what is going on everyone i am mike
welcome back to tech247 tv i'm so glad
that you're here today because we got a
lot to talk about
now in today's video we're going to talk
about why i am ditching this intel
inch macbook pro from 2019 which is on
paper
should be more powerful and better off
than this m1 macbook pro
13-inch let's get started
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now just to level set this macbook pro
that you see back here this is going to
be a 2019
15 inch macbook pro when it came out
retailed for about 4 400
and that included 2 terabyte storage it
included 32 gigs of ram
i9 8 core and it was a 2.4 gigahertz so
it was really the top-of-the-line
macbook pro at that point in time now
there's been a couple different
revisions
i would say it still hangs with the more
powerful macbooks that are out there
today
in terms of storage there are higher
storage tiers but this is
a very top-of-the-line mac now here this
is the
13-inch m1 macbook pro
8 core cpu 8 core gpu this has 16 gigs
of ram
uh aspect this is 16.99 and for all
intents and purposes
this should be again on paper the less
powerful machine but that's really not
the way that it's working so today we're
going to talk about
why i'm ditching this machine the
15-inch macbook pro for the 13-inch
so first and foremost is going to be the
footprint now obviously these are two
different size screens
uh which makes sense right this is a 15
inch this is a 13 inch the 13 inch is
lighter and by my standards that is a
better off
flip for me coming into 4.3 pounds this
comes at three pounds obviously it's one
third
lighter than it is this has a serious
advantage
when you consider what is with you all
day every day now
like some of you i am fortunate enough
where i get to work
from my desk every day i don't
necessarily have to leave my house
and even though this is smaller and i
also have to worry about
carrying my computer from place to place
when i do travel
i am less likely to need the power
adapter for the 13 inch just because the
way that the efficiency runs on this
machine
than i am for my 15 inch now that
actually kind of brings me to number two
when you're thinking about computational
performance the 13-inch macbook pro with
m1
is far more computationally efficient
when running like the everyday programs
that you're going to be running so if
you're running safari chrome
any app that's really optimized for the
m1
is going to be run more efficiently on
that machine than on the intel
in my experience so i can get three
hours of web browsing at
maybe three percent of battery usage in
comparison if i was using that on the
15-inch macbook pro that would probably
eat 30 of my battery
uh that and for my workflows you know
what i'm doing things that
most people are doing i'm using
photoshop lightroom office
i'm doing ecamm which is a live
broadcast software i'm on teams calls
microsoft teams calls
doing zoom i'm watching video whether
it's on youtube or on netflix
and this battery just rocks like you can
use it and you don't have to really
charge it for
any number of days right unless you're
significantly like using the battery
i'll give you an example
i was able to edit video on this macbook
pro the 13-inch macbook pro
for about two and a half hours uh and it
used the battery by about 20 percent
now i can tell you that if i were to
edit that same video on this intel
machine back here
i would probably have 40 battery life
and the temperature of the machine would
be significantly different so this
machine here
when it needs to kick on the fans it's
running at you know 130 140 150 160
degrees here this machine the 13-inch
macbook pro it runs cool
calm and comfortable at 91 degrees and
the fans are not kicking on
not to say that i haven't come across
instances where the fans needed to kick
on actually it's only been one or two
instances
but this machine runs much more quieter
much more cooler
and again it kind of plays into the
overall benefit of this machine it's
quieter it's smaller it's cooler
it's more efficient than the older intel
based macbook
now number four is going to be about
cost efficiency we think about cost
efficiency this machine as spec is one
thousand six hundred ninety nine dollars
the machine back here the macbook pro
the 15 inch is gonna be uh four thousand
four hundred dollars
so that's roughly about two and a half
times more expensive the 15-inch macbook
pro is than the 13-inch macbook pro two
and a half times is a lot of money when
you think about it
i'm able to get better performance in
every single workflow that i have
13-inch macbook pro
it's better at editing video and final
cut better adding audio and logic
uh it's better at browsing the web i
mean it's just better overall
and it's two and a half times cheaper so
you can get the same performance in
on a brand new machine for less cost is
a win-win
now i'm not saying that this machine is
a slouch by no means but what i am
saying is that
its days are numbered and when i say
that i'm getting rid of this machine i'm
going to try and resell it on the
secondary market
and i think for whoever buys it's going
to get good value because i'm obviously
not selling it for what cost i'm going
to sell it at a discount and
that is uh it's just a good overall
machine
now it's not all sunshine and rainbows
i'll be honest with you the 13-inch
macbook pro obviously it has a smaller
screen which depending on
what you do and how you use your
computer that may or may not be a big
deal
i end up hooking my computer up to this
thunderbolt display that we have here
and
that's where i'm using it most the time
otherwise i'm sitting on the couch and
when i'm on the couch i don't mind the
smaller display because my legs are not
on fire because this machine is just so
damn hot
now the other downside is going to be
that there are only two thunderbolt 3
ports on this machine
and for that i have a thunderbolt 3 dock
that i use
from cal digit it's a tb3 i'll put the
link down in the description in case
you're interested in
it but that gives me um so it frees up
the one port here i'm able to go ahead
and add
a number of different ports to it i get
a uhs card reader i get a number of
different usba ports
i get a display port and i get power as
well
uh for a small cost now does it
completely solve my problem of having
only two thunderbolt ports no it doesn't
but i think for the timing i'm okay and
i'm okay with spending the money and
getting this dock
because i'm still way way way under what
i have invested in this machine
that's also not talking about the fact
that i had a external gpu from
blackmagic that i was using with this 15
inch macbook pro
that cost another 1200 i was able to
sell that
and place that money towards this
machine and kind of the funny thing is
that i'm still getting better
performance
out of this machine this 13-inch macbook
pro than i am getting out of the 15-inch
macbook pro
with the e-gpu it is just that powerful
now if you are thinking about getting an
m1 mac pro mac mini
macbook air i would i would say the same
thing today that i said
three weeks ago is it's gonna be get it
there's no reason why you shouldn't you
shouldn't be afraid to get this machine
because
maybe your apps aren't supported the
only caveat is that if you are a
professional and you're thinking about
getting this
some of your plugins might not be
supported whether they're in logic
premiere
final cut whatever the case is you need
to investigate that but otherwise
the machine runs very very smoothly it's
very powerful it's super compact
and it's highly efficient those are all
hallmarks of a winning deal right you
know it has everything that you would
want as a consumer or a user of a
technology uh at a lower cost i mean
come out who wouldn't do that
so uh let me know what you guys think
about the m1 macbook pro tell me what
you think i'm crazy getting rid of my
intel-based 15-inch macbook pro down in
the comments below
now if you have any questions for me
regarding this machine or maybe specific
workflows when you compare them
let me know in the comments below i am
mike this is tech247tv i'm so glad that
you came out today because it was great
talking to you
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