I have at least one meeting every single day, some days, multiple meetings. These are my most used apps and they all sit in my Menu bar (except the Messages app, of course). I also have Text Expander, DropBox, 1Password, and the Messages app running in the background all day. The Mail app is open every hour of the day, refreshing in the background regularly. I have notifications turned on in the Mail app so I don't miss any important emails. Basically, Slack is running non-stop every hour of the day. I address those messages and usually close my laptop by about 7:00 AM so I can work out and take a shower before officially starting my day.Īt about 8:30, I begin working in earnest. I also launch Slack and check for any messages. I open my laptop at around 6:30 AM to check my email using the built-in Mail app for Mac. My average day looks something like this: I talk about compatibility issues with hardware below, so don't worry, you'll hear me complain.
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But this past few weeks, every single bit of computing was done on this MacBook Pro except for my podcasting, which is a complicated set up that I didn't want to have to disrupt for an hour or so two days each week. I usually spend most, if not all of my working day in front of my desktop iMac and only use the MacBook Pro in the evenings, on weekends, or if I'm away from home. I don't usually spend eight hours per day on my laptop. On occasion, I'd switch to a desk, or set the laptop in front of me on the coffee table, but if I'm using my MacBook Pro, I'm usually sitting on the couch with a pillow on my lap and my computer on top of the pillow. This is literally how I spend most of my time on my MacBook Pro. Actually, it's usually on a pillow on my lap so I have a better angle. I spent most of the past few weeks with this MacBook Pro on my lap. Most people don't do that sort of thing on an average day (though, some people may have 25 Chrome tabs open on occasion, which is why I did actually test this).
I think most people thinking about getting a base model MacBook Pro in 2020 are more like me, which is why I'm focusing my review on daily and even mundane tasks instead of compressing a 30-minute 4K video for YouTube or opening up 25 Chrome tabs to see if it'll crash my hard drive. I'm one of those people that buys a MacBook Pro because I consider myself to be a pro, but don't use all of the pro features. I'm not the kind of user that maxes out my processor compressing or compiling video every day.
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Rene Ritchie also has a very detailed video that covers MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini M1 chip benchmarks that I highly recommend. He gets deep into the weeds with all the details on benchmarks and performance. In fact, if you want to know the nerdy specs of the processing power of the M1 chip, read our review of the MacBook Air with M1 chip by Daniel Bader.
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I'm not going to talk about benchmarks and PC comparisons in this review. It should be a well-thought-out decision because you want it to last you a very long time. After all, your computer should last you half-a-decade, at a minimum. When it comes to computers, I'm much more conservative when making recommendations to others. There were a lot of big promises made, and the skeptic in me questioned just how much was marketing speak, but after spending a few weeks with the MacBook Pro with M1 chip, I can't even put into words just how impressed I am with the improvements the M1 chip brings to the Mac game. Just a few short weeks ago, Apple answered every question we had about what Apple Silicon is and what it means for the Mac.
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