Air, MacBook, MacBook Pro.

[stefandesu]

Love my M1 Air, best computer I've ever used. I think I would really enjoy the M2 Air because it looks nicer and is a bit lighter, but upgrading is out of the question at the moment.

[Kaze]

I’m one of those strange people who actually upgraded from an M1 Air to an M2 air. I bought the M1 at the cheapest spec just because I was upgrading from a top of the line 2013 MBP and I knew that M1 even the cheapest was gonna be leagues better than what I had. But then my work changed and I had to do more heavy coding and video editing work so I decided to stick with the Air but get a proper workhorse of a machine.

[mrtmilf]

Who's waiting for software updates after which M1 devices 'suddenly' become slow and overheating?

[NOT_A_TOP_FAN]

The true issue here is relationship between economics, tech, personal finance and social media. We used to live in a world where consumers wanted to buy something and it last, in order to preserve their personal wealth. Tech device evolution was pretty minimal and “groundbreaking enhancements” happened every few years. But now, social media “pumps” everything….people want everything, so tech companies are constantly pushing the limits to provide these big enhancements constantly…sometimes within less than a year! So you have people buying mid to high end tech products only for them to become mediocre within a year! In a thriving economy where people’s discretionary income is plentiful, people will fall into the trap and constantly buy. But in a less than stellar economy, people stop falling for Apple’s games, and they wake up to financial literacy…. They want their computer to last 5-6 years at minimum (and continue to provide adequate performance), not be forced to buy something new within only a couple of years. Apple has shots themselves in the foot - at the expense of stock gains. They’ve constantly pumped out big upgrades to appease the masses, which boosted their bottom line (and investors), but now once you create those constant expectations, it’s very hard to walk it back…. People now won’t settle for anything less…even though it’s absolutely not realistic. The reality is nobody (consumers, big business, small business) wants to play the long game for success anymore…Everything/Everyone wants instant gratification in everything.