Minor correction: the displays on these new MacBook Pros (as well as the M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pros) can actually do a sustained full panel brightness of 1,000 nits (in the video, it was stated as 500 nits). This might have been confused with the fact that under normal use, the panel is limited to 500 nits, and it only goes brighter when viewing HDR content. When viewing HDR content, it is 1,600 nit peak brightness (limited area) / 1,000 nit full panel. Side note: I know this doesn't really count because we're talking about out of the box specs, but FWIW, there is 3rd party software that will allow you run the entire display at 1,000 nits in non-HDR conditions. Also: Other comments already stated it, but the previous gen (M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pro) actually do have a 1080p FaceTime camera (video stated 720p at times). The improved image quality of the M2 Pro/Max's camera is a result of the new ISP in the M2 gen chips, not an increased in camera sensor resolution.

@glocksoup555

Жыл бұрын

touch grass

@klatchabobby

Жыл бұрын

There's no point in correcting them, they don't care about doing research for Apple specs, they just go by faulty memory every time, especially Alex

@lukabosnjak3829

Жыл бұрын

And it looks amazing with that 3rd party software (vivid app I think)...

@pkennethv

Жыл бұрын

@@klatchabobby They pinned my comment so🤷

@pkennethv

Жыл бұрын

@@glocksoup555 I wish I could. Too much snow covering up everything where I am in Canada right now :(

The 2021 M1 Pro/Max 14" also has a 1080p webcam, not 720p. I'd assume the improved quality comes from different image signal processing on the M2

@andrewcooksey9390

Жыл бұрын

This mistake was infuriating to watch.

@alan_7390

Жыл бұрын

​@@andrewcooksey9390 "AN OPERATING SYSTEM DOESNT EVEN HAVE AN ANSWER FOR A HARDWARE PRODUCT"

@TedTabaka

Жыл бұрын

You would think Apple would put a 4K camera for what you pay this garbage. Somethings really infuriate me about Apple products. And other times I wonder why can't other OEMs spend a bit more money to get their own products on par.

@mihirsrivastava8472

Жыл бұрын

@@TedTabaka Try to fit a 4K sensor in there lmao

@MrNubshow

Жыл бұрын

@@TedTabaka The XPS 15 and the HP Dragonfly in this video are both more expensive than the Macbook though and neither give you a 4K webcam. As far as I know, no one really gives you a webcam above 1080p. The Dragonfly gives you a 1440p, but very few laptops have high resolution.

I like how they still made a graphic for the "32TB of RAM" and an animation to correct it

@DansModelBench

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, got a chuckle out of that.

Lifelong Windows user, I have a 5900X/2080 desktop and an XPS 15 from 2019 but just got a refurb M1 Pro 14". Apple silicon runs absolute rings around the competition, it's not even close. Being able to have a portable workstation (with a beautiful display) that can handle similar workloads to my desktop & for actual practical lengths of time without needing to connect to power everywhere is a game changer. Certainly not switching to iPhone anytime soon but very happy with the 14"

@chriscs9080

9 ай бұрын

Same feeling , I have an i5 13600k with ddr5 and recently bought macbook pro m2 2023 14". This machine is a beast for a laptop . Build times are even close to i513600k ! For example i5 13600k would complete a build in 20 seconds while the macbook pro in 27 seconds,its amazing!

@rafars2246

8 ай бұрын

Yeah well, it works for you, the other 99.999999999999% of the people doesn't have "workloads" and don't need a totally useless OS

@Flamamacue

8 ай бұрын

@@rafars2246 you're right mate, content creation is a real dying industry. Not many people really need the processing power to handle photo and video needs 🤷‍♂️

@rafars2246

8 ай бұрын

@@Flamamacue Processing power is always good to have regardless, but mac os is mostly useless, simply for the lack of support, lack of programs, lack of customers. I couldn't even watch a freaking movie the way I want to in mac os. Can't even be used properly on a tv or monitor that is not apple. That's how useless it is. It is a joke when people try to justify mac os based on Final Cut Pro or whatever else who 10 of a million people use...

@Flamamacue

8 ай бұрын

@@rafars2246 my guy maybe you haven't actually tried to use it in a while? I've always hated how locked down Apple is, but I can use all the same programs & accessories I use on my windows machine with no issue.

The webcam from the 14'' MacBook Pro M1 Pro (2021) is a 1080p webcam, and not 720p as shown in the video.

@albyx

Жыл бұрын

came to say this too; the only change is the image signal processing unit, which makes the M2 machines provide a 'cleaner' image through the webcam. 16:28

@monabuu

Жыл бұрын

Neither is it shit-tier ALEX

The 2021 M1 Macbook Pro I got at work is the first Apple device I've used and honestly, if I wasn't gaming, I think I'd just get a Macbook Air with an external display and I'd be set. They're incredible devices. Great screen, keyboard, speakers and touchpad. Awesome performance, essentially silent and I just never have to think about it. I open the lid and it's good to go. MacOS still drives me crazy sometimes but it's mostly just incompatibility with decades of Windows muscle memory. There are issues for sure, but they are in my opinion so minor compared to everything else. The thinkpad I had before was more expensive than the MB Pro but so, so much worse.

@tclark5481

Жыл бұрын

I tend to agree. My MBA is my travel computer. It's light, battery last forever and can do almost everything I want to do. But, it is lacking when it comes to AAA games. You can play some stuff that's fun from Apple's Arcade, but it's not quite the same. However, when I'm traveling gaming is not my number 1 priority, even when vacationing.

@LetrixAR

Жыл бұрын

I agree but the external display support is trash. My G27Q looks blurrier on MB than on a PC. Also, the muscle memory is real, and I still use a Windows PC for gaming.

@johnsalamii

Жыл бұрын

@@Gubers people who don't want to own a macbook are those who generally hate apple, including me. it doesn't matter if the product is good when the entire laptop gets trashed just because the ssd got any voltage higher than 12 volts. and you cant even replace the damn ssd. i don't want to hate on anyone who enjoys using a macbook, but i just don't see them as a viable option if you can't repair the laptop yourself.

@batmanonabike3119

Жыл бұрын

I have M1 MBA. Its the best laptop i have ever had and best value around, atm. And i have been solely a Windows user for 30 years. If you dont wanna play games and dont wanna spend a fortune, get an M1 Macbook Air. Amazing machine.

@alfredoaraujo9294

Жыл бұрын

Gaming is why i still i use PC as my daily driver but if apple takes that seriously i would switch to macbooks.

Minor note: The current FaceID modules used in iOS devices is too thick to put in the display panels of the MacBooks. It's not a width issue, but rather a depth issue.

@Jst4vdeos

Жыл бұрын

Then don’t put the notch 👍🏼

@ty_mason99

Жыл бұрын

@@Jst4vdeos yes, but they probably had their sights so set on having FaceID that when they had to ditch it they couldn’t revise the design of the computer in time for production. This is still the same chassis as the M1 Pro / Max models so they probably ordered several hundred thousand (or more) and are going through stock.

@MegaTechpc

Жыл бұрын

I agree, Touch ID is perfectly fine, but Face ID would be much better. I also agree that if Face ID simply couldn’t’ t work because of depth issues then they should’ve just made the screen a little bit thicker. Regardless, if they couldn’t include Face ID for whatever reason it is simply indefensible to still include a massive and useless notch.

@Docpeetee

11 ай бұрын

@@Jst4vdeosthen don’t buy the laptop 👍. Nobody cares except you apparently

@Proamjoe

11 ай бұрын

Is that really an excuse though? What’s the reasoning behind not just adding the few millimeters needed to the display for housing the FaceID sensors?

As a software dev, work just bought me an M2 Mackbook Air in December for a small iOS app I need to make. Its been an awesome machine so far, and I really love the battery life and how cool it stays in my lap. I will still stick to windows for my main machines as I can run anything and everything under the sun, minus iOS specific stuff, that I need for work, but damn if these M2 chips aren't ballin out. Ideally I would want a nice 16 inch m2 macbook pro as a secondary to my windows machines so I have the best of both at my disposal.

@ggman8216

Жыл бұрын

My company got me an M2 24gb ram MacBook Air for Fullstack development and it really does suit all of my needs. This notebook is just amazing and I would definitely buy one for personal use if I needed it

@jstavene

Жыл бұрын

Your statement was a better review then this video.. I think my issue is the "use case" I do not do music, video, and I do linux and VM's and some coding and when moving important files across terrabytes of folders, accidently dropping one (I am a huge fan of the old right and left click buttons and sometimes would work remote in my car during a emergency say at a hospital parking lot,,, remoted into a corp vpn, doing emergency work to keep a system up... but the use cases for macs never seem serious to me? I to own a few,,,macbooks, I loathe them but keep them in case I need to do data recovery from a mac or test mac components,,, the trackpad which some say is qreat,,, I do not find accurate enough, I have in the past tried to build a multi boot all in one machine to carry, to help me work on macs, pc's, and different generations thereof,, (hackintosh laptop, or mac running windows) and done both... but the best form for me,,, was a dell precision I modded with 12tb of HDD and a tb of ssd,,, with 32 gig ram,,, big ultra heavy portable workstation,,, could slide huge images on it, and toy with them entire computer drives to VM server images,,, battery life? maybe 1 hour 45 mins (in car I own inverters, and plug in) thanks though your use case makes broader sense to me...

@htko89

Жыл бұрын

@@jstavene Use a modern mac. Use two fingers for right click. The entire software engineering industry has adopted macs (most software conventions are filled with mac users). battery life is amazing. APFS for big files is unparalleled for speed, compared to window's aging NTFS Use a NAS for big files, no real reason to be carrying 12tb worth of images at all times. 2tb is plenty for many many images.

@jstavene

Жыл бұрын

@@htko89 your wrong, why buy something that I can not expand? then need to use 2 fingers when 1 will work? and no software engineers I know ,,not 1 use macs (what software ,,most from games to business use windows, ) (maybe music or video,,,and even that has been changing with linux gaining and more people like tearing open the machine and hot rodding them? and battery, if your a power user and using battery,, your not a power user... and serious compiling,,,or data parsing you plug in... only some douche thinks to do anything serious on battery is a thing.. maybe tech support I did on battery in a pinch but just no.. and already I do have have nas but for transport, you do not carry a 2u 19 inch rack or 4u rack unit with... (we are talking serious work?) sorry macboy,,, use it if it works for you but nope I will go bigger, better (I like being able to swap in multiple drives, and do godlike things... macs are neutered and pathetic, just not built to be modified... last time I tried to mod a mac, ssd's, faster ram, that was all that could be done!!! and the bugger started getting warm!! 2-4k in junk,,, I can afford a "modern mac" but they lack so much... multiple ssd's, even support for old hdd's, heck swapable cards for multiple things like wifi or cell connection, some businesses require smartcard authentication,,, what mac and a dongle? piss on macs,,, these are not business usable for me or most I know. (I was a big fan of thinkpads, panasonic toughbooks, and Dell Precision Series, Dell 7330's were good,,, HP ProBooks, but mac,,, anyone who used any or some of these ,,,,is not likely using a mac (you might have "tried" or "used" 1,, and had bad experience,,, but if you had to keep these going, mod them, upgrade and update them, and had to depend on a machine for the entire payroll of your colleagues or tax W2's or the company invenotory system or a huge quickbooks system, or heck even a bio timecard clock interface testing... or Welding Robots control interface or Offline programming,,, for Robots, IGM, to Motoman ,,these are all windows, industrial heck some run (IGM) on windows embedded.. neah macs not business grade for most busiensses...

@htko89

Жыл бұрын

@@jstavene you use two fingers for right click already on a mouse

I believe an option in the system settings fixes the standby power drop issue. In the battery options, there is an option for "wake for network access", and you can toggle that to "never". I did that when I got it and I have never had an issue with battery consumption while off.

@XeZrunner

Жыл бұрын

They have even mentioned that option in the dedicated Windows Modern Standby video.

@forrest225

Жыл бұрын

@@XeZrunneryeah it’s odd that they didn’t mention the fix in this.

@StudioGallifrey

Жыл бұрын

I have also noticed this problem with wake for network access off, if I leave certain applications running before closing the laptop. I looked at activity monitor and VS Code was the culprit.

@SuperSpy00bob

Жыл бұрын

@@XeZrunner Which is odd because I can't imagine Alex wasn't involved in that video given how much he's been (rightfully) complaining about it.

@prashank

Жыл бұрын

@@StudioGallifrey yes, that’s probably the cause. Apps not respecting the battery setting. OS should just block network access for everything.

From what I understand about the weird resolutions, it's so that the main screen itself is 16:10 then add on the strip of the top where the bezel lives.

@AzVfL

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and in addition, Apple wants to keep the ppi the same (about 240) on both display sizes

@utubekullanicisi

Жыл бұрын

Also Apple generally focuses on PPI rather than industry standard resolutions, especially for their screens. Both the 14 & 16" Macbook Pros' pixel densities are 254ppi.

@giornikitop5373

Жыл бұрын

it's more about keeping the ppi consistent on the models and having a perfect 200% scale.

@girlsdrinkfeck

Жыл бұрын

@@giornikitop5373 yes thats also why ipads arent scaleable like android OS is for resolutions has to be a fixed set

Been using the MBP14 since last summer. Still haven't experienced the drained battery issue (not saying it isn't there). In fact, as a Mac laptop user (of course running Windows on the gaming desktop, and TrueNAS Scale on the server), I can count on 1 hand, the times over the last 12 years of using Mac's laptops (sorry Apple, notebook) where the Mac wouldn't wake from sleep. I think it happened 3 times on my MBP13 Late 2013 that it froze when I wanted to wake it, and I had to reset SMC. Bear in mind, I don't do any type of CAD work, so I guess the software also plays a role here? But yeah, the MBP14 is the best laptop I have ever owned. I can easily do a whole work day without a charger on it.

@zoltanzana

9 ай бұрын

The 16” is even better

I've been using the original power brick extensions that came with my 12" PowerBook for uh... Almost two decades now. They work great with iPad chargers

The m1 MacBook pros also had a 1080p front facing camera. The engine just improved with m2 but nothing physically changed

@vincenthoang6289

Жыл бұрын

It’s kinda funny that they even made this mistake

@raka1996

Жыл бұрын

@@vincenthoang6289 That's the idea for this channel, first look and unboxing without deep research beforehand, just the spec provided by the manufacturer, might want to watch to another channel if you want thorough exploration of the device

@ultraret

Жыл бұрын

Shame guy wasn't half bad on camera but 720/1080 mistake sounds like amateur hour. not gonna sub if they cant even take 2 mins to read the box before making a video

@rafaelzamora3357

Жыл бұрын

That’s why you MUST let the Mac Address host, Jonathan Horst, do ALL the unboxings and reviews of Apple products and services.  Linus Media Group, please! Get your act together. 😤

@rrp6405

Жыл бұрын

this guy clearly not sharpest tool in the drawer

I personally can't understand the obsession with touchscreens on laptops. I've had Windows laptops with touchscreens before and literally never used it a single time. Why would I smudge my screen when I have a great trackpad to do the same thing at the same speed without raising my arm to an unnatural position? (Unless you're talking about a convertible) It's just my personal opinion though and I'm sure its a matter of taste (my mom uses the touchscreen on her laptop all the time) so maybe the option should exist as a paid upgrade.

@imaadh

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, there's literally no use case for touchscreens for my day to day workflow. Window management and everything else can be done more efficiently with keyboard shortcuts. Outside of drawing/signature applications, what else do you do with a touchscreen? And both of those, users will typically use a Wacom or just a dedicated tablet.

@leotsuda

Жыл бұрын

Great question. I never used a touch screen laptop but I probably wouldn’t use touch as I don’t like fingerprints/smudges on the screen. Also, I know that a fingerprint in the webcam sucks but why bother with it and reeeeally want touch screen? You would have hundreds of fingerprints and smudges all over the screen instead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@arhan-

Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen people use it for CAD and 3D modeling stuff before but I can’t imagine why it would warrant a touchscreen MacBook given how powerful iPads are getting

@xsAMOR

17 күн бұрын

There's my answer that I was looking for last few months and wasn't sure or I should invest more for touchscreen laptop....how come I never thought of it, that with touch there will be fingeprints all over the screen 🙃and I really don't like spots or smudges, they distract the work. Now there's just one dilemma left, 14 or 16 inch laptop :)

Praise for including the converted sensible units for the weight comparison section! I am the one always moaning about it when you don't, so you now get a shoutout for doing it right!

@dozergames2395

Жыл бұрын

Gotta respect you for being consistent at least

@jimbojimbo6873

Жыл бұрын

Grow up

20:34 I’m not 100% certain, but I believe these can be charged with just about any USB C charger besides the proprietary magsafe one.

I have 2 of those power brick extension cables that I found in a box because they came with old polycarbonate macbooks and I use them with my modern apple power bricks, it’s genuinely great.

Parallels is actually able to be used on the ARM Macs but you do run the ARM version of windows. I've used it to game/use most apps successfully. Crossover is also another option with less overhead. There’s only really one thing I can think of that I can’t get working and it’s live USB tuning on my Holley EFI ECU and that’s because the USB driver doesn’t support Windows ARM

@gRocketOne

Жыл бұрын

Yes. But you can't legally buy a license for the ARM version of Windows to use in a VM due to Microsoft's exclusivity deal with Qualcomm. So while that might work personally, it's a no-go in a business environment.

@FiveOFox302

Жыл бұрын

@@gRocketOne correct, I’m just speaking from personal experience from a personal laptop. We just have to hope that deal with Qualcomm will end eventually if someone else decides to step into the windows on ARM race. Frankly I think it’s kinda lame there’s exclusivity. “PCs” used to be about running what you brought so what makes this different?

@glyph_official

Жыл бұрын

I have an M1 Max. I haven't tried Solidworks, but Parallels -> Windows ARM -> WoW64 actually gets better frame rates than Boot Camp on my final-generation 16" Intel mac laptop. These chips are ludicrously powerful.

@batmanonabike3119

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he got that wrong. I've used it myself on M1 MBA, and it works really well. Rossetta does a really great job.

@glyph_official

Жыл бұрын

@@batmanonabike3119 Rosetta2 does do a really great job, but interestingly Rosetta2 is *not* what you're seeing in Windows for ARM; it's WoW64 ("Windows on Windows", en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WoW64), the Intel emulator that Microsoft developed and uses on their own ARM PCs (and also the same subsystem that lets you run 32-bit Intel programs on 64-bit Intel architectures, although obviously it's different code), which is actually a *worse* emulator. In Ventura, Apple added the ability to run Rosetta2 in Linux VMs and it is definitely much faster than WoW64, but you can't use it in Windows to *directly* compare.

Those extension cables used to be included. I have one from my 2011 air which has been reused for multiple laptops. Very useful at times.

I'm pretty sure Apple won't add touch screens to their macbooks unless they have a new version of MacOS ready which is adjusted specifically to support it. And yes, this is very reasonable, since all of the controls and buttons and switches and so on are designed to be clicked with a mouse, not tapped by your finger.

@fujinshu

10 ай бұрын

And if they did, they would cannibalize their iPad sales, as everyone will just by a MacBook instead of a ridiculously overpriced and oversized iPhone that they can't even fit into their pockets.

I actually bought the extension cable (between power brick and wall socket), as that one is grounded. While the MacBook is charging with the regular plug, the aluminum body feels charged/static when touched. It actually means that it is using your body (or your pc periferals) for grounding. The extension cable resolves that issue.

@Glotttis

Жыл бұрын

More realistic scenario it's you who is loaded with static when you touch your MacBook. It's winter after all: dry weather, sweaters, etc. Either that or your MB could be defective.

@sakatan1985

Жыл бұрын

@@Glotttis nope, he is right. You feel a weird cribbling/vibration when you run a finger over the palmrest next to the touchpad when the MacBook is plugged in with a 2 prong adapter. I honestly thought at first that it was some haptic feedback shenanigans because it is right next to the touchpad, but you can feel it at the bezel above the keyboard as well. I think some non-MacBook unibody notebooks have this as well.

@eric_asa_c

Жыл бұрын

@@sakatan1985 i only experienced it when using my iPad Pro 12.9 M1. My M1 Pro 14’ does not have this issue.

@JohnSmith-pn2vl

Жыл бұрын

most ppl aren't even using the charge brick at all

@therodyman700

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-pn2vl true, i used it once. I only charge it with a thunderbolt dock i stole, i mean lent from work

There’s an arm version of windows and you CAN still use parallels. You guys should do a video on it

@andreasthomsen852

Жыл бұрын

Well yess... sort of, except that would also only allow you to run the arm compiled programs, and all the ENG stuff that he can't get on mac he also can't get on windows arm. so yes he could do parallels, but he would be stuck in the same place just with a different operating system, but still the same problems. would be an interesting video anyway.

@andreasthomsen852

Жыл бұрын

just read some of the other comments, apparently this is possible now, neat I learned something new then :)

Currently in a rather unique situation of suffering while using a brand-new Dell laptop, the audio driver randomly stutters forcing me to reboot/reconnect the USB cable, this never happens on my Macbook Pro. You don't realize how solid macOS is until you are forced to use Windows. Because it's so fun doing driver updates and diagnostics when you just need to crank out some code :)

Alex's confidence in front of the camera has grown so much over the years - he really doesn't hold back on the salt where its due!

Fun fact: When you use a regular 2-pin power cord instead of the optional, apple provided one, or the stock wall-plug thingy, your Macbook will not be grounded. That metal nipple on the charger does acutally serve this purpose.

@Techno4more

Жыл бұрын

Irrelevant

@Psychx_

Жыл бұрын

@@Techno4more I wouldn't say so. My MacBook gives me electroshocks while charging without being grounded.

@Techno4more

Жыл бұрын

@@Psychx_ then there is something wrong with your MacBook lol

@rrp6405

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the info. i did not know this before

@ForOdinAndAsgard

Жыл бұрын

@@Psychx_ I live on a ship which by its nature cannot be grounded and I never had any PC or laptop do that. There is definitely something wrong with your MacBook, charger or wall socket.

The resolutions are strange for a reason. It allows the UI to scale exactly 200%. A 4k screen would be less sharp since a 1 pixel line would be ~2.2 pixels wide and therefore blurry. It also does 1600 nits full screen for quiet some time until it gets too hot. It just limits SDR content to 500 nits which admittedly is strange. That brighness would be awesome outside. There are already tools to adjust that.

@chibicitiberiu

Жыл бұрын

WTF are you talking about? To get the UI to scale, you simply need to increase the size of the text and the size of the UI elements (button decorations, window borders, margins etc). It has absolutely nothing to do with screen resolution. You can scale on your grandma's 60s TV just as well as you can scale on a modern 4k screen. My guess is that they were aiming at getting a 16:10 ratio, but they increased the vertical space by a few pixels accommodate the menu bar and notch. As to why they didn't go to 4k... maybe it was cheaper to have a slightly lower pixel density (which is still above 1440p).

@helplmchoking

Жыл бұрын

Might be a warm take but I wish they wouldn't do that weird resolution thing, MacOS keeps wanting to run my 5120x1440 monitor at half resolution to make it crisper, when I really only want more screen real estate. Same on the laptop, I get some people don't want tiny text but I can't stand halving the screen space to make icons sharper

@KhoaNguyen-sy6np

Жыл бұрын

@@chibicitiberiu 1. Fractional scaling in macOS is appalling. That's why you want it to scale 1x or 2x perfectly. macOS is desinged to run perfectly at a very specific PPI. 2. Custom screen resolution is much more expensive because of the economy of scale.

@kFY514

Жыл бұрын

@@chibicitiberiu macOS is weird when it comes to HiDPI scaling. It can go either 100% or 200% DPI. You can choose a setting that's about 150% or something, but that will actually render the screen at a higher-than-native resolution with 200% DPI and then downscale to fit the screen. It doesn't mean much for the weird resolutions though. Apple Silicon MBPs have 254ppi screens while all other Retina MacBooks are around ~225ppi. So they changed the previously standard-ish PPI but didn't fit to any standard-ish resolution, which is weird.

@mikelovesbacon

Жыл бұрын

@@chibicitiberiu No he's right, macOS is set up for 2x scaling. The weird resolutions come from Apple wanting to keep their target of roughly 218ppi so UI elements are the same physical size no matter what Mac or Apple display you're using.

@ShortCircuit, have you tried the new parallels? It can now install Windows 11 ARM, which is still in beta. That version has a compatibility layer that can essentially emulate everything of x86/x64 code as well. I had very good results with that, running older programs and drivers that are definitely x86/x64 code. Downside is that you of course have a subscription to pay. But parallels is so snappy you would almost swear it is running natively when fullscreen.

@admiralhood8646

10 ай бұрын

how much is the subscription?

Not being able to run engineering software on Macs is sooooo frustrating. I am an engineering professor and researcher and as such I have to use ANSYS and Solidworks for my work. I currently have all three OS's, MacOS, Windows and Linux (Mint) in my daily routine, but my main gear is my apple ecosystem. It is so much easier to do everything, and I use my iPad Pro all the time having replaced all paper in my life. Currently my research involves mostly coding, so my main device is a MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro, which does everything I want it to and a lot more. But in the near future I will need to run ANSYS simulations again, and while yes I will be running the final ones on a quadro GPU, 24 core threadripper windows tower, I always need to be able to run simpler cases on my laptop for like an hour or two to debug etc. Granted my M1 Pro 16GB would not be the ideal spec for that, but I could definitely get an m2 max 64 gb 16" for that work... but they haven't brought these software over... Up until I bought this 14" pro I never had a Mac before (I got intrigued by the ARM processor), and I realised I never actually want to go back to windows as my main device.I'd prefer Linux to be honest which I daily drove for about six months and liked, but they have similar problems as many engineering software are compatible. I actually talked to some ANSYS people in a conference about bringing the software to ARM but it doesn't seem they have any such plans, which is quite a shame. The ability to have full power while not plugged in is something that would be awesome for these programs. My previous Dell laptop with its 1070 and i9-8950HK was able to run ANSYS quite well when plugged in, could barely open it when not pugged. Doing comparisons between them (running AI python algorithms), the M1 Pro and the i9 are not too dissimilar when the i9 is plugged (the M1 is a bit faster) but when not plugged in the dell falls dead.

Technically you get 2 NAND chips on the M2 MacBook Pro base model, one on each side of the PCB. Though the old one had 4, so it is double the chips.

@JeanSamyr

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they got the storage up but at cost of changing the NAND from 128GB to 256GB. So less chips for more storage, but less parallelism.

@utubekullanicisi

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the M2 non-Pro/Max Macs have 1 256GB NAND module for the 256GB configurations with r/w speeds of around ~1500MB/s. Since the high-end MBPs don't have a 256GB config they ship 2 256GB NAND modules for the entry level config with ~3000MB/s r/w speeds. The higher storage config MBPs are even faster, however, with 4 to 8 NAND modules and up to 7400MB/s of read speeds.

@pirojfmifhghek566

Жыл бұрын

@@utubekullanicisi Wow, that's.... shameful. It's almost like they shouldn't even bother to put faster wifi on it because the drive won't be able to handle the download speeds either way.

@allyourfuturebelongstochina

Жыл бұрын

@@pirojfmifhghek566 It's not shameful. Anyone buying 512gb of storage is most likely not doing any IO sensitive tasks. Not only that, 128gb nand modules are slowly becoming more difficult to get. 14" now has minimum 512gb, while 13" has 256gb.

@JohnSmith-pn2vl

Жыл бұрын

@@pirojfmifhghek566 we have a chip shortage, the speed difference is not noticeable at all, and only on the base model. people who need more speed never go with the base storage. i find the solved it very well, better than soldout all the time

I got one of those charger extenders with my mac like 10 years ago and I'm still using it. I'm glad that they haven't changed that part. I would highly recommend it for anyone who is maybe thinking about buying one.

@lucasklaassen135

Жыл бұрын

This. I got a new charger for my previous MacBook Pro (2012, still a really awesome machine btw) which came with the extension. Now I can just use the extension that came with that adapter. PS: While I got mine second hand, it's quite interesting Apple still sells MagSafe 1 adapters to date

@JackStavris

Жыл бұрын

Yeah same, bought one for my 2016 MBP when it didn't come with one in the box, was going to sell it when I sold the 2016 MBP a few months ago but thank fuck I didn't. Came in handy when I got my new 14" M1 Pro MBP.

@MuffinSebi

Жыл бұрын

I have three of them, got them from an internship. They didn't need them anymore so I just asked. Have been using them for the last 7 years, to the point where I don't use the original adapter anymore at all.

@ccarmichael92

Жыл бұрын

Still using mine from my 2008 Macbook unibody.

@chrisordway7950

Жыл бұрын

@@haphazard1342 haha yep I think I still one from my 2006 Power Book. I probably have 5 by now since I'm on my 6th Apple laptop.

Suggestion: use crossover for your MacBook gaming tests. Yes it’s not ideal, however it does enable a large catalog of popular games

@NoLatitudeMusic

10 ай бұрын

@@breaddough-vk8gf you can dual boot the beta

I own an M1 Pro 14" MBP and I have never had the battery drain when I'm not using it. It does go down a couple of % per day but not more than that. I charge it like once a week for normal usage. I've had it for about 7-8 months and I love it. It's a fantastic laptop.

@zoltanzana

9 ай бұрын

Yes, and the 16” is even better

While I don’t understand why Apple didn’t just include HDMI 2.1 from the start, I’m glad it’s here now.

@TheMstwntdLMSV123

Жыл бұрын

Along with Wifi 6E. I can’t think of a reason other than the fact that they wanted to sprinkle a couple more changes than just the SOC, so they held out for the M1

@hivemind8817

Жыл бұрын

because the majority of people using Macbooks don't need it, and would therefore be unnecessary.

@nocturnalnights27

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and it was only 4 years late

@_framedlife

Жыл бұрын

Not really needed. M1 development cycle was likely a lot longer given it was gen 1.

@papatoni3311

Жыл бұрын

gotta leave something to upgrade

15:49 Pretty sure the M1 Pro 14 and 16 had 1080P webcams…

@pkennethv

Жыл бұрын

Yep! The improved image quality of the M2 Pro/Max gen's FaceTime camera comes from the new ISP of the new chips.

The brightness of the macbook can get to HDR always on with some tools like vivid or better display absolutely a must have for anyone with macbook pro m1 or newer

I've been extremely happy with my M1 Macbook Air although I do have some gripes with macOS in general. For example Macs are usually said to be for creatives and excel in audio+visual stuff. Well I actually disagree quite heavily. Getting surround sound to work on a Mac is a huge hassle or nearly impossible unless you get 1st party Apple products (there are plenty of quality audio stuff that isn't Apple like JBL, Sennheiser, Sony, you name it). Secondly, it's a real pain in the ass to try and record "stereo mix" audio so if you want to record the sounds coming from your computer. Not only the microphone. For example if you're playing something and use OBS. I am aware of some software that is basically doing a "hack" but it's all but easy... And similarly Macs don't have equalizer options like on Windows. I can't set individual audio levels on different apps and neither can I setup different kinds of equalizer presets like bass boost or stuff like that. I can easily do that with stuff like Windows Realtek software that comes in bundled with most PCs. I bought JBL headphones and can easily get all sorts of great features out of them. Surround sound, bass boost etc. They sound NOTICEABLY worse on my Macbook. It's a real shame since other than that I really love a lot of the things that Macbooks offer: They have a GREAT touchpad, a great keyboard, a great screen, great speakers, a pretty good microphone, excellent battery life, not needing to update and reboot the device every day or two etc. Lots of great things. But also some incredibly annoying things...

The resolution is due to the sensor/camera cutout; if you run the display with the entire top part turned off and rounded corners ignored it runs in a 'standard' resolution. I don't know if you can force it from boot-to-runtime but at least they 'added' pixels for their panel shape instead of cutting away pixels to make the corners/shapes the way they like them.

@1worldboi

Жыл бұрын

Click the green traffic light button on the top left of most windows to run full screen at the standard resolution. ie: no visible notch or menu bar, except by mousing over it.

Parallels actually works really well on the M-series now. It is paid, but in my experience, it works very well now so if you use a lot of apps that do not work on Mac, that is an option

@joester4life

Жыл бұрын

VMware Fusion does too.

@AzVfL

Жыл бұрын

there are many alternatives like utm

@javiej

Жыл бұрын

Well, If you work in "a lot of apps that do not work on Mac" , up to the point that you are going to pay a lot for a Mac plus a Windows emulator that doesn't even perform anywhere close to a cheap Windows laptop with a modest Nvidia chip... then you don't buy a Mac. You buy a Windows laptop.

@hamzaahmad3504

Жыл бұрын

@@javiej actually windows on parallels works very well, especially with the pro version. I did not try solid works but for gaming, i got constant 60 fps on high settings on multiple games including triple A titles

@JamesKnox

Жыл бұрын

@@hamzaahmad3504 it's not even close to a replacement for boot camp although apparently thats more of microsoft's fault

Besides processing, their battery life is just insane. That's the main thing.

Parallels works on the M1 & M2 with Windows 11 - running it on a M1 Mac Studio. Super easy setup also!

@donald8680

Жыл бұрын

Question: do you Parallels-users use a 14-inch or 16-inch for Parallels and why ? I am still doubting about size…

@oskarsuc

11 ай бұрын

@@donald868014 inch all the way. The screen is big enough for me, it is cheaper and considerably lighter

I understand that, ltt sometime play to the persona of hating apple product/users, but as a tech channel people also come here for the correct info. I believe it is necessary to do the due diligence of researching the product and put out correct information for the audience.

@imaadh

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, these kinds of errors hurt the channels credibility

@TalesOfWar

Жыл бұрын

This is why they started Mac Address, but the content there seems to have dried up somewhat and Johnathon also looks to have had all the negative energy from the rest of the team rub off on him the more videos he does.

@spencerrr9878

Жыл бұрын

This and also the fact that they always seem to manage to whine about the lack of gaming prospects and then (in this case) ignore the two games that do work well on these machines.

@DavidLukner-fx1im

Жыл бұрын

alex is wrong fairly often for windows laptops too. the channel needs more robust fact checking in general.

@DavidLukner-fx1im

Жыл бұрын

like saying the oled display on the xps has better black levels in a brightly lit room with completely different picture and no mention of calibration whatsoever is just wrong. the mini leds actually turn off for true black on the macbook...if he showed a starfield test pattern or something he would be more believable, but even then that's contrast ratio/dimming capability, not black level. not to mention him being complely wrong about the brightness, it's like he didn't even read the tech specs for 20 seconds before shooting the video.

Andy: "You should put (the sticker) upside down." dbrand: "You _monsters!_ Even WE wouldn't do THAT!"

Can someone explain why a touchscreen on a laptop is so important? I used to have a windows laptop with a touchscreen and I never used it.

as someone that has daily driven a "convertible" touchscreen laptop for 3 years, i almost ever use either convertible hinge or touchscreen. would not miss them much if they were gone.

@12post

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, using a touch screen on a laptop is actually annoying. Your screen gets smudgy.

What is weird about the Macbook is that it has a much larger board than the Mac Mini, and the Mac Mini uses 8 NAND landing pads, and for the 512GB model you get 2x256GB packages, but on the macbook, with the larger board area, they've choses to go with 4 landing pads and a single package. Even more odd is that the speed is very close between the two despite one having 2 NAND packages and the other only having one.

4:20 This is why I don't get the war on bezels. I have to clean my MBA's display so often because there's no way to not get fingerprints on the display/webcam. Wasn't a problem in the old days.

If think the resolution comes all the way back from when they introduced the retina screens which means that they know the typical distance you would look at the screen from and then calculate how much pixels the eye „needs“ to not be able to see single pixels. But Im not sure about that.

To add on to what others are saying, I’m running SolidWorks on my M1 MacBook Pro Max using VMWare Fusion 13. Works decently well even doing static simulations on assemblies

14:24 correction: you probably mean Boot Camp, not Parallels. Parallels has been working on Apple Silicon since very early in its release. Boot Camp doesn't work in Apple Silicon, mainly because Microsoft is in an exclusivity deal with Qualcomm for Windows on ARM development.

If you had a 1tb ssd like your old MacBook the speeds would be similar only the base model is worse. They went from 2 256gb chips to a single 512gb chip.

@stevenwebbmusic

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I wish they had been more clear about that. Kind of disingenuous. He did say it's not a really fair comparison, but then still shat all over apple over a bad comparison?

@GhillieGames

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenwebbmusic They mentioned the chip layout later but should have been in the ssd test.

@Xello99

Жыл бұрын

that's probably the one most people will buy, and it's just not acceptable for a device this expensive

@GhillieGames

Жыл бұрын

@@Xello99 Its never a good idea to buy a base model of anything, also 512gb is hardly big enough for a smartphone let alone a computer. The price isnt really that high imo especially compared to other tech like phones being 1500 or a watch being up to 800.

@kay1229

Жыл бұрын

did anyone find out why they did this? It is scummy I agree but I don't understand why it happened randomly like that

Just got my Macbook Pro 16" M2 Max. Really insane, the audio, the screen, the keyboard, the trackpad, the literal all day battery life. This is my 6th Apple laptop since I got my first one in 2006. Love everything about it (as I have a dedicated gaming desktop the lack of gaming support is a non issue) but the weight is a little surprising since I'm coming from the 2017 15" which was the thinnest Macbook Pro Apple ever made (they've actually gotten thicker and heavier since then). For creative tasks this computer is literally 20-30 times faster than my 2017 Intel i7 MBP. I had no idea how much faster the new ones are. The weight isn't an issue either but I don't carry it around to school anymore like I did when I was in college, but I'd highly recommend for students definitely get the 14".

@fjschneider

Жыл бұрын

What specs did you go for and what type of work and workload do you use it for?

@zoltanzana

9 ай бұрын

There’s absolutely no problem with carrying the 16”, it is not heavy at all.

@ShortCircuit Regarding the Cable.. the apple "extension" has an extra ground.. and sometimes there is some leakage current running through the macbook when it is not grounded but charging..

Re: SSD speeds, while the sequential read/write speeds are slower on the base M2 Pro because of a reduction in NAND count, the random read/write speeds are faster than previous gen. Most use cases involve random read/write to an SSD and hardly any involve sequential reading/writing, so I doubt anyone will be able to tell in the real world that the M2 Pro SSDs are “slower”

@dangelo2728

Жыл бұрын

Professional users would be able to tell, but they almost certainly not buying any config with less than 1TB, which are the models that have that "issue" anyways.

@Macheako

Жыл бұрын

@@dangelo2728 professional user here. My personal MBP has 512GB of storage 😂❤ Though I still might agree with ya lol honestly most people I know don’t tend to grab things with less than 1TB

@pareshpadhi2454

Жыл бұрын

that was really shitty thing for apple to do, to be fair.

@dangelo2728

Жыл бұрын

@@pareshpadhi2454 I agree that it sucks, but given that they used to advertise read/write speeds of the SSDs on M1 Macs across the board, and don’t do the same with the M2, I suspect it is mostly to do with supply chain constraints above all else. They either can’t get enough 128gb or 256gb modules for the base models to have speedy 256 like before or 512gb SSDs like what is possible. The fact they they used to brag about it before and can’t now leads me to believe this is the most likely scenario.

@bosstowndynamics5488

Жыл бұрын

A dual module configuration would still be better for IOPS than the chosen configuration even if it's "good enough" - "good enough" shouldn't be the standard for an ultra premium priced device like this.

Couple issues, the webcam is 1080p not 720p, you can also use parallels to run solidworks.

@guybrush3000

Жыл бұрын

he said the webcam was 1080

@marcel151

Жыл бұрын

@@guybrush3000 No he doesn't. The M1 Pro also have 1080p.

@guybrush3000

Жыл бұрын

@@marcel151 oh u didnt say m1

@marcel151

Жыл бұрын

​@@guybrush3000 The M1 Macs (Air, 13" Pro) don't have 1080p webcams. You get 1080p starting from the M1 Pro/Max MacBook Pros (14", 16").

@guybrush3000

Жыл бұрын

@@marcel151 ok… u didn’t say u were referring to m1 pro then. jeeze. u got some kinda issue?

I thought touch screens on laptops were going the way of the curved monitors and 3D TVs. My last laptop had a touch screen and I used it for a couple weeks because it was "new" but then don't think I ever did after. They were initially cool and some people bought them but we've all now realized we don't need/want one...

What I do with my MacBook Pro PowerBrick is attach a 1 foot extension cable to it so it doesn't interfere with any other outlets. I also bought a power squid so that it didn't matter how big the power break is, it would have its own electric plug, and not interfere with anybody else's.

glad you mentioned the sharpness, had one come through the office (tech support) a few days ago, it was super uncomfortable, and i only used it for 30 seconds to connect it to wifi, also, the background music in the video feels like it comes and goes, kinda jaring, might just be me

Parallels works just fine on M1/M2 Macs. I haven't even noticed I am actually running ARM version of Windows until I checked System Information since the x86 emulation/translation is completely transparent.

@donald8680

Жыл бұрын

Question: do you Parallels-users use 14-inch or 16-inch for Parallels and why ? I am still doubting about size…

@Parmigiano1

Жыл бұрын

@@donald8680 I still have M1 13" and it works fine.

14:30 ...yes you definitely can, I have been running UTM with windows 7, 10 and 11 on my M1 pro without issues for almost an year now

Correction you can absolutely run Windows using parallels, but some programs may not work and I have not found one yet. The one thing that it can't do is Windows 10 unless you have a Windows 10 ARM install, but you can download windows 11 for arm just by using Parallels and going through the prompts. Not having to find windows makes it so easy a novice can do it.

I get that it's become commonplace, so they should probably add it, but I've never once wished my laptop had a touchscreen.

@bjvink0130

Жыл бұрын

yeah i don't get this at all, i don't want smudgey fingerprints all over my laptop screen when i have a trackpad to click with

@1worldboi

Жыл бұрын

He had to hold the lid with this left hand to press the screen with his right while the computer bounced around a bit. Not great ergonomics IMO. Also, where else would he put the camera? Does he want to open the lid with two hands, one on either side of the camera?

The M1 Pro also head the 1080p Webcam. Just the MacBook Pro the normal M1 or M2 Chip still has the 720p webcam.

I have a touchscreen Dell laptop but I rarely use it and can't find a usecase of touch on a laptop except if it is a 2 in 1.

I'm using M2 Pro 16 for a while installed parallels 18 with windows 11 arm. Any kind of windows applications works just fine unless they need external USB device to work. The only issue I'm facing is legacy x86 or x64 windows drivers cannot be installed on ARM64 windows even if parallels has option to connect USB devices to windows. If a USB device has ARM64 drivers, it also works just fine.

When they used to give you cable for the wall wart, it was actually grounded, unlike the standard. That fixed my issue of being zapped by my laptop all the time. Also if you dragged a finger across aluminium body, it would be... weird. Kinda miss it

@AzVfL

Жыл бұрын

Weird like magnetized? You can reproduce this by putting the charger in a regular extender with multiple sockets (but it has to be turned off I believe)

@edrsa

Жыл бұрын

@@AzVfL it felt as if finger was skipping across the surface instead of sliding over it, for some reason, and its super hard to describe lol

@tonal.states

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I have this too on my mid 2012 MBP hahaha it's a crazy feeling, I feel it's just current going through which could be a health issue tbh 😅 because the aluminum was like "corroding" where my palm would rest, I feel it has to do with that

@TalesOfWar

Жыл бұрын

@@AzVfL It's aluminium, so no magnetism. Also this is a result of the crazily crap North American Type A plugs.

@Asdeer101

Жыл бұрын

Not defending this bad behavior from Apple; however if you're interested, you can still the ground 3 prong cable . . . *cough* *cough* for $20😓

But doesn't have the M1 Pro Macbook 14" a 1080p Webcam? Who does the fact checking ? No one?

@klatchabobby

Жыл бұрын

Clearly. Not only did someone write it, they also recorded someone saying it, then did a graphic confirming it. That's all three stages of production that nobody corrected it during

@MrZACCHK

Жыл бұрын

I also like how he’s like, “they clearly look different”…. Um they look the same because they are 😂

@andrewi559

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and they still look good. I don't know what he's talking about. My webcam looks alot better in zoom calls compared to alot of other people in the meetings.

@keonxd8918

Жыл бұрын

This isn't the first time LTT has errors with actual specs and product info. Idk why this is still a thing when they keep claiming that they have gone through checks before uploading them

Not only does the MBP webcam look much better than the HP DragonFly webcam but the microphone sounds 5x better.

@12post

3 ай бұрын

I also noticed this. The microphone on the MacBook sounded so much more natural.

If you’re having issues with a standby issue, it might be a VPN issue. I noticed when using a VPN, even without do anything internet based, my M1 Max just goes through the battery, and this continues on standby. With VPN off, normal battery sipage (?) and maybe 1-5% a day on standby. Unless this is specifically an M2 series issue

10:01 it is because the Screen minus the "top bar next to the notch left and right" is a normal 16:10 screen, then you add the long "ears" next to the notch as an addition. The notch is not "cut in" to a 16:10 screen, the ears are put on. That's why the resolution is weird

About the standby battery drain drama: I've got a 14" M1 Pro, and it happened to me a couple of times when I left stuff connected to the USB ports. I'm not exactly sure how that works, but now I make sure to unplug any dongles, external screens and whatnot before closing my laptop. The drain never happened again. Even though it still has the radios sorta on. It's creepy when your Bluetooth headphones suddenly pair up with the laptop that's just sitting there in your bag...

@michaelvasey8773

Жыл бұрын

USB accessories have a long history of messing with the ability of computers to stay asleep. You can use powercfg to hunt them down on Windows. There must be a mac equivalent.

@onecleangti

Жыл бұрын

The other thing I’ve noticed is it has the same issue as with windows…. You need to unplug the power brick before closing the lid because if you do it afterwards it thinks it’s still plugged in so it doesn’t fully sleep

1:40 I find it very annoying that Apple doesn't include the extension cable in the box. Purchased it extra for my M1 MacBook Air as I don't have the space to plug the adapter directly into the outlet and the USB C to C cable isn't long enough. Really would have liked to see that in the box instead of having to pay the extra $25 CAD for it.

14:15 “simply not an option” - wrong. Parallels on Apple Silicon runs Windows 11 Pro I use it every single day.

With the recent revisions to the HDMI 2.1 standard it would be nice if you guys started including the data rates so we know if it’s actually HDMI 2.1 and not HDMI “2.1”

@JohnSmith-pn2vl

Жыл бұрын

just use dongles, this was never an issue

@spacecadet2172

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-pn2vl false. Even using a TB to HDMI adapter the previous models were always limited to HDMI 2.0 speeds/capabilities. This is the first time this has been possible, and the first time every it has been possible to hook up an 8K display to a Mac

@NitroZakis

Жыл бұрын

If 8k-60 or 4k-240 needed, there’re Type-C to HMDI 2.1 cables from various manufacturers. If a bit slower flavor of 2.1 is acceptable, you can trade speed for ports and PD: Ugreen Type-C USB 3.0 HDMI 2.1 8k-30hz 4k-120hz

Apple really raised the bar with their M1 and M2 series of MacBooks, but too many "Just because it's Apple" is still included, making it hard to repair / upgrade / modify on purpose, is just one of many reasons that keep me from getting one.

@koalaunknown

Жыл бұрын

Just get apple care and trade it in for a new one every three years

@klatchabobby

Жыл бұрын

@@koalaunknown That "trade it in" philosophy won't work. My M1 Max? Trades in for literally $710 CAD is all they'll give for it. I paid $4,500

@__idan__

Жыл бұрын

It's part of the issue, they created a problem and a convenient Apple only fix for an extra fee. even if I can fix a mac on my own and get around everything that annoys me, I'm not willing to pay for products that in the end I don't really own or that in a few years I'll have to throw out because they're considered old. I like upgrading and customizing my old stuff to fit my needs, I'm still using an old ThinkPad T420, if the display and battery life wasn't bad, I wouldn't be complaining even. I understand that my use case might be different than the average user.

@janklaassen6404

Жыл бұрын

@@__idan__ Exactly, the strength of a PC is to choose exactly what YOU want. That starts with the dozens of new models you can choose from, but it includes upgrading or repairing old machines. Apple can never match that.

@TheScottShepard

Жыл бұрын

Apple laptops have always been difficult to repair and modify. Now they are nearly impossible, but the CPU package integration provides unbeatable efficiency and low-energy performance. They really are very fast all-day machines. So now they have a possibly legitimate excuse!

MacBooks do have an option to turn off everything when asleep, and only do updates and such when plugged in when asleep, and unplugging them switched that option back. Windows does that as well, but for some reason I think both sometimes don’t switch that power saving feature back on when unplugged…. So that’s why that drain issue happens.

Does this also have the Safari zoom bug? The one where you zoom in and little lines show up between divs. Maybe it's an antialiasing problem. I'd love to figure out how to fix this Mac problem. It even happens on iPhones and iPads. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

I was waiting for your reviews on the new MacBooks and because Alex has the experience and also mentioned it, would it be easy to do a test with Solidworks and how it works on the new laptops? As others mention in the comments it is possible via Parallels and he has an experience in many laptops and pcs supporting Solidworks. I am thinking of changing my 15 retina pro mid2012 with the 16 M2 Pro and want to be sure that it will work "ok" when I am away and don't have access to my home PC.

@davax188

Жыл бұрын

I actually made that change from 2012 MB pro to M1 Pro and do use SolidWorks on Parallels and no issues so far

@garmice

Жыл бұрын

@@davax188 thanks for your reply. have you tried any big assembly so far? how about other software like ansys,catia etc?

@sahmirlareum2718

Жыл бұрын

@@garmice from experience Catia V5 R19 runs just fine with Parallels

@garmice

Жыл бұрын

@sahmir Lareum thanks for the reply but parallels with arm on M1 and M2 or with old intel versions?

@davax188

Жыл бұрын

@@garmice Yeah, no problems so far except with the solidworks online tool (which I think is an issue with my SW version) as per catia, a colleague of mine does use it on a M2 air, no problems so far. Ansys yet we haven't tried it

The fingerprint on the webcam thing is such a non-issue lol. I bought a 14" Macbook Pro the week they launched with the M1 CPUs in 2021. It's super easy to open without getting fingerprints on the part of the webcam notch that matters. Sure, you might get prints on it somewhere near the edge, but the ENTIRE notch is not a webcam. Just, like, not jam your entire finger underneath? Just use the edge Alex. You're like a crazy engineer guy, you got this, lol.

1:40 i hate the wall prongs that come in the box mainly because its unearthed and you get the buzz feeling when you charge. I always get the extension which is earthed

settings / battery / options . Set for network access only on charger.

You might want to check Resident Evil: Village for gaming tests on the Mac. It shows what a game that is optimized for the hardware and software can do. Though there are very few games that are optimized like that one.

@martinseal1987

Жыл бұрын

Even then it isn't windows quality per dollar

@justinpritchard2633

Жыл бұрын

@@martinseal1987 Depends on your definition of quality I guess. Macs are never going to be a good deal, but if you try to buy a Windows laptop with the same build, screen and speaker quality, you are going to be saving that much money. I have a good Windows laptop and a 14" Macbook. If its something I can't run on the Mac, I use my Windows one. But if I could only afford one, I would chose the Mac for all its other benefits and its nice that if a game is optimized for them, it can be a good experience.

@martinseal1987

Жыл бұрын

@@justinpritchard2633 yh I have both, my M1 is my work laptop and I swear by it, battery life, performance speaker screen etc and people could say the M1 isn't made for this task but it's disappointing that it can't handle a light amount of gaming

@pirojfmifhghek566

Жыл бұрын

The app ecosystem around the new Mac OS is always going to be anemic. There's not much motivation for developers to port apps over to it if the app store takes such an absurd commission. That means fewer third party solutions and workarounds to esoteric problems. The industry ends up with fewer people well-versed in porting apps over. There are a ton of roadblocks and the incentives just aren't there, and it's mostly due to the greed of apple execs. They could rectify this situation and ease the transition better if they gave a damn.

@justinpritchard2633

Жыл бұрын

@@pirojfmifhghek566 I don't know that I agree the issue is the App Store commission. I can't speak for most Mac users, but I very rarely ever buy anything through the App Store. Normally I will buy directly from a developers website, like with the Affinity suite, just like I would when buying software for Windows. The only reason I bought RE: Village on the App Store was because it was the only place it was available and that because Apple helped fund development. Not sure what the rates are between the App Store and Steam, but all distribution platforms take a cut, so I try to avoid them when possible. For games specifically, I would say the bigger hurdles are a smaller user base and that historically Apple products have used underpowered graphics hardware. I think the M series chips are changing the hardware limitations, only time will tell if it can grow a large enough user base to catch the eye of more game developers.

Thank you for this intro, I've always felt like a crazy person talking about how good Apple products smell out of the box lol

@mikelovesbacon

Жыл бұрын

They should make a spray so we can keep it smelling like that all the time

@MrDMIDOV

Жыл бұрын

More R&D has gone into the unboxing experience than actually giving users more storage. Granted I personally won’t need that much storage because I don’t game on one or do any video production things, but still at their price points I feel like I should have more storage.

@charlesbrown4483

Жыл бұрын

@@MrDMIDOV I mean mac books aren’t really meant for use cases which require a ton of storage(not a defense of Apple, but it is true). Most mac book users are college kids using it to take notes, study, do online classes, and consume content. None of which requires much storage. Maybe there’s some use cases I’m not aware of, but I can’t think of anything where I would want/need a mac book, but also want/need a lot of storage.

@naveedmoein8054

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesbrown4483 see where you lost me there is "most macbook users are college kids". 100% wrong there.

@charlesbrown4483

Жыл бұрын

@@naveedmoein8054 No, actually not wrong.

correction: you CAN still install parallels, vmware fusion, and qemu. you can't install virtualbox tho.

I hate the new shortcut keys on the keyboard. All I want is a button to turn keyboard brightness up and down the way my 2013 Macbook had. In the middle of the night, when I can't see, I can't just press a button to see, I need to mess around with the mouse and go into the settings to be able to type - it's terrible

I love undertime slopper

The M1Pro Macbook also has a 1080p webcam

Pretty crazy that you spend that kind of money on the 16” and don’t get that bit of cable from the brick to the wall. I got it in Europe and the dual pin plug means you can’t even plug it in without it hanging off/ falling out of the plug socket. Must cost so little for them to include it, and the thing starts at 2.5k €

13:50 Sorry but OSX and Windows are significantly different when you're a power user. The main reason being Finder vs Explorer and the lack of Home and End navigation. I constantly use CTRL HOME/END and CTRL PGUP/PGDN and out of the box, OSX is a nightmare for me. The lack (and inconsistent function keys) is also a pain. I used a Mac for month as an experiment and I was constantly having to use the mouse when I'd normally use keys.

Correction: The M1 Pro/Max MacBooks have 1080p webcams not 720p.

I am not sure that the M1 Pro had a 720p webcam. I was pretty sure it had 1080p too…

@JeanSamyr

Жыл бұрын

yeah, it was 1080p

are you guys gonna do a full review of these? been lookin out for it for a while

Hey. The Webcam on the MacBook Pro starting with 14 inch 2021 is 1080p, not 720p!

I drank the M1 koolaid fairly quick Christmas of 2020 and have been using it in various capacities. From all-day video meeting oriented work to personal music production to personal Final Cut Pro projects to 3D Render/Simulation work to remote managed service provider IT work and it's still running laps around myself. The only downside is the battery definitely reflects this heavy use. 2 years later and I'm at 81% battery health. Apps are always getting better day by day (outside of the niche professional sphere) and lots of developers have jumped on board with adopting Apple ARM bundles. (Love you, Derivative) Take the marginal increases (and some downgrades on base specs) as a welcome, signifigant discount to the still ever capabile M1 systems.

@Asdeer101

Жыл бұрын

As a programer I can tell you why so many developers are easily porting apps to ARM on Mac. Programming on Mac is almost as easy as a Linux because of how nice the terminal is. Second, programming on ARM is how many professionals learn assembly (machine code). Its much more streamlined than x86

@ForOdinAndAsgard

Жыл бұрын

@@Asdeer101 Bullcrap. Assembly is a low level mnemonic programming language and as thus has nothing to do with machine code. There is nothing streamlined about it. Streamlining is for the more higher level languages. It is just that ARM uses RISC which is as the name suggest reduced. It has a thus fewer instructions in its set which is easier to learn but also less powerful. Where I can do something in one instruction on a x86-64, I might need four instruction on ARM to do the exact same thing making my already hard to read code even longer and thereby harder to read.

Funny to see my early 2015 MacBook Pro that came with that extension cable was a thing I shouldn’t have taken for granted.

I've been running Windows 11 on my Mac Studio for a while now and it's great. Just one issue with a USB device driver so far. Super impressed by the emulation performance.

@MaxSebastianMayer

Жыл бұрын

Through parallels?

@Infinit3Enigma

Жыл бұрын

I would not run any simulation or cad software through translation at all. But yes it runs okay via parallel. Still prefer x86_64 based machine over arm64 for any real work. No one in our race team is running to switch over to arm macs 🤣🤣

windows for arm actually can emulate x86 very well, so maybe you can run everything you wanna run through that?

For the exact same reason which was mentioned in the video I bought a ThinkPad a couple of months ago instead of a new MacBook Pro, which I would have preferred. I do a lot of programming for microcontrollers and FPGA design and most of the tools are not available for the Mac. Running a VM (or dualboot on an older Intel Mac) does work, but if you run the VM 90 % auf the day, you might as well buy a windows device. Also, Microsoft Office on the Mac really sucks (slow, missing features, some programs not available at all (e.g. Outlook)…).

@DansModelBench

Жыл бұрын

I've got Outlook on my Mac right now. I'll agree with you on Office being no where near as good as the Windows versions though. I use a work license of Office. As soon as I retire, I'll pull Office off my Mac and frankly, never miss it.

@petermuller5031

Жыл бұрын

@@DansModelBench I was sure that last time I checked Outlook was not available for the Mac. Maybe they have added it lately or I am mixing it up with another program. Anyway, thanks for the clarification!

@AlejandroLZuvic

Жыл бұрын

​@@petermuller5031 there are Office apps that aren't available on Mac, but Outlook isn't one of them 😊

@pieterrossouw8596

10 ай бұрын

Biggest gap in the MacOS Office experience is PowerQuery in Excel. I have to run a VM just for that.

I'm not sure if Solidworks will work at all on Windows On ARM emulating x86-64, but that is an option for other stuff. Windows on ARM works in Parallels faster than it does natively on the Surface Pro X, it even emulates x86 faster than low spec stuff like a Pentium or Celeron.

@donald8680

Жыл бұрын

Question: do you Parallels-users use a 14-inch or 16-inch for Parallels and why ? I am still doubting about size…

@rightwingsafetysquad9872

Жыл бұрын

@@donald8680 It makes absolutely no difference at all. Parallels is VM software to run Windows or Linux on a Mac. Pick your screen size based on what you're going to run inside Parallels.

Complained so much about iPad Pro not having a mouse but had a great touchscreen. But wants a touchscreen for something that is mainly used with keyboard and mouse with an OS designed for a keyboard and Mouse.

1:50 I guess it makes sense when you phrase the sentence in that way. Nobody used the cable so they felt it better to ship without it