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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa161.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical, ml_categories_json AS ml_categories_json, ml_types_json AS ml_types_json, ml_intent_types_json AS ml_intent_types_json, meta_language AS meta_language, attrs_author AS attrs_author, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_publish_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(attrs_original_publish_time), 0) AS attrs_original_publish_time, ifNull(attrs_is_republished, 0) AS attrs_is_republished, ifNull(attrs_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_nr_words, ifNull(attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, 0) AS attrs_boilerpipe_nr_words, ifNull(body_ext_links_number, 0) AS body_ext_links_number, ifNull(body_int_links_number, 0) AS body_int_links_number, ifNull(meta_nofollow, 0) AS meta_nofollow, ifNull(meta_noarchive, 0) AS meta_noarchive, ifNull(props_was_rendered, 0) AS props_was_rendered, ifNull(src_redirect, \'\') AS src_redirect, ifNull(download_time_msec, 0) AS download_time_msec, ifNull(download_ttfb_msec, 0) AS download_ttfb_msec, ifNull(download_size, 0) AS download_size FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://markellisreviews.com/reviews/m1-macbook-air-review/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://markellisreviews.com/reviews/m1-macbook-air-review/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/reviews\/m1-macbook-air-review\/","crawl_time":1776920038,"first_indexed_time":1710826267,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,markellisreviews!\/reviews\/m1-macbook-air-review\/ s443","src_root_hash":"8399950918812868561","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"M1 MacBook Air review - 1 week in","meta_descriptions":["After spending a week with the 8GB version, this is my M1 MacBook Air review."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"We may earn compensation from reviewed products. Learn about our \neditorial policies\n.\n“eBay is flooded with MacBook 16,” said one comment on my\n5 things I’ve learned about the 16” MacBook Pro video\n.\nI’ve not been on the world’s largest second-hand marketplace to check this claim, but he may well be right.\nHowever, I won’t be selling mine just yet – even after having used this M1 MacBook Air for a week and being more impressed by it than any other computer I’ve ever owned.\nThere’s one very good reason for not letting go of the 16”, which I’ll get onto later, but first, here’s a completely random list of the things I’ve discovered after a little over a week with the M1 MacBook Air.\nThe battery is legitimately amazing\nI’ve not done any scientific tests or benchmarks with this. I’ve not even bothered to look at the battery performance stats in macOS (naughty reviewer, right?). As always, I’m far more interested in how this device\nfeels\n.\nThe M1 MacBook Air feels iPad-like when it comes to battery life. It is no longer something I worry about. That’s the easiest way to describe it. I know it needs charging occasionally, but not to the point where I fear for my productivity life whenever it hurtles below 50%.\nHowever, it’s the standby time which is most impressive for me, and which doesn’t appear to get much coverage. It just doesn’t seem to budge when left closed overnight on my coffee table. Again, I’ve not done any kind of technical comparison with this, but I swear it never loses a percentage point, battery-wise when left dormant.\nThe battery life is as brilliant as everyone says it is, and it genuinely makes a difference to the impact the device has on your life – more than any other feature, in my book.\nI’ve not tried to run any iOS apps… ‘cause this is a Mac\nYou can, apparently, run iOS apps on these M1 Macs, relatively easily.\nI haven’t bothered. And it’s for the same reason I haven’t attempted to run Windows on it or shoehorn Linux into its Apple internals.\nIt just feels utterly pointless and primed for disappointment.\nThis is a Mac without a touchscreen. I’ll wait for iOS apps I yearn for on this platform (there aren’t any) to become\nproperly\navailable. There’s a reason most people who have tried iOS apps on an M1 Mac have been disappointed with the results.\nI’ve had zero software problems\nHere’s a list of the non-Apple software I use on this machine:\nFantastical\nChrome (occasionally)\nSpark email client\nOmnifocus\nToggl\nTeams\nTrello\nSlack\nUlysses\nWord\nExcel\nPhotoshop\nLightroom\nDay One\nTwitter\nNow, if truth be told, I don’t know how many of the above are M1-native, but I know many are running through Rosetta 2.\nThey all work flawlessly. Even Microsoft’s stuff.\nHowever, I still don’t really understand why we have to manually install Rosetta 2 – even if it’s a one-time affair. Why isn’t it included in the macOS install by default? It’s not big deal, but it just strikes me as odd and a little bit too ‘behind baseball’ for Apple.\n8GB vs 16GB appears to be the main talking point\nMy recent\nM1\/Intel test\nrevealed that the M1 with just 8GB RAM struggles when given two relatively taxing concurrent tasks. It surprised me. But it didn’t surprise others.\nThe more these machines are used, reviewed and pondered upon, the more we see articles comparing the RAM options and providing buying guides centred almost entirely on that topic.\nHowever, I tend to agree with some analysts who believe we’re heading for a ‘RAM-less’ future where that part of the Mac’s internals is simply abstracted away. Let’s be honest, that’s nearly always been the case with iOS devices; we only know how much RAM they have because of Geek Bench. Apple doesn’t think we should care.\nI don’t.\nThe 8GB in this Air I’m typing on right now is ample for 95% of everything I want it to do. It never feels hamstrung, underpowered or ‘lacking memory’. That in itself means RAM has pretty much been abstracted away from my daily workflow – but it’s also why I still use my iMac and 16” MacBook Pro.\nPut simply, if your workflow doesn’t require sustained, intensive workloads, an 8GB M1 laptop is absolutely fine.\nI’m not sure what the lack of that single graphics core means\nI purchased the base-spec M1 MacBook Air with the 7-core graphics.\nI don’t know what’s happened to that other core, or why Apple deemed it necessary to remove it if you wanted the cheapest iteration of this machine. But I don’t think I miss it. At all.\nA case in point; this Air\nflies\nthrough 4K video editing and rendering in Final Cut Pro. And it’s absolutely stunning in Lightroom, which isn’t even running natively for the chip.\nThe Lightroom performance is one of the highlights for me, actually. It is no different whatsoever to the £3,500+ 16” MacBook Pro on which I normally edit my photos. Yikes.\nThe lack of a new design doesn’t matter\nIt doesn’t. I’d like smaller bezels too. But the Air is still a beautiful machine and an iconic design.\nI miss four ports\nI really do.\nIt’s amazing how quickly you get used to four ports on the Pro laptops, if nothing more than for the simple convenience of being able to plug the charger in on either side.\nThank god for that battery life, right?\nIt has replaced my iPad Pro\nI’ll be exploring this a little more in future articles, but I no longer pick up my\niPad Pro with magic keyboard for writing\nduties or light work. I also doubt I’ll bother taking it out and about with me when working from coffee shops. The iPad Pro, for me, has returned to ‘media consumption’ status.\nThat makes this M1 MacBook Air an iPad Pro replacement. Kinda ironic, right?\n….but why won’t it replace my 16” MacBook Pro?\nSo, the rub, as they say; why am I not throwing my 16” MacBook Pro onto eBay now that I have this little monster of an M1 Air?\nIt’s mainly because I spent so much money on the former. It was an investment for my business, and one from which I intend to wring every ounce of value. It’s still blisteringly fast (despite the fan noise and heat), and has one huge advantage over the Air: that 16” screen.\nIt’s big, cumbersome and heavy, but the 16” MacBook Pro’s screen is important for video editors like me. It’s too big to be a portable writing device, but that’s where the Air slots in nicely. And yes, I know not everyone has the resources – or inclination – to have two laptops, but for my business, it works brilliantly.\nAnd, regardless,\nmy next Apple Silicon-powered Mac is going to be an iMac\n.","attrs_markdown":"[Close Menu](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/reviews\/m1-macbook-air-review\/)\n\n[Facebook](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/reviews\/m1-macbook-air-review\/)   [X (Twitter)](https:\/\/twitter.com\/mellisreviews)   [Instagram](https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markellisreviews\/)\n\npartnerships@markellismedia.uk\n\n[YouTube](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwwuSBYcErVlOpveYubHv4g)   [X (Twitter)](https:\/\/twitter.com\/mellisreviews)   [Instagram](https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markellisreviews\/)   [LinkedIn](https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/markellisreviews\/)   [TikTok](https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mellisreviews)   [Newsletter](https:\/\/newsletter.markellismedia.uk\/subscribe)\n\n[![Mark Ellis Reviews](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MARK-ELLIS-MASTER-SCREEN-LOGO-BLACK-SMALL-200px-optimized.webp)](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/ \"Mark Ellis Reviews\")\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/)\n- [Reviews](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/category\/reviews\/)\n- [Tech News](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/category\/tech-news\/)\n- [Opinion](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/category\/tech-opinion\/)\n- [Buying Guides](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/category\/buying-guide\/)\n- [Tech Tips & Guides](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/category\/tech-tips-guides\/)\n- [YouTube](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwwuSBYcErVlOpveYubHv4g)\n- [Contact](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/contact\/)\n- [Newsletter](https:\/\/newsletter.markellismedia.uk\/subscribe)\n\n- [Apple](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tag\/apple\/)\n- [iPhone](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tag\/iphone\/)\n- [Android](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tag\/android\/)\n- [MacBook Neo](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tech-news\/macbook-neo\/)\n- [iPhone 17e](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tech-news\/iphone-17e\/)\n- [M5 MacBook Air](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tech-news\/m5-macbook-air\/)\n- [M4 iPad Air](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tech-news\/m4-ipad-air\/)\n- [M5 MacBook Pro](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tech-news\/m5-macbook-pro-everything-you-need-to-know\/)\n- [Best Phones](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/buying-guide\/best-phone\/)\n- [Best Headphones](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/buying-guide\/best-headphones-worn-and-reviewed-by-us\/)\n- [Best Apple Watch](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/buying-guide\/best-apple-watch\/)\n\n[![Mark Ellis Reviews](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/MARK-ELLIS-MASTER-SCREEN-LOGO-BLACK-SMALL-200px-optimized.webp)](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/ \"Mark Ellis Reviews\")\n\n[Home](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/) » [Blog](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/blog\/) » [Reviews](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/category\/reviews\/) » My First Week With the M1 MacBook Air\n\n[Reviews](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/category\/reviews\/)\n\n# My First Week With the M1 MacBook Air\n![Mark Ellis](https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c31ec335fb505be071db1a5208810b6fd9d4c89335c65800e5f295c2c0907fb5?s=32&d=mm&r=g)By [Mark Ellis](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/author\/mellis\/ \"Posts by Mark Ellis\")\n\nUpdated:\n\nDecember 7, 2020\n\n[2 Comments](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/reviews\/m1-macbook-air-review\/#comments)6 Mins Read\n\n**We may earn compensation from reviewed products. Learn about our [editorial policies](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/editorial-guidelines\/#earning-disclosure).**\n\n“eBay is flooded with MacBook 16,” said one comment on my [5 things I’ve learned about the 16” MacBook Pro video](https:\/\/youtu.be\/ngJg9_4Wgxc).\n\nI’ve not been on the world’s largest second-hand marketplace to check this claim, but he may well be right.\n\nHowever, I won’t be selling mine just yet – even after having used this M1 MacBook Air for a week and being more impressed by it than any other computer I’ve ever owned.\n\nThere’s one very good reason for not letting go of the 16”, which I’ll get onto later, but first, here’s a completely random list of the things I’ve discovered after a little over a week with the M1 MacBook Air.\n\n## The battery is legitimately amazing\nI’ve not done any scientific tests or benchmarks with this. I’ve not even bothered to look at the battery performance stats in macOS (naughty reviewer, right?). As always, I’m far more interested in how this device *feels*.\n\nThe M1 MacBook Air feels iPad-like when it comes to battery life. It is no longer something I worry about. That’s the easiest way to describe it. I know it needs charging occasionally, but not to the point where I fear for my productivity life whenever it hurtles below 50%.\n\nHowever, it’s the standby time which is most impressive for me, and which doesn’t appear to get much coverage. It just doesn’t seem to budge when left closed overnight on my coffee table. Again, I’ve not done any kind of technical comparison with this, but I swear it never loses a percentage point, battery-wise when left dormant.\n\nThe battery life is as brilliant as everyone says it is, and it genuinely makes a difference to the impact the device has on your life – more than any other feature, in my book.\n\n## I’ve not tried to run any iOS apps… ‘cause this is a Mac\nYou can, apparently, run iOS apps on these M1 Macs, relatively easily.\n\nI haven’t bothered. And it’s for the same reason I haven’t attempted to run Windows on it or shoehorn Linux into its Apple internals.\n\nIt just feels utterly pointless and primed for disappointment.\n\nThis is a Mac without a touchscreen. I’ll wait for iOS apps I yearn for on this platform (there aren’t any) to become *properly* available. There’s a reason most people who have tried iOS apps on an M1 Mac have been disappointed with the results.\n\n## I’ve had zero software problems\nHere’s a list of the non-Apple software I use on this machine:\n\n- Fantastical\n- Chrome (occasionally)\n- Spark email client\n- Omnifocus\n- Toggl\n- Teams\n- Trello\n- Slack\n- Ulysses\n- Word\n- Excel\n- Photoshop\n- Lightroom\n- Day One\n- Twitter\n\nNow, if truth be told, I don’t know how many of the above are M1-native, but I know many are running through Rosetta 2.\n\nThey all work flawlessly. Even Microsoft’s stuff.\n\nHowever, I still don’t really understand why we have to manually install Rosetta 2 – even if it’s a one-time affair. Why isn’t it included in the macOS install by default? It’s not big deal, but it just strikes me as odd and a little bit too ‘behind baseball’ for Apple.\n\n## 8GB vs 16GB appears to be the main talking point\nMy recent [M1\/Intel test](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/reviews\/i-didnt-expect-that-m1-macbook-air-vs-16-macbook-pro\/) revealed that the M1 with just 8GB RAM struggles when given two relatively taxing concurrent tasks. It surprised me. But it didn’t surprise others.\n\nThe more these machines are used, reviewed and pondered upon, the more we see articles comparing the RAM options and providing buying guides centred almost entirely on that topic.\n\nHowever, I tend to agree with some analysts who believe we’re heading for a ‘RAM-less’ future where that part of the Mac’s internals is simply abstracted away. Let’s be honest, that’s nearly always been the case with iOS devices; we only know how much RAM they have because of Geek Bench. Apple doesn’t think we should care.\n\nI don’t.\n\nThe 8GB in this Air I’m typing on right now is ample for 95% of everything I want it to do. It never feels hamstrung, underpowered or ‘lacking memory’. That in itself means RAM has pretty much been abstracted away from my daily workflow – but it’s also why I still use my iMac and 16” MacBook Pro.\n\nPut simply, if your workflow doesn’t require sustained, intensive workloads, an 8GB M1 laptop is absolutely fine.\n\n## I’m not sure what the lack of that single graphics core means\nI purchased the base-spec M1 MacBook Air with the 7-core graphics.\n\nI don’t know what’s happened to that other core, or why Apple deemed it necessary to remove it if you wanted the cheapest iteration of this machine. But I don’t think I miss it. At all.\n\nA case in point; this Air *flies* through 4K video editing and rendering in Final Cut Pro. And it’s absolutely stunning in Lightroom, which isn’t even running natively for the chip.\n\nThe Lightroom performance is one of the highlights for me, actually. It is no different whatsoever to the £3,500+ 16” MacBook Pro on which I normally edit my photos. Yikes.\n\n## The lack of a new design doesn’t matter\nIt doesn’t. I’d like smaller bezels too. But the Air is still a beautiful machine and an iconic design.\n\n## I miss four ports\nI really do.\n\nIt’s amazing how quickly you get used to four ports on the Pro laptops, if nothing more than for the simple convenience of being able to plug the charger in on either side.\n\nThank god for that battery life, right?\n\n## It has replaced my iPad Pro\nI’ll be exploring this a little more in future articles, but I no longer pick up my [iPad Pro with magic keyboard for writing](https:\/\/youtu.be\/drIwlLFimFU) duties or light work. I also doubt I’ll bother taking it out and about with me when working from coffee shops. The iPad Pro, for me, has returned to ‘media consumption’ status.\n\nThat makes this M1 MacBook Air an iPad Pro replacement. Kinda ironic, right?\n\n## ….but why won’t it replace my 16” MacBook Pro?\nSo, the rub, as they say; why am I not throwing my 16” MacBook Pro onto eBay now that I have this little monster of an M1 Air?\n\nIt’s mainly because I spent so much money on the former. It was an investment for my business, and one from which I intend to wring every ounce of value. It’s still blisteringly fast (despite the fan noise and heat), and has one huge advantage over the Air: that 16” screen.\n\nIt’s big, cumbersome and heavy, but the 16” MacBook Pro’s screen is important for video editors like me. It’s too big to be a portable writing device, but that’s where the Air slots in nicely. And yes, I know not everyone has the resources – or inclination – to have two laptops, but for my business, it works brilliantly.\n\nAnd, regardless, [my next Apple Silicon-powered Mac is going to be an iMac](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tech-opinion\/my-next-apple-silicon-mac-will-be-an-imac-heres-why\/).\n\n[Apple](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tag\/apple\/) [Apple Silicon](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tag\/apple-silicon\/) [Laptops](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tag\/laptops\/) [MacBook](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/tag\/macbook\/)\n\n![](https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c31ec335fb505be071db1a5208810b6fd9d4c89335c65800e5f295c2c0907fb5?s=95&d=mm&r=g)\n\n[Mark Ellis](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/author\/mellis\/ \"Posts by Mark Ellis\")\n\n- [Website](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/ \"Website\")\n- [Facebook](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/markellisreviews\/ \"Facebook\")\n- [X (Twitter)](http:\/\/mellisreviews\/ \"X (Twitter)\")\n- [Instagram](https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/markellisreviews\/ \"Instagram\")\n\nMark Ellis has been the Chief Reviewer and the driving force behind MarkEllisReviews.com since its inception in 2020 (the guy the website’s named after!). 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Learn about our [editorial policies](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/editorial-guidelines\/#earning-disclosure).**\n\n“eBay is flooded with MacBook 16,” said one comment on my [5 things I’ve learned about the 16” MacBook Pro video](https:\/\/youtu.be\/ngJg9_4Wgxc).\n\nI’ve not been on the world’s largest second-hand marketplace to check this claim, but he may well be right.\n\nHowever, I won’t be selling mine just yet – even after having used this M1 MacBook Air for a week and being more impressed by it than any other computer I’ve ever owned.\n\nThere’s one very good reason for not letting go of the 16”, which I’ll get onto later, but first, here’s a completely random list of the things I’ve discovered after a little over a week with the M1 MacBook Air.\n\n## The battery is legitimately amazing\nI’ve not done any scientific tests or benchmarks with this. I’ve not even bothered to look at the battery performance stats in macOS (naughty reviewer, right?). As always, I’m far more interested in how this device *feels*.\n\nThe M1 MacBook Air feels iPad-like when it comes to battery life. It is no longer something I worry about. That’s the easiest way to describe it. I know it needs charging occasionally, but not to the point where I fear for my productivity life whenever it hurtles below 50%.\n\nHowever, it’s the standby time which is most impressive for me, and which doesn’t appear to get much coverage. It just doesn’t seem to budge when left closed overnight on my coffee table. Again, I’ve not done any kind of technical comparison with this, but I swear it never loses a percentage point, battery-wise when left dormant.\n\nThe battery life is as brilliant as everyone says it is, and it genuinely makes a difference to the impact the device has on your life – more than any other feature, in my book.\n\n## I’ve not tried to run any iOS apps… ‘cause this is a Mac\nYou can, apparently, run iOS apps on these M1 Macs, relatively easily.\n\nI haven’t bothered. And it’s for the same reason I haven’t attempted to run Windows on it or shoehorn Linux into its Apple internals.\n\nIt just feels utterly pointless and primed for disappointment.\n\nThis is a Mac without a touchscreen. I’ll wait for iOS apps I yearn for on this platform (there aren’t any) to become *properly* available. There’s a reason most people who have tried iOS apps on an M1 Mac have been disappointed with the results.\n\n## I’ve had zero software problems\nHere’s a list of the non-Apple software I use on this machine:\n\n- Fantastical\n- Chrome (occasionally)\n- Spark email client\n- Omnifocus\n- Toggl\n- Teams\n- Trello\n- Slack\n- Ulysses\n- Word\n- Excel\n- Photoshop\n- Lightroom\n- Day One\n- Twitter\n\nNow, if truth be told, I don’t know how many of the above are M1-native, but I know many are running through Rosetta 2.\n\nThey all work flawlessly. Even Microsoft’s stuff.\n\nHowever, I still don’t really understand why we have to manually install Rosetta 2 – even if it’s a one-time affair. Why isn’t it included in the macOS install by default? It’s not big deal, but it just strikes me as odd and a little bit too ‘behind baseball’ for Apple.\n\n## 8GB vs 16GB appears to be the main talking point\nMy recent [M1\/Intel test](https:\/\/markellisreviews.com\/reviews\/i-didnt-expect-that-m1-macbook-air-vs-16-macbook-pro\/) revealed that the M1 with just 8GB RAM struggles when given two relatively taxing concurrent tasks. It surprised me. But it didn’t surprise others.\n\nThe more these machines are used, reviewed and pondered upon, the more we see articles comparing the RAM options and providing buying guides centred almost entirely on that topic.\n\nHowever, I tend to agree with some analysts who believe we’re heading for a ‘RAM-less’ future where that part of the Mac’s internals is simply abstracted away. Let’s be honest, that’s nearly always been the case with iOS devices; we only know how much RAM they have because of Geek Bench. Apple doesn’t think we should care.\n\nI don’t.\n\nThe 8GB in this Air I’m typing on right now is ample for 95% of everything I want it to do. It never feels hamstrung, underpowered or ‘lacking memory’. That in itself means RAM has pretty much been abstracted away from my daily workflow – but it’s also why I still use my iMac and 16” MacBook Pro.\n\nPut simply, if your workflow doesn’t require sustained, intensive workloads, an 8GB M1 laptop is absolutely fine.\n\n## I’m not sure what the lack of that single graphics core means\nI purchased the base-spec M1 MacBook Air with the 7-core graphics.\n\nI don’t know what’s happened to that other core, or why Apple deemed it necessary to remove it if you wanted the cheapest iteration of this machine. But I don’t think I miss it. At all.\n\nA case in point; this Air *flies* through 4K video editing and rendering in Final Cut Pro. And it’s absolutely stunning in Lightroom, which isn’t even running natively for the chip.\n\nThe Lightroom performance is one of the highlights for me, actually. It is no different whatsoever to the £3,500+ 16” MacBook Pro on which I normally edit my photos. Yikes.\n\n## The lack of a new design doesn’t matter\nIt doesn’t. I’d like smaller bezels too. But the Air is still a beautiful machine and an iconic design.\n\n## I miss four ports\nI really do.\n\nIt’s amazing how quickly you get used to four ports on the Pro laptops, if nothing more than for the simple convenience of being able to plug the charger in on either side.\n\nThank god for that battery life, right?\n\n## It has replaced my iPad Pro\nI’ll be exploring this a little more in future articles, but I no longer pick up my [iPad Pro with magic keyboard for writing](https:\/\/youtu.be\/drIwlLFimFU) duties or light work. I also doubt I’ll bother taking it out and about with me when working from coffee shops. The iPad Pro, for me, has returned to ‘media consumption’ status.\n\nThat makes this M1 MacBook Air an iPad Pro replacement. Kinda ironic, right?\n\n## ….but why won’t it replace my 16” MacBook Pro?\nSo, the rub, as they say; why am I not throwing my 16” MacBook Pro onto eBay now that I have this little monster of an M1 Air?\n\nIt’s mainly because I spent so much money on the former. It was an investment for my business, and one from which I intend to wring every ounce of value. It’s still blisteringly fast (despite the fan noise and heat), and has one huge advantage over the Air: that 16” screen.\n\nIt’s big, cumbersome and heavy, but the 16” MacBook Pro’s screen is important for video editors like me. It’s too big to be a portable writing device, but that’s where the Air slots in nicely. 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We may earn compensation from reviewed products. Learn about our editorial policies . “eBay is flooded with MacBook 16,” said one comment on my 5 things I’ve learned about the 16” MacBook Pro video . I’ve not been on the world’s largest second-hand marketplace to check this claim, but he may well be right. However, I won’t be selling mine just yet – even after having used this M1 MacBook Air for a week and being more impressed by it than any other computer I’ve ever owned. There’s one very good reason for not letting go of the 16”, which I’ll get onto later, but first, here’s a completely random list of the things I’ve discovered after a little over a week with the M1 MacBook Air. The battery is legitimately amazing I’ve not done any scientific tests or benchmarks with this. I’ve not even bothered to look at the battery performance stats in macOS (naughty reviewer, right?). As always, I’m far more interested in how this device feels . The M1 MacBook Air feels iPad-like when it comes to battery life. It is no longer something I worry about. That’s the easiest way to describe it. I know it needs charging occasionally, but not to the point where I fear for my productivity life whenever it hurtles below 50%. However, it’s the standby time which is most impressive for me, and which doesn’t appear to get much coverage. It just doesn’t seem to budge when left closed overnight on my coffee table. Again, I’ve not done any kind of technical comparison with this, but I swear it never loses a percentage point, battery-wise when left dormant. The battery life is as brilliant as everyone says it is, and it genuinely makes a difference to the impact the device has on your life – more than any other feature, in my book. I’ve not tried to run any iOS apps… ‘cause this is a Mac You can, apparently, run iOS apps on these M1 Macs, relatively easily. I haven’t bothered. And it’s for the same reason I haven’t attempted to run Windows on it or shoehorn Linux into its Apple internals. It just feels utterly pointless and primed for disappointment. This is a Mac without a touchscreen. I’ll wait for iOS apps I yearn for on this platform (there aren’t any) to become properly available. There’s a reason most people who have tried iOS apps on an M1 Mac have been disappointed with the results. I’ve had zero software problems Here’s a list of the non-Apple software I use on this machine: Fantastical Chrome (occasionally) Spark email client Omnifocus Toggl Teams Trello Slack Ulysses Word Excel Photoshop Lightroom Day One Twitter Now, if truth be told, I don’t know how many of the above are M1-native, but I know many are running through Rosetta 2. They all work flawlessly. Even Microsoft’s stuff. However, I still don’t really understand why we have to manually install Rosetta 2 – even if it’s a one-time affair. Why isn’t it included in the macOS install by default? It’s not big deal, but it just strikes me as odd and a little bit too ‘behind baseball’ for Apple. 8GB vs 16GB appears to be the main talking point My recent M1/Intel test revealed that the M1 with just 8GB RAM struggles when given two relatively taxing concurrent tasks. It surprised me. But it didn’t surprise others. The more these machines are used, reviewed and pondered upon, the more we see articles comparing the RAM options and providing buying guides centred almost entirely on that topic. However, I tend to agree with some analysts who believe we’re heading for a ‘RAM-less’ future where that part of the Mac’s internals is simply abstracted away. Let’s be honest, that’s nearly always been the case with iOS devices; we only know how much RAM they have because of Geek Bench. Apple doesn’t think we should care. I don’t. The 8GB in this Air I’m typing on right now is ample for 95% of everything I want it to do. It never feels hamstrung, underpowered or ‘lacking memory’. That in itself means RAM has pretty much been abstracted away from my daily workflow – but it’s also why I still use my iMac and 16” MacBook Pro. Put simply, if your workflow doesn’t require sustained, intensive workloads, an 8GB M1 laptop is absolutely fine. I’m not sure what the lack of that single graphics core means I purchased the base-spec M1 MacBook Air with the 7-core graphics. I don’t know what’s happened to that other core, or why Apple deemed it necessary to remove it if you wanted the cheapest iteration of this machine. But I don’t think I miss it. At all. A case in point; this Air flies through 4K video editing and rendering in Final Cut Pro. And it’s absolutely stunning in Lightroom, which isn’t even running natively for the chip. The Lightroom performance is one of the highlights for me, actually. It is no different whatsoever to the £3,500+ 16” MacBook Pro on which I normally edit my photos. Yikes. The lack of a new design doesn’t matter It doesn’t. I’d like smaller bezels too. But the Air is still a beautiful machine and an iconic design. I miss four ports I really do. It’s amazing how quickly you get used to four ports on the Pro laptops, if nothing more than for the simple convenience of being able to plug the charger in on either side. Thank god for that battery life, right? It has replaced my iPad Pro I’ll be exploring this a little more in future articles, but I no longer pick up my iPad Pro with magic keyboard for writing duties or light work. I also doubt I’ll bother taking it out and about with me when working from coffee shops. The iPad Pro, for me, has returned to ‘media consumption’ status. That makes this M1 MacBook Air an iPad Pro replacement. Kinda ironic, right? ….but why won’t it replace my 16” MacBook Pro? So, the rub, as they say; why am I not throwing my 16” MacBook Pro onto eBay now that I have this little monster of an M1 Air? It’s mainly because I spent so much money on the former. It was an investment for my business, and one from which I intend to wring every ounce of value. It’s still blisteringly fast (despite the fan noise and heat), and has one huge advantage over the Air: that 16” screen. It’s big, cumbersome and heavy, but the 16” MacBook Pro’s screen is important for video editors like me. It’s too big to be a portable writing device, but that’s where the Air slots in nicely. And yes, I know not everyone has the resources – or inclination – to have two laptops, but for my business, it works brilliantly. And, regardless, my next Apple Silicon-powered Mac is going to be an iMac .

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As always, I’m far more interested in how this device *feels*. The M1 MacBook Air feels iPad-like when it comes to battery life. It is no longer something I worry about. That’s the easiest way to describe it. I know it needs charging occasionally, but not to the point where I fear for my productivity life whenever it hurtles below 50%. However, it’s the standby time which is most impressive for me, and which doesn’t appear to get much coverage. It just doesn’t seem to budge when left closed overnight on my coffee table. Again, I’ve not done any kind of technical comparison with this, but I swear it never loses a percentage point, battery-wise when left dormant. The battery life is as brilliant as everyone says it is, and it genuinely makes a difference to the impact the device has on your life – more than any other feature, in my book. ## I’ve not tried to run any iOS apps… ‘cause this is a Mac You can, apparently, run iOS apps on these M1 Macs, relatively easily. I haven’t bothered. And it’s for the same reason I haven’t attempted to run Windows on it or shoehorn Linux into its Apple internals. It just feels utterly pointless and primed for disappointment. This is a Mac without a touchscreen. I’ll wait for iOS apps I yearn for on this platform (there aren’t any) to become *properly* available. There’s a reason most people who have tried iOS apps on an M1 Mac have been disappointed with the results. ## I’ve had zero software problems Here’s a list of the non-Apple software I use on this machine: - Fantastical - Chrome (occasionally) - Spark email client - Omnifocus - Toggl - Teams - Trello - Slack - Ulysses - Word - Excel - Photoshop - Lightroom - Day One - Twitter Now, if truth be told, I don’t know how many of the above are M1-native, but I know many are running through Rosetta 2. They all work flawlessly. Even Microsoft’s stuff. However, I still don’t really understand why we have to manually install Rosetta 2 – even if it’s a one-time affair. Why isn’t it included in the macOS install by default? It’s not big deal, but it just strikes me as odd and a little bit too ‘behind baseball’ for Apple. ## 8GB vs 16GB appears to be the main talking point My recent [M1/Intel test](https://markellisreviews.com/reviews/i-didnt-expect-that-m1-macbook-air-vs-16-macbook-pro/) revealed that the M1 with just 8GB RAM struggles when given two relatively taxing concurrent tasks. It surprised me. But it didn’t surprise others. The more these machines are used, reviewed and pondered upon, the more we see articles comparing the RAM options and providing buying guides centred almost entirely on that topic. However, I tend to agree with some analysts who believe we’re heading for a ‘RAM-less’ future where that part of the Mac’s internals is simply abstracted away. Let’s be honest, that’s nearly always been the case with iOS devices; we only know how much RAM they have because of Geek Bench. Apple doesn’t think we should care. I don’t. The 8GB in this Air I’m typing on right now is ample for 95% of everything I want it to do. It never feels hamstrung, underpowered or ‘lacking memory’. That in itself means RAM has pretty much been abstracted away from my daily workflow – but it’s also why I still use my iMac and 16” MacBook Pro. Put simply, if your workflow doesn’t require sustained, intensive workloads, an 8GB M1 laptop is absolutely fine. ## I’m not sure what the lack of that single graphics core means I purchased the base-spec M1 MacBook Air with the 7-core graphics. I don’t know what’s happened to that other core, or why Apple deemed it necessary to remove it if you wanted the cheapest iteration of this machine. But I don’t think I miss it. At all. A case in point; this Air *flies* through 4K video editing and rendering in Final Cut Pro. And it’s absolutely stunning in Lightroom, which isn’t even running natively for the chip. The Lightroom performance is one of the highlights for me, actually. It is no different whatsoever to the £3,500+ 16” MacBook Pro on which I normally edit my photos. Yikes. ## The lack of a new design doesn’t matter It doesn’t. I’d like smaller bezels too. But the Air is still a beautiful machine and an iconic design. ## I miss four ports I really do. It’s amazing how quickly you get used to four ports on the Pro laptops, if nothing more than for the simple convenience of being able to plug the charger in on either side. Thank god for that battery life, right? ## It has replaced my iPad Pro I’ll be exploring this a little more in future articles, but I no longer pick up my [iPad Pro with magic keyboard for writing](https://youtu.be/drIwlLFimFU) duties or light work. I also doubt I’ll bother taking it out and about with me when working from coffee shops. The iPad Pro, for me, has returned to ‘media consumption’ status. That makes this M1 MacBook Air an iPad Pro replacement. Kinda ironic, right? ## ….but why won’t it replace my 16” MacBook Pro? 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**We may earn compensation from reviewed products. Learn about our [editorial policies](https://markellisreviews.com/editorial-guidelines/#earning-disclosure).** “eBay is flooded with MacBook 16,” said one comment on my [5 things I’ve learned about the 16” MacBook Pro video](https://youtu.be/ngJg9_4Wgxc). I’ve not been on the world’s largest second-hand marketplace to check this claim, but he may well be right. However, I won’t be selling mine just yet – even after having used this M1 MacBook Air for a week and being more impressed by it than any other computer I’ve ever owned. There’s one very good reason for not letting go of the 16”, which I’ll get onto later, but first, here’s a completely random list of the things I’ve discovered after a little over a week with the M1 MacBook Air. ## The battery is legitimately amazing I’ve not done any scientific tests or benchmarks with this. I’ve not even bothered to look at the battery performance stats in macOS (naughty reviewer, right?). As always, I’m far more interested in how this device *feels*. The M1 MacBook Air feels iPad-like when it comes to battery life. It is no longer something I worry about. That’s the easiest way to describe it. I know it needs charging occasionally, but not to the point where I fear for my productivity life whenever it hurtles below 50%. However, it’s the standby time which is most impressive for me, and which doesn’t appear to get much coverage. It just doesn’t seem to budge when left closed overnight on my coffee table. Again, I’ve not done any kind of technical comparison with this, but I swear it never loses a percentage point, battery-wise when left dormant. The battery life is as brilliant as everyone says it is, and it genuinely makes a difference to the impact the device has on your life – more than any other feature, in my book. ## I’ve not tried to run any iOS apps… ‘cause this is a Mac You can, apparently, run iOS apps on these M1 Macs, relatively easily. I haven’t bothered. And it’s for the same reason I haven’t attempted to run Windows on it or shoehorn Linux into its Apple internals. It just feels utterly pointless and primed for disappointment. This is a Mac without a touchscreen. I’ll wait for iOS apps I yearn for on this platform (there aren’t any) to become *properly* available. There’s a reason most people who have tried iOS apps on an M1 Mac have been disappointed with the results. ## I’ve had zero software problems Here’s a list of the non-Apple software I use on this machine: - Fantastical - Chrome (occasionally) - Spark email client - Omnifocus - Toggl - Teams - Trello - Slack - Ulysses - Word - Excel - Photoshop - Lightroom - Day One - Twitter Now, if truth be told, I don’t know how many of the above are M1-native, but I know many are running through Rosetta 2. They all work flawlessly. Even Microsoft’s stuff. However, I still don’t really understand why we have to manually install Rosetta 2 – even if it’s a one-time affair. Why isn’t it included in the macOS install by default? It’s not big deal, but it just strikes me as odd and a little bit too ‘behind baseball’ for Apple. ## 8GB vs 16GB appears to be the main talking point My recent [M1/Intel test](https://markellisreviews.com/reviews/i-didnt-expect-that-m1-macbook-air-vs-16-macbook-pro/) revealed that the M1 with just 8GB RAM struggles when given two relatively taxing concurrent tasks. It surprised me. But it didn’t surprise others. The more these machines are used, reviewed and pondered upon, the more we see articles comparing the RAM options and providing buying guides centred almost entirely on that topic. However, I tend to agree with some analysts who believe we’re heading for a ‘RAM-less’ future where that part of the Mac’s internals is simply abstracted away. Let’s be honest, that’s nearly always been the case with iOS devices; we only know how much RAM they have because of Geek Bench. Apple doesn’t think we should care. I don’t. The 8GB in this Air I’m typing on right now is ample for 95% of everything I want it to do. It never feels hamstrung, underpowered or ‘lacking memory’. That in itself means RAM has pretty much been abstracted away from my daily workflow – but it’s also why I still use my iMac and 16” MacBook Pro. Put simply, if your workflow doesn’t require sustained, intensive workloads, an 8GB M1 laptop is absolutely fine. ## I’m not sure what the lack of that single graphics core means I purchased the base-spec M1 MacBook Air with the 7-core graphics. I don’t know what’s happened to that other core, or why Apple deemed it necessary to remove it if you wanted the cheapest iteration of this machine. But I don’t think I miss it. At all. A case in point; this Air *flies* through 4K video editing and rendering in Final Cut Pro. And it’s absolutely stunning in Lightroom, which isn’t even running natively for the chip. The Lightroom performance is one of the highlights for me, actually. It is no different whatsoever to the £3,500+ 16” MacBook Pro on which I normally edit my photos. Yikes. ## The lack of a new design doesn’t matter It doesn’t. I’d like smaller bezels too. But the Air is still a beautiful machine and an iconic design. ## I miss four ports I really do. It’s amazing how quickly you get used to four ports on the Pro laptops, if nothing more than for the simple convenience of being able to plug the charger in on either side. Thank god for that battery life, right? ## It has replaced my iPad Pro I’ll be exploring this a little more in future articles, but I no longer pick up my [iPad Pro with magic keyboard for writing](https://youtu.be/drIwlLFimFU) duties or light work. I also doubt I’ll bother taking it out and about with me when working from coffee shops. The iPad Pro, for me, has returned to ‘media consumption’ status. That makes this M1 MacBook Air an iPad Pro replacement. Kinda ironic, right? ## ….but why won’t it replace my 16” MacBook Pro? So, the rub, as they say; why am I not throwing my 16” MacBook Pro onto eBay now that I have this little monster of an M1 Air? It’s mainly because I spent so much money on the former. It was an investment for my business, and one from which I intend to wring every ounce of value. It’s still blisteringly fast (despite the fan noise and heat), and has one huge advantage over the Air: that 16” screen. It’s big, cumbersome and heavy, but the 16” MacBook Pro’s screen is important for video editors like me. It’s too big to be a portable writing device, but that’s where the Air slots in nicely. And yes, I know not everyone has the resources – or inclination – to have two laptops, but for my business, it works brilliantly. And, regardless, [my next Apple Silicon-powered Mac is going to be an iMac](https://markellisreviews.com/tech-opinion/my-next-apple-silicon-mac-will-be-an-imac-heres-why/).

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