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[](https://medium.com/@evalegacy?source=post_page---byline--3ee7a5275e34---------------------------------------) [Eva L. ☼](https://medium.com/@evalegacy?source=post_page---byline--3ee7a5275e34---------------------------------------) 8 min read · Feb 1, 2021 \-- 4 Share Press enter or click to view image in full size ![]() Image by [Apple Press Room](https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/11/introducing-the-next-generation-of-mac/) After two weeks of using/testing the new Macbook Air M1 (2020), I can tell you that all the great things and bad things you’ve heard about the M1 line are all true. My Macbook Pro 2017 battery was already starting to deteriorate after reaching the 500th cycle, and the final kill was updating it to Big Sur. I never intended to go for the first generation of the M1 chip, but given that I was computer-less and Apple offers 14 days no-question asked return policy. I decided to give it a try. 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