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I had a top of the line 2019 MBP docked in a dual-display setup. A YouTube video, a video call, any sort of slightly more demanding workload and the fans would be on full blast. Switch over to the battery and it’d last 2 to 4 hours for typical web dev work.

I picked up an M1 Pro last week and it really has lived up to expectations. It’s silent no matter what I throw at it, far faster, and after 5 hours of use I still have 76% remaining.

The new MBP is as game-changing as everyone claims.

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It is the first laptop I can use in my lap for development without frying my balls in a long long time, I expect a jump in the fertility of software engineers in the next years.

I fully believe the M1 is game-changing, but that sounds like you're comparing it to an atrocious alternative. I have an HP Spectre x360 from 2018. The fans don't spin up unless I'm running heavy computation, and on battery, after 4 years, it still lasts about a workday.

I agree entirely. My point of reference is a laptop that was, in hindsight, a total disappointment. I'm bought into the Apple ecosystem though and it was the best Apple laptop that money could buy 3 years back.

I did look at Windows alternatives at the time but ultimately decided that I wanted to remain on Mac.

Sitting on a 2019 MBP now, I agree - this computer has been a disappointment. I'm tied to my charger for any days with more than 3 hours of planned use time.

> I picked up an M1 Pro last week and it really has lived up to expectations. It’s silent no matter what I throw at it, far faster, and after 5 hours of use I still have 76% remaining

That's what i expected too. I was really disappointed that after a two hour Teams call(browser) the battery was at 50%. I know Teams is a dumpster fire, but still, my multi year old Ubuntu XPS 13 did better than this.

I’ve yet to attempt a video call on battery power but I have heard of a similar experience from a friend.

It's still insane to me how bad the Intel Macs were.

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