So I think at this point, we can all agree
that the new M1 Macs are an awesome piece of technology
that's completely disrupted the personal computing industry
and has blown the Intel and Microsoft equivalents
out of the water.
But as good as they are
the M1 Macs still have their own issues.
And in this video,
I'm going to discuss five of them.
Starting off with number one.
And that is the inability to output
to two external displays at the same time.
Now the M1 Mac mini can do this without issue,
but the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, simply can't.
You can use a display link adapter
but that requires buying an expensive hub.
And it is nowhere near as good
as simply plugging both displays in
using a USB-C cable direct
to the MacBook.
For me personally,
and I think a lot of other users
this isn't a big deal
as we would only ever use one external display at a time.
But for many, it's a deal breaker.
Moving on to number two,
and that is the read and write speeds
of external drives plugged in via
the USB-C ports on the M1 Macs.
Quite often, they just aren't as good as they were
on the old Intel Mac versions.
Here's a speed test using a Samsung T five SSD.
You can see it's faster on the 2017 Intel MacBook Pro,
versus the new M1 MacBook Pro.
Now, after doing some research on this
the issue isn't 100% clear.
It could be firmware issues on either
the M1 Macs or even the external drives themselves.
So hopefully in the near future, this will be updated.
But at this point it's difficult to predict.
The drives still work very well
and are still quite fast.
But some just won't reach their maximum speeds
for whatever reason.
On to number three.
And this is perhaps the biggest issue for many people.
The reality is, many apps and programs either
just won't be available on the new Apple Silicon
for a while, or won't be optimized.
We can see this with programs such as Parallels
or the Adobe Suite,
which either straight up don't work or have to
run off the Rosetta 2 emulation.
For those of you not familiar,
Rosetta 2 is essentially translating Intel based
programs to run on Apple Silicon.
It has a performance hit of about 20%
but the M1 chip is just so powerful,
many of these apps are still outperforming
their native Intel counterparts.
Luckily, many companies are rushing to support the M1 chip.
like DaVinci, who recently released their 17.1 beta
fully supporting the M1.
However, I expect that it will take the next
12 months or so to see a significant amount of support
and optimization take place.
So you might be inclined to hold off on purchasing an M1
device until this takes place.
Moving on to number four, and that is Bluetooth issues.
Many, many people have reported issues connecting
and pairing devices via Bluetooth on their M1 Macs.
I experienced some of this myself,
when I tried to pair my Logitech MX Master mouse
and Apple wireless keyboard with my M1 Mac mini.
It took a long time to finally get them to pair
and work properly.
But it worked fine on my MacBook Air.
Hopefully, Apple will release software updates to fix it
for good, but for now it can be quite annoying
if you are affected by it.
Lastly, number five, Apple, certainly isn't stupid.
They well and truly realize how powerful their M1 chips are.
And how far ahead of the competition Apple is as a whole.
I expect they will be pumping billions of dollars
into research and development to keep improving
and releasing updated Apple Silicon Macs
as quickly as they possibly can.
But what does this mean for you?
Well, there's a very, very strong
possibility that Apple could release an M2
or similarly branded version of Mac
this time next year.
Which will absolutely destroy the current lineup
in terms of raw power and performance.
Now, usually I recommend to simply just buy
whatever meets your needs now,
if you need to upgrade.
And don't fall into the trap of waiting a few more months
to see what's around the corner.
As we saw with the previous Intel generations
over the last 10 years, we saw an average
of about only a 10 to 15% improvement each year
with the updated Mac models.
Is this worth waiting 12 months for?
Absolutely not.
But the problem now, is that right now
this is the very first edition of Apple Silicon
It's essentially a beta version.
There is a very real possibility that this time next year
they will release an M2 version that could be
two, three or even four times more powerful than this one.
And that is a significant change.
Is it worth waiting for?
Well, that decision is up to you.
If you need to upgrade right now
you certainly won't be disappointed
if you go with one of the current M1 Macs.
Anyway, guys that's it for me for this video.
Hope you enjoyed those five points.
If you have any questions or comments
leave them in the comment section below.
I do my best to get back to everyone.
But apart from that,
thank you for watching
and I'll catch you in the next one.