PC Guy Shops for a MacBook

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00:00I do not like Mac OS, or at least I think I don't,

00:04but the last time I made a genuine attempt to switch

00:07was 10 years ago.

00:09So even if Microsoft hadn't spent the last decade

00:12speed running the destruction of Windows,

00:14I would be way overdue for a bite out of Tim's Apple.

00:18So I'm doing it.

00:20After switching to the iPhone

00:21and honestly not really liking it, I'm doubling down.

00:25I am embracing Apple's philosophy,

00:27which is that if I'm not enjoying their product,

00:29it's probably because I haven't bought enough

00:32of their other products yet.

00:34So I need a MacBook for my commuter backpack

00:36and a Mac for my desk.

00:38And I will either discover

00:40why the heck people love these things so much,

00:42or I'll discover why they still only have 15% market share.

00:45But before I can do either of those things,

00:47which ones do I choose?

00:50That is where I come in.

00:51I have assembled a trough,

00:53I mean, a trove of apples behind us,

00:56and I have recruited a couple of Mac advisors

00:58to help him make the right decision.

01:00And there's stakes?

01:01Stakes, what stakes?

01:03Oh, yes, the stakes.

01:04At the end of this video,

01:05you don't get to just take something off of the table.

01:08You have to pull out your credit card

01:10and buy the exact spec of what we decide

01:12is going to be best for you.

01:14Then you get to exclusively use your Macs for a month

01:16and see how it goes.

01:18Oh, so no pressure then.

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01:42Let's start things off with the dark horse option,

01:53the iPad Pro.

01:55In fairness to him,

01:56the performance really is very close to a MacBook.

01:59It even uses the same 10-core M4 processor,

02:02which is kind of incredible when you look at this thing,

02:05but the processing isn't even the real reason

02:08you'd want one.

02:09The real reason is the display.

02:11This is a 13-inch tandem OLED panel

02:14that goes up to 1,600 nits,

02:17and it's one of the best displays we have ever seen,

02:20just period.

02:21The brightness combined with those perfect blacks

02:23of the OLED makes visuals pop in a way

02:25that pretty much nothing else can.

02:27Except for one small problem.

02:28I'd be stuck with iPad OS,

02:30not to mention the stupid ergonomics.

02:33So tell you what, you can take one of these,

02:36but I'm more interested in a real laptop.

02:39You know, the kind that fits on a lap.

02:42Yeah.

02:43So wait, am I switching too?

02:45I don't see why you should make me switch

02:47and you shouldn't have to.

02:48Because originally, like, I was okay with that,

02:50but now we're in February

02:51and the cool laptops are coming out.

02:53Should've thought of that before you pushed this video.

02:56Looking at Apple's Air and Pro MacBooks then,

02:59there are a few key things to consider,

03:01with one being performance.

03:03Apple's lineup is a cluster right now.

03:06So depending on which shell you prefer,

03:08your processor choices might be limited

03:11not to the latest CPUs,

03:13but rather to a generation or even two generations ago.

03:16For my use case though,

03:17which is mostly word processing and Google Docs,

03:20performance is not a major consideration

03:22and there weren't any major efficiency gains

03:25in terms of battery life,

03:26going from the M3 to the M4.

03:29Not to mention that the weight and thinness

03:31of a MacBook Air is also very appealing.

03:34But there are some areas where the Pro clearly pulls ahead.

03:38For me, the Pro models could make more sense.

03:41Even configured with the same CPU,

03:43they have better cooling,

03:44enabling them to turbo for much longer.

03:46For all the solid works you'll be doing.

03:49Apparently it works great now.

03:50What, really?

03:51Yeah, in parallels.

03:52You just have to spend a hundred bucks on getting that.

03:55That's the Mac way.

03:57You can do anything you want.

03:58Just gotta spend.

03:59Regardless of what kind of work we're doing,

04:00we'll be doing it on a liquid retina display.

04:03But it's worth noting that that marketing term

04:05doesn't actually tell us that much about the performance.

04:08On the Air, it only goes to 500 nits peak brightness,

04:1160 Hertz.

04:12While on the Pro, it'll do up to 120 Hertz

04:16and up to 1600 nits for incredible visuals.

04:19That is everywhere other than the camera notch.

04:22Another problem for the Air are the ports.

04:25You get two Thunderbolt 4 ports,

04:26MagSafe and a headphone jack.

04:29That is it.

04:30On the Pro, there isn't a whole lot more,

04:32but the additional Thunderbolt port, SD card reader,

04:34and in particular, the HDMI 2.1 port

04:37are very, very welcome.

04:39On the topic of HDMI output,

04:41I rarely plug more than one external display into my laptop,

04:45but if you need more,

04:46your mileage may vary depending on the CPU you use.

04:50You realize you're gonna have to put this down

04:51at some point and pick one, right?

04:52I know, but it's just like Surface Laptop Bad Edition here.

04:59I don't think there's any option

05:00other than the Air for me.

05:02I kinda want the Air.

05:03I'm just really concerned about the cooling

05:05because I'm guessing SolidWorks probably runs inefficiently.

05:09Yeah.

05:09And I think after like five to 10 minutes,

05:12this thing will just be hitting thermal limits

05:15and not able to do it.

05:17Well, not only that, but the skin temperature

05:18is probably not gonna be dangerous

05:20because Apple makes sure that it isn't,

05:22but what it won't be is great.

05:24Yeah.

05:25I don't even know if I want from a bigger one.

05:27I don't know, the 15's pretty nice.

05:29Oh no.

05:31How much more is it though?

05:33I don't wanna spend any more on this than I have to, Alex.

05:36Fair enough.

05:37Yeah, this seems fine.

05:3816 gigs unified memory, 256 gigs SSD.

05:41Sure.

05:42Yeah, how much faster is an M3?

05:44Because everything I've heard,

05:45people are just pretty happy with their M-series silicon,

05:48regardless of what generation it is these days.

05:50Yeah, not much.

05:51I'm just gonna get the M2.

05:53A thousand US dollars is enough to spend on a machine

05:55that I don't even want.

05:56How about you?

05:57Are you gonna consider pricing at all?

05:58Or because we're not buying you one,

06:00are you just gonna grab whatever you want off the table?

06:02Yeah, I think it's just gonna be this one.

06:04Is this an M2 or an M3?

06:05I think it's an M2.

06:07Oh, okay.

06:08So conveniently, this is basically what I'm getting.

06:10Yeah.

06:12Of course, we're not done.

06:14I'm also gonna need a desktop or two.

06:17So let's kick things off with a classic, the iMac,

06:20which, man, Alex, I know you wrote up a whole bit

06:23about this thing, but let's be realistic.

06:26These small screen, limited IO,

06:28non-upgradable e-waste machines

06:30are aimed at the kinds of folks

06:31who desire beauty over functionality,

06:33which, let's face it, I am not.

06:37So why don't we move on to something

06:40a little more practical, the new Mac mini.

06:44I am a huge fan of this little beast,

06:46and it was actually the inspiration

06:49for us bringing back this series.

06:51Our unit here has an M4 chip with a 10-core CPU,

06:55a 10-core GPU, and 16 gigs of unified memory.

06:58And I don't know what impresses me more about it,

07:01the performance, the size, or the cost.

07:04For just $600, this petite pom

07:07offers a shocking value proposition.

07:09It takes up virtually no space,

07:11and it is darn near silent doing it.

07:14However, that value proposition drops off sharply

07:17as soon as you need more storage or memory.

07:20Here we are.

07:21I don't think I need the M4 Pro,

07:22so these are my base options,

07:24but I also don't wanna pay extra for storage.

07:27I'm gonna be using 10-gig networking

07:29for all of my storage,

07:30because this is gonna be a work machine.

07:32So what I actually want is, oh my God,

07:34you don't even get double the RAM for $200?

07:38You get eight gigs of RAM for $200?

07:43It's like Apple took that observation that we made,

07:46that their memory and storage upgrades

07:48cost more per weight than literal gold,

07:50and they were like, we can do better.

07:55Ugh, 100 bucks for 10-gig, I don't even mind,

07:57but ugh, I don't wanna pay $200 for eight gigs of RAM.

08:0216 enough?

08:03I was using 15 gigs in Chrome tabs yesterday.

08:07I'm gonna get 24 gigs.

08:11$900.

08:14No, I'm not doing it.

08:15I'm over it, $700.

08:17There is good news though.

08:19You don't actually have to pay the exorbitant Apple tax

08:21for storage and memory if you know the right people.

08:24So get subscribed,

08:25because we plan on exploring upgrade abilities

08:28that some might consider to be unnatural,

08:31which could be particularly valuable

08:33for purebred tab hounds or, more realistically,

08:35AI developers who could easily blast through

08:38the Mac Mini's maximum 64 gigs of RAM,

08:41which brings us to the big boy, the Mac Pro.

08:47With 64 gigs of RAM as the starting configuration

08:51and a $7,000 starting price,

08:53the Mac Pro strikes fear into any workload

08:56and into the wallet of any YouTuber cringy enough

09:00to buy one as a flex.

09:01This particular specimen contains a comical 192 gigabytes

09:06of unified memory, a 24-core CPU, 76 GPU cores,

09:11and a 32-core neural engine,

09:14bringing the price to an eye-watering $9,600.

09:18I do have a question though.

09:20Given that this monster is still limited

09:22to M2 series chips,

09:25and our little tiny Mac Mini over here has an M4,

09:30how close are these in performance?

09:33Should we drag race them?

09:34Yeah.

09:36I'm team Mac Mini.

09:37Let's go.

09:38Three, two, one.

09:41There's no way.

09:42Realistically, I know the answer, but whatever.

09:45Performance per volume?

09:47Very high.

09:48And yeah, okay.

09:5024 cores still beats 10 cores,

09:53regardless of how much better those cores are.

09:55Absolute shocker.

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10:09Now, there is one notable Mac

10:11missing from our lineup here, the Mac Studio.

10:15Splitting the difference between the Mini

10:16and the not-so-Mini,

10:19you can option the Studio with the wild core counts

10:22and RAM capacities of the Pro,

10:24but just without the PCIe expansion slots.

10:27We do have a Mac Studio in the house,

10:29but we weren't able to steal it

10:31because Labs is using it for AI stuff, which makes sense.

10:34That is the powerful Mac desktop that makes any sense.

10:39Oh, now I pick one?

10:40This one.

10:42Easy.

10:43I didn't even need to look at that one.

10:43Oh, but because we didn't choose the iMac,

10:46I'm going to need a display as well.

10:48Wait, what?

10:49I have to choose an Apple display?

10:51This one, this is as low as the height adjust goes,

10:54and this one doesn't have any at all.

10:56Okay, well, you have to look at them at least.

10:57Oh.

10:59All right, well, first up is the non-display display,

11:02the Apple Vision Pro,

11:03which I could connect to my laptop or my desktop

11:06and then project a screen or screens,

11:09now that it's been updated, anywhere around my office,

11:12which sounds pretty great,

11:14except that I typically need to work longer

11:17than one hour at a time,

11:19and if I spend longer than that in the Vision Pro,

11:21it gives me a splitting headache.

11:22I also can't be arriving on set

11:24with goggle marks all over my face,

11:26so I think we'll have to move on.

11:28To the studio display.

11:30At 27 inches with 5K resolution and 600 nit-peak brightness,

11:34this is a pretty darn nice monitor,

11:36or at least it was.

11:39In 2025, though, it's pretty difficult to stomach

11:42the $1,600 asking price for specs like that,

11:45especially when a height-adjustable stand

11:47brings the price up to $2,000.

11:50But hey, why try to stomach $2,000 for this

11:54when you can projectile vomit $5,000 at Apple

11:58for the Pro Display XDR?

12:01Okay, maybe I'm getting a bit hung up on the price here,

12:03but come on, I'm still not over the fact

12:06that the stand for this monitor alone costs $1,000.

12:11With that said, there is a lot to like here.

12:14Its 1,600 nit-peak brightness is enough

12:16for not just an impactful HDR experience,

12:19but conceivably enough to master HDR content on it,

12:23and its 6K resolution allows you

12:26to have a full-resolution 4K video

12:29with plenty of pixels left over

12:30for your timeline and your media bin.

12:32Of course, I'm not a professional video editor,

12:35just a professional video reviewer,

12:37so what about, oh goodness, a third option,

12:41the display that I already use on my desk at work,

12:44the ASUS PG42U.

12:46Although the resolution is just 4K

12:49and the peak brightness tops out at just 1,000 nits,

12:54not to mention that it has its own issues

12:55with respect to height adjust and stand maneuverability,

12:58in every other conceivable way,

13:00it wins over Apple's offerings.

13:02It's OLED for perfect blacks,

13:04it has 138 hertz refresh rate for snappy navigation,

13:07is way bigger to help with multitasking,

13:10oh, and it costs barely more than the fucking stand

13:14for the Pro Display XDR.

13:16Like, I know this isn't an Apple product,

13:17but I'm guessing that the vast majority of Mac mini buyers

13:21are not gonna be eviscerating their wallets for a display.

13:25It's just so hilarious.

13:26If you want excellent display from Apple at a fair price,

13:29they're very happy to sell it to you.

13:31You just have to be okay

13:32with having a laptop attached to it.

13:36On that note, I guess it's time to head to apple.com

13:39and order the laptop I'll be loading

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13:44All right, let's get on with this.

13:45$2,500.

13:47Do you know how much of a single GPU that could buy for me?

13:52I mean, most of it.

13:53Actually makes it sound like a deal.

13:54I'm getting two whole computers for less than a 50, 90.

13:58Place your order.

13:59You do a lot less gaming though.

14:01Actually, realistically, I'll just be playing Bellatra,

14:03so like, whatever.

14:04There it is.

14:05Great.

14:06Hey, look, my Apple Watch says they're processing my order.

14:10It's gonna be interesting to see his perspective

14:12since he doesn't have an iPhone and doesn't have a watch.

14:15He's not ecosystemed at all.

14:17No.

14:19Not stoked.

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15:02Better safe than sorry.

15:03If you guys enjoyed this video,

15:04maybe check out the one where Alex and I

15:06switched to Snapdragon laptops for a month,

15:09or in my case, much longer than a month.

15:13Yeah, neither of us switched back.

15:14We'll see what happens with these apples.

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