Again, the Surface did this one best with it’s 4:3 aspect ratio.Īnd I hate that the Surface had a 1080p camera. Though the non-widescreen aspect ratio is a godsend for photography and working on documents. From the Alienware side, I miss the matte coating and the sweet 144hz screen. Though I can’t compare anymore as I no longer have the Surface, but I’m sure it’s a close call. Now, the first thing I noticed upon booting the Macbook is that the screen color fidelity is better than I expected, maybe even better than the Surface. I cannot stress this enough: The screen should be one of the key purchasing factors when shopping for a laptop that’s geared toward anything creative, since a gaming screen, even if nice, will be tuned to higher refresh rates and lower resolutions. The laptop itself becomes somewhat transparent to your workflow. This 13” screen feels slightly cramped at times.Īnd while 15” screens are a pleasure to work at, what I have discovered with my first smaller laptop is that you can find space to work almost anywhere. I did not expect how much of a difference there can be between a 13” and a 15” screen size in reality. With one of my biggest pain points being the loss of the bigger screen for the added mobility and battery life, I hoped I had chosen right. I considered the praise they were getting around battery life and the performance parity with high end Intel machines, thus cancelling the 16. But, they became available sooner than I expected. Just like in the days of transitioning from IBM to Intel. I ordered a 16” Macbook Pro, thinking the new M1 Macbook would have app compatibility issues due to the changed architecture and other issues at launch not to mention they were not available for purchase for the first days. So, I wanted to be able to at least move around home when working.Īs I would normally get the biggest screen I could without entering desktop replacement sizes. Being locked at my desktop for so much time started getting on my nerves. One of the advantages of working from home is being able to move around a bit. I stopped using laptops when covid hit, as my PC was powerful enough for anything I threw at it, upgradeable, cheaper and not a lot of places to move to. Out of all of them, I still miss the Surface’s screen the most. My last experience with Mac OS was a mid 2015 15” Macbook Pro from work. In recent years I have used a plethora of machines and configurations, from a Microsoft Surface Book 2 to an Alienware m15 on the mobile side.
UPDATE 14/02: Added Capture One test under “Applications” section.
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