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I know this is a Hackintosh forum, but I can't help but voice my thoughts on the new M1 Macs. My new M1 Macbook Air arrived just two days ago, but I didn't think it would arrive before Christmas.
I ordered the MBA on December 5 with the delivery window of Dec 15-22. I eagerly checked the order status every day like a child counting down the days until Christmas. But as the days got closer to the end of the delivery window, I got more and more discouraged. I'd given up all hope of receiving the new Mac by Christmas. Then on the afternoon on Dec 21, I got a text message saying my order was being prepared for shipment. I sighed and thought, "well, its still coming over from China, so maybe I'll get it after Christmas". A couple hours later, another message said my mac has been shipped and will arrive Dec 22, but the message had no tracking number, so I didn't think it would arrive as promised. I went to sleep that night disappointed....Santa wasn't coming!
In the morning, I checked my phone, a message with tracking info was waiting for me. The tracking info was a courier company called DL Overnite. The tracking info only had "label created", so I dubious that it would still arrive on time. Usually, my Apple orders arrived by Fedex and I wasn't confident in this other company. About two hours later, the child in me returned when I received another text message saying my new Mac was out for delivery. Every time I heard a vehicle on my street, I ran to the window, hoping Santa had arrived! Mid-afternoon, it arrived...I was so happy. The delivery driver even had a Santa hat!
I purchased the base model M1 Macbook Air, with 8GB ram and 256GB SSD at a price of $899 USD plus tax. Normally, its $999, but I received the military veteran discount. To additionally offset the cost, I recently sold my old 2012 Macbook Pro 13" that was just sitting in my closet...I was surprised that it sold for $300 on Ebay. Even after Ebay and paypal fees, I still had over $250 left from that sale.
Impressions:
WOW...I am mightily impressed with the new M1 processors. This thing is just a dream to use. It runs cool and silent. As far as performance, it just blows away my Ryzen 5 3600 Hackintosh. I won't bore anyone with benchmark numbers because others have posted those everywhere on the internet, but my numbers align with those.
While my Hackintosh is fairly silent, I can still hear the fan noises from it, which I will always find annoying, not matter how faint they are. Even at idle, my Hackintosh is like a little heater...not good for Southern California summers. I've stressed out the Mac with Handbrake and it barely got warm....what lovely silence. My Hackintosh fans would be spinning up loudly. There is some heat generated by the USB-C dongle I use to connect to an external monitor, ethernet, and external SSDs, but nowhere near the amount of heat generated by my Hackintosh.
I will still continue to Hackintosh because I love to tinker with computers, but there is no way that my Ryzen or Intel machines will be my daily drivers until they develop new processors that can compete with the performance of Apple Silicon.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I ordered the MBA on December 5 with the delivery window of Dec 15-22. I eagerly checked the order status every day like a child counting down the days until Christmas. But as the days got closer to the end of the delivery window, I got more and more discouraged. I'd given up all hope of receiving the new Mac by Christmas. Then on the afternoon on Dec 21, I got a text message saying my order was being prepared for shipment. I sighed and thought, "well, its still coming over from China, so maybe I'll get it after Christmas". A couple hours later, another message said my mac has been shipped and will arrive Dec 22, but the message had no tracking number, so I didn't think it would arrive as promised. I went to sleep that night disappointed....Santa wasn't coming!
In the morning, I checked my phone, a message with tracking info was waiting for me. The tracking info was a courier company called DL Overnite. The tracking info only had "label created", so I dubious that it would still arrive on time. Usually, my Apple orders arrived by Fedex and I wasn't confident in this other company. About two hours later, the child in me returned when I received another text message saying my new Mac was out for delivery. Every time I heard a vehicle on my street, I ran to the window, hoping Santa had arrived! Mid-afternoon, it arrived...I was so happy. The delivery driver even had a Santa hat!
I purchased the base model M1 Macbook Air, with 8GB ram and 256GB SSD at a price of $899 USD plus tax. Normally, its $999, but I received the military veteran discount. To additionally offset the cost, I recently sold my old 2012 Macbook Pro 13" that was just sitting in my closet...I was surprised that it sold for $300 on Ebay. Even after Ebay and paypal fees, I still had over $250 left from that sale.
Impressions:
WOW...I am mightily impressed with the new M1 processors. This thing is just a dream to use. It runs cool and silent. As far as performance, it just blows away my Ryzen 5 3600 Hackintosh. I won't bore anyone with benchmark numbers because others have posted those everywhere on the internet, but my numbers align with those.
While my Hackintosh is fairly silent, I can still hear the fan noises from it, which I will always find annoying, not matter how faint they are. Even at idle, my Hackintosh is like a little heater...not good for Southern California summers. I've stressed out the Mac with Handbrake and it barely got warm....what lovely silence. My Hackintosh fans would be spinning up loudly. There is some heat generated by the USB-C dongle I use to connect to an external monitor, ethernet, and external SSDs, but nowhere near the amount of heat generated by my Hackintosh.
I will still continue to Hackintosh because I love to tinker with computers, but there is no way that my Ryzen or Intel machines will be my daily drivers until they develop new processors that can compete with the performance of Apple Silicon.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
