Lifelong windows user reviews the Macbook Air M1 after 1 month!

After buying and trying the Apple Macbook Air with M1 chip, I finally review it

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[tbirdparis]

You know if Apple aren't putting out easy info for Windows users to adapt to Mac OS, why not make a tutorial video yourself? If I were a Windows users who just bought an M1 Mac, YouTube is the first place I'd look for an experienced Windows user to explain the basics on how to find all the equivalent features from Windows in Mac OS...

[tintucthegioi]

When I first switched over, The frustration is real...but after a month or so ... It’s actually so so so good

[liam-hogan]

The logic behind the (X) not closing the program is this: On Mac, the idea is that you might have a bunch of windows open in an application. Closing one window obviously shouldn’t close EVERY window and close the app, so Apple decided to just make closing windows a separate function from closing apps. This also prevents an app from having to reload in case you accidentally closed all the windows.

Generally I tend to just use CMD+Q when I want to be done with apps—it quits the app and closes all the windows.

[johnmoore]

This is exactly what I was looking for. I’ve never used a Mac but have been a lifelong iPhone user. This is the first time I’ve been interested in an Mac due to the M1 chip and battery life.

[JohnNo]

another great video Travis.
As a lifelong windows user myself, I have the following advice.
1. When using MacOS empty your muscle memory from the Windows things. Usually what you need, the most common things, are right there in front of you.
e.g. Finder: on the menu it has the "Go", which actually will guide you wherever you need to GO :-D
2. Don't try to make sense of MacOS behavior to Windows. Just start using it, and after some time it will be second nature.
3. Regarding file exploration: Use Tags and Smart searches for folders and files. This is a feature that not a lot people are using (among the Mac users as well), but it is really powerful once you get the hang of it
4. Spotlight, Spotlight, and if spotlight is not powerful enough, go with Alfred
5. Quicklook - hit that spacebar, your whole life for a quick look into files will change

[raymondwilliams]

This was my first apple laptop. And boy was it a learning curve. I was frustrated for a few days. I’ve only ever used windows. After a few days I learned it and love it. Especially the trackpad. It’s awesome

[shanep.]

The funny thing is that Mac was first in putting window menus on the top left but windows copied it and moved them to the right.

[domiblackk]

Once I switched to Mac it took me about 1 day to like it 1 week to love it and after on month I absolutely was used to. Often I Learned by using it why it is better or equal…

[jonnekjonneksson]

Closing the app window on a mac you actually freeing your workspace and putting the respective app to sleep.
You don't actually want to completely DISMISS the app until you open it later, you just keep it on hold until you need it again, something that saves you a lot of time and (most crucial on a laptop) energy.

[jasep-abc]

I'd love to see a follow-up in year's time, once you have fully acclimatised to MacOS, to see if your opinions have shifted.

[valacascrane]

You know what?! Your humbleness makes me want to watch your videos. Like your content. Keep up!

[ayushvatsa]

Use spotlight bro. Command + space bar. And type whatever, it finds anything from anywhere in your system in a flash!!!

[TimpossibleOne]

I keep expecting Travis to say, "Sit back, relax, put on your head gear. Get ready for a trip through the atmosphere."

[hgmd]

The program doesn’t close, the window does, this is so that when you open up the program, it’s instant! If you want to close the program, right click or command click the app, then select close

[abdolqaumahmadi]

I use WIN in office and MAC at home. This review is really honest.
Great.

[kwarkoocoxs]

10 years ago it took me a month to get use to the Apple’s Mac OS, and I was also a Windows expert but an Linux power users.

[lenny]

The X close button closes the window, but it doesn't quit the application. This is so you can add another window after closing your last and to make the app start up quicker the next time you need it since it is still running in the background with little to no resource usage

[Astrobrewster]

I work on Windows at work, and I HATE that closing the last document in Word quits Word - why? I close that document because I’m finished with it, not because I’m finished with Word

[markedwards]

Can’t find a network drive? Weird considering they show up in finder just like they do in windows file explorer.

[VegasGuy]

In a windows mindset, the processor and memory are dramatically affected by the number of running programs open and operating at the same time. This is why the red X closes the program completely.

Macs were originally a RISC PowerPC processor. The Intel CISC system operate like the windowed architecture noted above. This was why the Intel Macs always had performance penalties. So in a new M1 Mac system, you take advantage of the RISC based processing of the chipset by leaving programs open and idle in the background. It barely affects performance when that program is not in focus, but makes access, and performance instant when you click back on that idle program.

Being someone who uses both platforms, I always recommend the M1 Mac over any PC most people. PCs have some advantages, but the M1 has erased most of those advantages. For the first time in decades, any Windows platform is seriously inferior to a Mac in nearly every way.