Instead, I'll be approaching this with a real-world perspective, evaluating how well the system functions in my daily workflow using Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, and Premiere. This review won't be filled with in-depth analysis and synthetic benchmarks comparing the performance to multiple other configurations there is a plethora of those types of reviews out there, and I encourage you to find them if that type of thing interests you. In my mind, there was no way the first iteration of their processor could compete with AMD or Intel, right? I was completely wrong. At first, I didn't believe any of what Apple was saying during their keynote announcement, considering they were using arbitrary numbers such as '5x faster than previous generations,' and to be honest, even if they used actual statistics, I would have been hesitant. That was until Apple dropped the M1 lineup.

I fully intended to get a Dell XPS, a Razer Blade, or something along those lines. Personally, I disliked the direction they took with design by removing the MagSafe power adapter, forcing all USB-C ports, and the nearly $400 impractical Touch Bar, when 9 times out of 10, I simply preferred a row of function keys, all combined with the fact that many other laptop manufacturers had caught up in terms of build quality for their laptops, which was not the case a decade ago. I told myself I wouldn't get another Apple laptop after owning one since 2007.

I was recently in the market for a new laptop to replace my old 2018 MacBook Pro and after going through two Touch Bar MacBooks (one died).

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