Reddit · r/macbookpro · 15 days ago
Owns the 2025 15 inch M4 Air with 1TB and 32GB for travel; calls it a great machine but the screen causes eyestrain in dim places, fine on an external monitor.
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Reddit · r/macbookpro · 20 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro, four months old, uses about 75% of the battery in a 7 hour day, 95% capacity at 89 cycles, and they are disappointed compared with their 2020 M1 MacBook Pro.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 23 days ago
Their 15-inch M5 Air (16GB/1TB) throttled too much during software development, so they traded it in toward a MacBook Pro.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 23 days ago
The open-box 14-inch M5 Pro (48GB) they were sold was defective, so they got a brand new one at a lower price instead.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 32 days ago
Their M1 Pro MacBook Pro is nearly five years old and still at 97% battery health, mostly kept plugged in.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 33 days ago
Their new 16-inch M5 Max got 15-18 hours per charge during setup and is about 30% better than their previous M4 Pro.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 33 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro (24GB/1TB), used for 3D modeling and Autocad, is at 95% battery health after four months despite mostly staying plugged in.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 34 days ago
Moving from a 13-inch M5 Air to the 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro for work, they noticed somewhat worse battery life but still find it amazing overall.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 34 days ago
Charging between 30 and 80%, their old base M1 MacBook Pro kept 91% battery health over five years and 254 cycles, lasting longer than the M5 Pro that replaced it.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 35 days ago
Their 16-inch M4 Max is still at 100% battery health with about 70 cycles after 10 months, used plugged in most of the time.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 35 days ago
Their base M5 MacBook Pro is at 91% battery health after 156 cycles, having dropped to 96% within three months.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 35 days ago
Their 16-inch M5 Pro (64GB/2TB), bought in May, sits at 100% battery health after 28 cycles.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
16 inch M5 Pro 64GB, about 150 days old, mostly used plugged in, with 131 cycles and 99% battery health.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 16 inch M1 Pro lasts around 8 hours from 80% to 20% on daily use with camera on for online classes and display at max settings.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Has had the 14 inch M5 for almost a year with optimized charging at 80%, mostly plugged in, and reports 100% maximum capacity after 147 cycles.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their base M5 14-inch MacBook Pro usually lasts a full day with coding, light local LLM work, browsing and media.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their MacBook Pro M4 shows 100% battery health at 90 cycles.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 16-inch M5 Pro is at 100% battery health after 26 cycles with near daily use, mostly plugged in at work.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 16-inch M5 Pro with 48GB is used 10-12 hours a day plugged in, with 12 cycles and 100% battery capacity.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Four months into owning their 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro, the battery drains much faster than in the first month, with heavy video editing use.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro with 24GB, charge limit set to 80%, lasts all day on battery.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their work-issued M5 MacBook Pro, used for six months, keeps 100% capacity and lasts an 8 hour day unless the workload is very heavy.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 36 days ago
Their 14-inch M5 Pro gets only about 4-6 hours unplugged with Claude, writing and Excel work.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 40 days ago
Uses an M1 MacBook Air bought for under $800 in 2021 as a nights and weekends laptop; finds it indestructible, very fast and incredibly valuable.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 72 days ago
Their M1 MacBook Air is crooked and worn but still going strong.
Reddit · r/mac · 135 days ago
Bought an M3 MacBook Pro that showed an MDM pop-up during Wi-Fi setup, but no profile was installed and it has worked fine since setup.
Reddit · r/mac · 135 days ago
Bought the same 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro for $200 untested with a broken display, got the 24GB spec, and used it to upgrade the motherboard of their worn M1.
Reddit · r/mac · 136 days ago
Bought a used 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro (1TB, 24GB) on eBay for $600; it passes diagnostics with 94% battery health but has an undisclosed dent and possible MDM registration problems.
Reddit · r/mac · 164 days ago
Their 16GB M1 Air struggled on macOS Tahoe with much worse game performance, so they plan to downgrade to Sequoia.
Reddit · r/mac · 164 days ago
Uses an 8GB/256GB M1 Air daily, always updated to the latest macOS with no issues and unchanged battery life.
Reddit · r/mac · 164 days ago
Their 8GB M1 Air runs the latest macOS (Tahoe) beautifully.
Reddit · r/mac · 164 days ago
Had to downgrade their 8GB/256GB M1 Air from macOS Tahoe back to Sequoia because it became very slow.
Reddit · r/mac · 164 days ago
Noticed no slowdown on their M1 Air after updating macOS; it stays as fast as before.
Reddit · r/mac · 164 days ago
On their M1 Air with the original battery, macOS Tahoe cut performance noticeably versus earlier versions, while Sequoia matched Big Sur.
Reddit · r/mac · 164 days ago
Their base M1 MacBook Air runs the latest macOS fine for video and photo editing, a bit of coding and school work.
Reddit · r/mac · 164 days ago
Used a 2022 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM for over three years; performance still feels smooth with no bugs or slowdowns.
Reddit · r/mac · 164 days ago
Owns the same 13-inch M2 MacBook Pro and is happy on Tahoe for daily browsing and light work, with Logic getting crunchy under many plugins.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 190 days ago
Bought the M5 MacBook Pro a month after launch and within a week heard ticking from both sides of the hinge and the bottom panel.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 190 days ago
Went back to their regular M4 MacBook Pro after a week with an M5 Air; the Pro is smoother with a better display, though the gap felt small.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 192 days ago
Replaced a 16 inch M2 Pro with the 15 inch M4 Air for development. Found it amazingly light and thin and powerful enough to notice no difference, though the missing ports are the main thing they miss.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 192 days ago
Bought the 16 inch M2 Pro for the better screen and performance but found it bulky, heavy and terrible to travel with, so replaced it with a lighter Air.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 192 days ago
Owns a 16 inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro, calls it the heaviest laptop they have owned but loves it.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 192 days ago
Uses a four year old 16 inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro as their main computer for work and entertainment, and prefers its 120Hz display over an Air they sold.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 193 days ago
Uses the 16 inch M4 Pro MacBook Pro for serious work thanks to its bigger, brighter display and ports, but finds it and its charger heavy to carry, so alternates with an Air on the go.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 193 days ago
Used the original M1 Air until recently and says it was enough for on-the-go creative work away from the office.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 193 days ago
Started with an M1 MacBook Pro 16 and found it an absolute powerhouse but not very portable, which led them to try an Air.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 193 days ago
Still uses a 16 inch M1 MacBook Pro and wants to switch to an Air for the same reasons as the poster, but may wait for a better Air display.
Reddit · r/laptops · 199 days ago
Owns an M1 MacBook Air and plays a lot of Roblox on it. It runs smoothly at medium settings with no problems and has very good battery life.
Reddit · r/laptops · 245 days ago
Used only about 20 percent of the battery over a full day of light use on the base M5 MacBook Pro, with nonstop music streaming, documents and browsing.
Reddit · r/laptops · 250 days ago
Has used an M1 MacBook Air for three years and finds the battery life still amazing, better than most Intel or AMD laptops.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 273 days ago
Owns a 13-inch M4 Air and reports the last charge was three days earlier.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 273 days ago
Has the M4 Air 15 with 24GB/512GB, their first MacBook; battery lasts over two days of coffee shop sessions of about three hours each and they are happy with it.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 273 days ago
Their M1 MacBook Air took a big fall and suffered no damage at all.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 274 days ago
Owns the 15-inch M3 Air whose battery easily lasts over 10 hours on Sequoia, and suspects the newer macOS is behind another user's battery problems.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 274 days ago
College user who charges their 13-inch M4 Air only twice a week.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 274 days ago
Five years in, their M1 Air has 85 percent battery health and speakers that sound louder and crisper than a new M4 Air in a side-by-side test; calls it built like a tank.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 274 days ago
After 4.5 years of heavy on-the-go use and 1200 cycles, their M1 Air battery is at 69 percent capacity and lasts about three hours.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 274 days ago
Likes their base 8GB/256GB M1 Air after nearly three years but is running out of storage, and the 8GB of RAM is the main reason they consider upgrading.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 274 days ago
Has an M1 MacBook Air with 16GB and 1TB on Sonoma that still performs amazingly well.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 275 days ago
Upgraded from an M1 Air to a 32GB/1TB M4 Air 15 and was disappointed: battery ends around 15% after 4-5 hours in a cafe, and it runs noticeably hotter than the M1.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 275 days ago
Gets about two days of use from their 13-inch M4 Air and notes the 15-inch screen on the original poster's model may explain the weaker battery.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 275 days ago
Upgraded from a 13-inch M1 Air to a 15-inch M4 Air with 32GB/512GB and gets more than 10 hours of battery on Sequoia.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 275 days ago
Their 16GB M1 Air never needed a charger on trips, though its 256GB SSD kept running out of space, which prompted the upgrade.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 280 days ago
Bought the 13 inch Air with 32GB RAM for software development and occasional 3D work and says it works well.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 322 days ago
They also own the 15-inch M3 MacBook Air, which clearly outlasts their ThinkPad with roughly 18 hours of battery.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 337 days ago
Develops on an M1 Air with 16GB RAM running Tahoe and says it never lags.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 338 days ago
Owns the 15-inch M4 Air in Midnight, calls it fantastic and says fingerprints and marks are a non-issue with an occasional wipe.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 338 days ago
Keeps a 16-inch M3 Pro docked to large screens at home and uses a lighter Air for moving around.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 339 days ago
Recently received a 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro from their company and finds it great.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 339 days ago
Moved from a hot, stuttery Intel Air to the M1 Air and found the heat and lag problems gone, a night and day difference.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 339 days ago
Their five-year-old M1 Air still copes with upwards of 150 open tabs across Chrome and Firefox.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 340 days ago
Uses the 13-inch M3 Air with 16GB for Parallels Windows games, Discord calls, many tabs and streaming, and finds it handles it all impressively well.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 340 days ago
Still uses a base M1 Air after four years as a first Mac and finds it snappy and impressive.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 342 days ago
Switched from a 16 inch M1 MacBook Pro to a 15 inch M4 Air with 24GB; prefers it for being lighter with similar performance, and only the speakers are worse.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 343 days ago
Has used an M1 Air since launch and only recently sees it showing its age, with great years of use that would make them choose an Air again.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 344 days ago
Bought the 15 inch M4 Air with 16GB on a sale for about 650 dollars; handles heavy browsing and creative work, with the 60Hz screen the only compromise.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 345 days ago
Switched from a 14 inch M1 Max MacBook Pro with 32GB RAM to the Air M4 with 32GB for full-stack development; battery easily outlasts the Pro, stays cool and silent, and is very light.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 345 days ago
Backend developer who moved from a 16 inch M1 Pro to the 13 inch M4 Air, with no regrets; the weight saving is worth the smaller screen.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 345 days ago
Used the 16 inch M1 Pro since launch and never heard the fans.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 412 days ago
Still uses an M1 Air that is doing just fine, and is only thinking about upgrading to an M4 Air or a Pro.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 414 days ago
Spilled coffee on their work M1 MacBook Air and has been stuck dealing with the damage for a long time.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 424 days ago
Uses their 15-inch M2 MacBook Air mostly as a dumb terminal and for basic browsing, with a Windows VM for Office. Chose it for the display and battery life at that price.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 427 days ago
Bought a 2020 M1 MacBook Air new in Asia for about 400 pounds, cheaper than a used one costs locally.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 428 days ago
Bought the mid-2022 M2 MacBook Pro in 8GB/512GB, finds that enough, and loves the design.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 428 days ago
Got the mid-2022 M2 MacBook Pro to replace a 2017 HP with an Intel i3 and found a huge difference.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 428 days ago
Still uses their M1 Touch Bar MacBook Pro and still enjoys the Touch Bar.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 428 days ago
Used to own the mid-2022 M2 MacBook Pro and had zero complaints.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 444 days ago
Owned a 2020 M1 MacBook Air 256GB/8GB that still had 94 percent battery health when they sold it two weeks earlier to move to an M4.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 445 days ago
Bought an M1 Air at release and barely used it at first, but occasionally is reminded how fast it is and how great its battery life is, and is glad they bought it.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 448 days ago
Just bought a brand new 15-inch M4 MacBook Air and admits they do not actually need it.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 449 days ago
Says most of their purchases end in regret but not this 13-inch MacBook Air M4, which they call perfection after coming from a 15-inch Windows laptop.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 449 days ago
Bought a 16-inch M4 Max MacBook Pro for making music but still does their work on a PC.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 449 days ago
Bought a 14-inch M4 Pro 24GB/512GB MacBook Pro and is perfectly fine with it, then added an M4 Air two months later out of FOMO and now uses both.
Reddit · r/laptops · 453 days ago
Got an M1 Air from salvage despite disliking MacBooks, and it changed their opinion enough that they now own it plus an M1 Pro MacBook Pro.
Reddit · r/laptops · 454 days ago
Bought a first Mac a couple of months earlier and found it very fast, silent and heat-free, with a great screen, keyboard and touchpad.
Reddit · r/laptops · 454 days ago
Owns an M1 Air alongside a Surface Laptop 7 and sees no performance barriers, so has no reason to upgrade; likes quick wakeup.
Reddit · r/laptops · 454 days ago
Uses a 16-inch M1 MacBook Pro and keeps returning gaming laptops because none match its level; finds the Zephyrus G16 close but hotter with shorter battery.
Reddit · r/laptops · 454 days ago
Still calls their 16-inch M1 MacBook Pro an incredible machine; as an IT admin who tried many premium laptops, finds rivals compromise on heat, battery, trackpads or materials.
Reddit · r/mac · 514 days ago
Bought a 16-inch MacBook Pro (described later as the 2021 M1 model) that had display problems almost immediately, needed a logic board replacement, and kept having screen issues and later keyboard and trackpad failure.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 521 days ago
Upgraded from an M1 Air to a 16-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro and loves the much bigger screen, with the weight not bothering them in a backpack.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 522 days ago
Has not heard the fans on the 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro once in the month since buying it.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 522 days ago
Bought the base M4 MacBook Pro and loved the screen and speakers, but found it too heavy for a compact bag and returned it for an M4 Air.
Reddit · r/thinkpad · 523 days ago
Work-provided 16-inch M1 MacBook Pro leaves them very satisfied with performance, though they find the keyboard on their ThinkPad P14s Gen 2 AMD a lot better.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 523 days ago
Bought the base 13-inch M4 Air and liked it a lot over a month, then exchanged it for the M4 MacBook Pro 14 for the better display and extras.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 523 days ago
Loves the base 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro for its display, ports, storage, speakers and snappier performance, and finds the extra cost worth it.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 523 days ago
Has never heard the fans on the 16-inch M2 Pro MacBook Pro despite heavy daily work use, except when forcing the fan speed manually.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 523 days ago
Chose the M4 MacBook Pro 14 over a fanless Air for the same size as their school laptop, and says it runs everything including x86 games through Crossover.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 523 days ago
Bought a 13-inch MacBook Air with 24GB and 512GB, returned it the next day over heat and throttling for code compiling, and bought an M4 Pro MacBook Pro instead.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 523 days ago
Has a work M1 Pro 16 alongside an M3 Air and notes the weight difference when carrying it in a bag is huge.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 578 days ago
Loves their M2 Pro MacBook Pro 16 and is glad Apple kept that size, since the smaller ones feel like an iPad; laments that new MacBooks cannot be upgraded.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 582 days ago
Bought the 13-inch M4 Air with 512GB as a general purpose laptop and loves it, saying it is worth it if the budget allows.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 582 days ago
Just bought the M4 Air to run high-res audio and found it dramatically faster in single-core tasks than their M3 Max MacBook Pro, with the fastest page loads they have seen; only dislikes the chunkier form factor.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 582 days ago
Bought a 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro and uses it only for YouTube, finding that its display and sound make it a good fit.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 597 days ago
Runs an 8GB base M3 MacBook Pro with Chrome, Firefox, Slack, Zoom and VSCode open at once. Swap sits near 8GB but there have been no issues in two months.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 598 days ago
Developer with a 16GB M1 13-inch MacBook Pro bought near release, using a Docker-free workflow. It still works fine and should last about two more years.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 600 days ago
Used a 16GB M1 MacBook Air for development for four years with two VS Code windows, Docker, Chrome and emulators. Runs smoothly unless both emulators run together or a service leaks memory.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 600 days ago
Still uses a 16GB M1 MacBook Air for JS coding with several browsers, Slack, a local LLM and VS Code. Works great, with video editing slow but fine.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 600 days ago
Frontend developer on an 8GB M1 MacBook Air who finds it handles the job very well with 20+ Brave tabs, VSCode, Figma and sometimes Docker.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 600 days ago
Runs a full dev stack with Mongo Atlas, DBeaver and Slack on an 8GB M1 MacBook Air without trouble.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 600 days ago
Their 8GB M1 MacBook Air multitasks better than a 32GB Windows laptop, which they credit to optimization.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 615 days ago
Previously owned an M1 MacBook Air and found it a phenomenal machine, especially when travelling.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 618 days ago
Has not kept up with newer models because they are so happy with their M1 Air, though they will likely upgrade this summer.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 618 days ago
Wants to upgrade their M1 Air because multiple streaming video tabs cause freezing even with 16GB, and keeps computers four to five years.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 618 days ago
Their M1 MacBook Air failed after two years, with the screen suddenly showing many lines, and they had to buy a replacement the same day.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 618 days ago
Their 16GB M1 Air still runs like a champ and they plan to keep it for several more generations.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 618 days ago
Loves their midnight 2022 M2 Air with 16GB despite fingerprint smudges, and is satisfied enough to buy the midnight M4 as the upgrade.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 643 days ago
Bought an M1 Air a year earlier for about 315 USD and is happy with it.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 654 days ago
Just got the M4 Max 16-inch and finds it absurdly fast; fans only spin up at a reasonable volume under heavy gaming.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 654 days ago
Bought a 512GB M1 Air used for 400 dollars last summer and is amazed by its speed, light weight, screen and sound, only wishing for 16GB RAM.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 654 days ago
Base 14-inch M1 Pro nearly three years old still operates like new.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 655 days ago
Two years of heavy college use on the base 2023 16-inch model; fans rarely come on and the battery is still close to day one.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 655 days ago
Bought the 14-inch M1 Pro in 2022 and sees no need to upgrade; battery shows only 36 cycles and 98% capacity.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 784 days ago
Bought a used 16GB M1 Air; has hit the 256GB storage limit a few times but it was not painful enough to fix, just keeping files on a thumb drive.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 784 days ago
Used a second-hand 2020 M1 MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM for four years without issue before an MDM lock appeared and needed a paid fix.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 784 days ago
Picked up a 2022 base M2 13-inch MacBook Pro (8GB, 256GB, Touch Bar) for $100 and uses it as a reliable work machine for light, non-CPU-heavy tasks.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 784 days ago
Bought the same M2 Touch Bar MacBook Pro for about 200 from a pawn shop a few weeks earlier and calls it a great laptop.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 785 days ago
Owns an M1 MacBook Air with 16GB RAM and 256GB SSD, calls it ahead of its time and their best purchase in a decade or more.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 787 days ago
Bought a 16 inch M1 MacBook Pro for light photo editing and AI photo work when the M3 had just launched, and has had no problems with it.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 787 days ago
Owns a 14 inch M1 MacBook Pro and describes it as a beast that handles anything thrown at it.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 787 days ago
Uses a 14 inch M1 Pro for video editing, colour grading and photography and has never had a massive issue with it.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 788 days ago
Bought a 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M3 Pro and calls it great; the 18GB RAM was all they could afford but has been fine for their work.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 800 days ago
Bought a used 14-inch M2 Pro for 500 dollars; screen lines appeared at first but later went away and it handles hours of photo and video editing fine.
Reddit · r/macbookpro · 800 days ago
Their M1 Air developed the same screen problem and needed a screen replacement costing about 400 euros at an authorised repair center.
Reddit · r/macbookair · 816 days ago
After upgrading last month from a 2015 MacBook Air to a 16-inch M2 Pro MacBook Pro, they are very happy with it.