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MBP 14 M1 Pro vs M1 Air 13 comparison

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MBP 14 M1 Pro vs M1 Air 13 comparison

ctjack

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Just thought that i will leave it here for lurkers that might be on the fence.

Reference: Own M1 Air 13 8/512 for 3 years and MBP 14 M1 Pro base 16/512 for 1 year. The thing is that I never had a chance to use MBP 14 fully in a year(9 charging cycles) due to moving out.

As of now, was able to equip my WFH setup with 4k 27 + 1080p 24 displays. Obviously, Air would not be able to drive 2 externals without display link and high cost relevant to it.

Observation: Oh man. That is it. Jumping on and off for 1 year with 9 cycles have shown 0 difference or even M1 Air being faster due to polished BigSur and MBP 14 was lagging on its' own with built-in screen specifically when using web outlook.

Right now, since equipped with the table and 2 screens, I can fully confirm that MBP 14(updated to latest MacOS Monterey) is much noticeably faster than the Air 8/512.

Suffice to say that driving 2 screens put the MBP at extra +1.5GB of used RAM, which Air simply doesn't have a chance to juggle with.
Basically now my M1 Air with single 4k 27 screen microlags here and there when MBP 14 with 2 doesn't even sweat.

If you are on the fence, MBP 14 is a clear winner for the involved work. Though for reading news and watching youtube there is no real difference. Everything changes once you start using external screens - MBP 14 keeps chugging not noticing additional screens.


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