I'm Selling My $10,000 Mac Pro!

Apple's M1 chip released last year to much fanfare, but it mostly saw deployment on small, efficient form factors such as the MacBook line and more recently, iPad Pro. But is an M1 in an iMac a bad thing? Does it need a more powerful chip? We submit that it doesn't as we're replacing our $10,000 Mac Pro with an M1 iMac. The M1X and M2 are sure to release soon but in this video we don't know if they're strictly necessary for our—or most—workloads. We know it sounds nuts so let us explain...

[Arun-ixkf]

You nailed Oct 2021 chip announcement months ago! Jade C-Chop = M1 Pro; Jade C- Die = M1 Max

[jandoeseverythingde]

I don’t know why but I’m always looking forward for Quinn’s reviews. They’re just different

[theslowmoguys]

I had no idea you could swing it around with 1 hand. Such a funny visual 😂

[mm-hlgh]

Before m1: my mac pro is so blazing fast and it does everything with ease and everything just works.
Since m1: i sold my mac pro, because it sucked and was soooo slow and was struggeling wirh everything.

[arax]

I don't think even "normies" would leave a stationary desktop plugged in with the power cable trailing over a walking area

[sherlockmaverick]

"I ran out of air."
*Proceeds to drink WATER.*
SMH

[erqey]

I still would absolutely love so see what would happen if Apple ever took gaming seriously as a market. They are probably the only company who could force themselves into the console market and take significant marketshare. Their vertical integration strategy would work just as well with consoles as it does with smartphones, smart watches and computers. They also have the money, talent and expertise needed to make one hell of an SoC for games. I don't use any Apple products but I've been following their graphics development for the M1 and M1X very closesly.

[iipranavii]

when everyone (almost) had the same opinion and/or take on the iMac, Quinn's was far more user-centric, and not just based on "video rendering times" like seriously, why do all the tech people have to compare a computer's power to its video rendering times!?
Great Review!

[leonugraha]

Meanwhile here, me reading the job posting that Nelson posted in the description...

[rbjk]

0:13 imagine accidentally deleting the channel just for a 3 second gag in a video.

[kevin_mitchell]

13:46 MagSafe - You don't really want the power to disconnect too easily on a desktop, as opposed to a laptop that has battery backup.

[PaulBradfordTech]

Quinn's ability to break down these complex subjects into an easily digestible format while still being entertaining is unmatched in tech YouTube. Love the direction this channel is headed in!

[michaelhunt]

When he picked up that water bottle I had an LTT Store flashback.

[tubularap]

7:14 - Did you really held up the iMac with your thumb on the screen ??
I know it is lightweight, but if the screen can withstand that thumb-pressure, I am impressed.

[NithinJune]

"and then putting this formula into Wolfram alpha because doing math is lame and hard"
Me taking the AP Calculus test tomorrow: yep

[Screaming-Trees]

I have a M1 Mini in a 16gb/2TB configuration that's used for music production. I think Apple unwittingly made a computer that's perfect for music. It's quiet and runs cool. It sips power. It's cheap but its single core performance is second to none. Battles Ryzen 5950x for single core crown. In music production single core performance is king. Multicore is far less relevant. We've never seen this much performance with zero noise at this price point. It embarrasses my 27" fully loaded 2020 i7 iMac. The only downside right now is software hasn't quite caught up yet. Avid hasn't released a native version of Pro Tools for example and a bunch of other developers are dragging their feet as well. Other than that the M1 is the perfect balance of everything for music production. Film composers probably want to look elsewhere though but they're the only demographic that might be limited by memory limits in the M1. Great times to be alive if you're a music producer/composer. And great review :)

[Anderson-hiqw]

Everyone: "WWDC will have new chips"

WWDC: 😐

[mightymofoyoung]

I was using a G5 for Graphic Design, nearly 20 years ago. This machine is more than capable for professional use.

[vlcheish]

If you're replacing your 1.5 year old Mac Pro with this machine then you never needed a Mac Pro to begin with. It seems like every Youtube channel is posting the same variation of this video which is a classic sign of the Mac Pro never remotely made sense for Youtube creators(outside of getting views because you had one).

[joniquealexander]

Preach! I keep saying everyone does not need a pro pc. But youtubers act like everyone is editing video and photos when they are simply not.