Why I Switched to Mac (as a Linux user)

Nope, it's not a late April fools joke. I bought an M1 Macbook Air, and I'm about to make it everyone else's problem.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:24 What not Linux or Windows?
02:28 Why macOS?
03:27 Why not get a Mac at this point?
04:15 How fast is the M1 Macbook Air?
07:06 Price and competition
08:05 Disadvantages and issues
09:51 Upgradeability
14:04 Are Thinkpads still worth it?
15:53 Ports and I/O
17:08 Vibes(tm)
19:19 The Macbook Redemption Arc
20:43 Conclusion

[WolfgangsChannel]

Many people have mentioned that I didn't include the new AMD laptops in my comparisons. My bad! Here are my thoughts:
Even though Renoir laptops provide a really good value, I'm yet to see an x86 laptop that balances performance, noise, size and battery life as well as the M1 Macbook Air does.
Sure, you can get an AMD laptop like Acer Swift 3 or Lenovo Ideapad 14 with a Ryzen 5700U or 5800U for a similar price (or sometimes even cheaper), and the performance will be better than the M1, but that's not something I can say about battery life (real-life numbers, not manufacturers' claims), build quality or noise – all of these factors are really important for me personally.

With my workflow, I would also have to run Windows on those laptops – since Linux does not support the software that I need and you can't run Hackintosh on an AMD APU. As mentioned in the video, I don't like running Windows on my daily driver laptop, since I find the experience subpar.

That being said, if you run Linux or Windows, Renoir and Cezanne laptops are a great choice.

[tnt]

3 months ago: "Installing Gentoo"
2 days ago: "Why I Switched to Mac"

[liamsweeney]

once Asahi Linux is ready for normal use on the m1 air you better post videos about it because Id trust your opinion on it

[LinuxPlayer]

M1 macs are a very good product in terms of battery efficiency and performance. I hope this machine will stay relevant and last you for years without a need to upgrade.

[AlibifortheAfterlife]

I was on the Mac hate train for the longest time, and my experience with the first gen M1 MBA didn’t help (fell victim to the random screen crack issue). Decided to give the 14” M1 pro MBP a try and I absolutely love it. The fact that a good chunk of my Linux knowledge applies to MacOS is a godsend even tho there’s a lot of things I find myself missing. The most shocking thing for me is the fact that the few of my games it does support (which happen to be the ones I play the most) run almost as well as on my 3070 Legion 5 which was priced almost exactly the same.

[ritikeshpanda]

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[marioschroers]

I'm literally waiting for mainstream vendors to finally offer an ARM-based, or even better, RISC-V, laptop with decent specs. Same for desktop mainboards.

[beck]

good thing that we have a company like framework that have followed through on their promise for a repairable and upgradable laptop. Hope they have more success. However the performance of the apple chips does make it hard to switch.

[gmt]

Prior to M1 there was nothing I liked about Apple computers. Intel Macs were an absolute joke with a reputation for being slow, undercooled, overpriced devices. I hated their OS, products, ecosystem, and ethics. M1 was a big step in the right direction. Excellent battery life, functional standby, and actually viable price/performance. Even I considered buying an M1 Mac Mini for video editing since nothing could really compare at the time. Still hate Apple overall, but at least their Macbooks are genuinely nice computers now.

[BigTylt]

I think that we can all come to the same conclusion that the vast majority of megacorps don't give a fuck about us personally, so starting wars over which device is superior is simply a waste of time.

[leuat]

I have about 15 (older) thinkpads and love each and every one of them - but my daily driver has been a macbook air M1 since last December. You gotta be realistic about these things - and recognize a revolution when you see one. I even made my own pascal compiler that compiles natively to M1 ARM assembly language. Even though I do enjoy the past (my x41, x61, x220 etc) - I really appreciate living in the future! Thanks for having made this video =)

[maxtornogood]

I appreciate that you acknowledge the issues regarding upgrading & repair when it comes to MacBooks. As for me I'm quite happy with my Framework laptop!

[marekfoto]

A specific and detailed review, with lots of humor. I like these.

[UppyJC]

Massive respect. Not enough tech YouTubers being so pragmatic.

[patcherandpatch]

I wish that one day, we will have a ARM-processor based Thinkpad as good as the M1, with the old keyboard and decent webcam

[l.iwakura]

What is actually getting me hooked on apple recently is how the XNU/Darwin Kernel works and how well engineered it is, amazing, seems macOS is the perfect balance, I guess filtering telemetry on router should make it 100% usable for me. How do you feel about Apple's telemetry on your device?

[StonerSquirrel]

One thing I loved about ThinkPads is the security features that come with the bios, like disabling the webcam, USB ports, and wifi, setting passwords on either power-up or only when accessing the bios, in other words, you can make it secure enough to eliminate insider threats without compromising availability. I would totally buy a ThinkPad if I had the chance again.

[tbang]

A reasonable and logical take, I have to admit the M1 silicon is super nice. I obviously agree with everything you said about Apple, I don't think the problem is their hardware per say, because right now its really good, the problem is their attitude towards letting their users actually own it. Once the community has gotten a surefire and reliable way to throw Linux on it, I might buy one myself.

[arsu]

Nice video dude. It's evident you really spent some time balancing out your arguments and position here in order to not upset any side too much. I hope people will be able to see that you kept an open mind about this.

[gaelileogt]

I love this video, it was the first one I heard from your channel and now I can't stop watching your videos 😀