Three Years with M1 MacBook Air

2024-08-04

Like Kev, I own a M1 MacBook Air since three years. And like Kev, I am still impressed.

This thing is absofuckinglutely phenomenal. (Kev)

It’s not the most expensive laptop I owned, but definitely among the top 3. With great invest, comes great expectations.

Changing the main operating system after 20 years felt risky. Before the M1, I only used a MacBook once as a work-machine.

But what can I say. Switching keyboard shortcuts between the private and work laptop is not ideal (I use Windows for work again), but I am still impressed with the speed and battery life of the M1. It can handle everything I request from it, boots in the blink of an eye and the battery lasts longer than in my most optimistic expectations.

Like Kev, after three years with the M1, I don’t feel like upgrading any time soon. It may be like the experience I made with mobile phones - the Apple devices are not the cheapest, but they last much longer in my service than other manufactures.

In general, I think I have never been this happy with an “outdated” tech stack before. The M1 is three years old, my iPhone is past its third birthday and my iPad is from 2017. The iPad is the only device where I recognize the age. It feels slow and I thought about upgrading it a couple of times. Not sure, however, if I will. I never found the niche for the iPad. It is too big for an everyday-carry and iPadOS has too much limitations to replace a proper laptop. If it was 100€, I wouldn’t think long about a replacement, but for the actual price tag, hm, I will most likely keep using it as long as possible.