The Macbook Pro Show - Wes and Scott Get New Laptops

In this Hasty Treat, Wes and Scott talk about their new Apple MacBook Pro's with the M1 Max CPU.

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Show Notes

• 04:30 The last time we upgraded
• 07:05 Initial thoughts on new MacBook Pro
• Apple MacBook Pro
• 09:23 How much RAM you might need
• 11:33 M1 Pro or M1 Max?
• 12:37 Justification as a business expense
• Figma
• Sketch
• We recently found that the new 2021 M1 MacBooks cut our Android build times in half.
• VS Code
• Microsoft releases M1-native Visual Studio Code for developing apps
• Notion
• Height
• Sublime Text
• 14:52 Shortening the feedback cycle
• 15:57 Using VS Code
• 21:20 Video editing on M1 MacBook Pro
• Mkbhd - M1 Macbook Pro review
• Synology
• Syntax.fm Ep220 The Synology Show
• Recut
• Davinci Resolve
• 24:27 Screenflow export comparison
• Screenflow
• 29:32 VS Code improvements
• SWC
• pnpm
• 32:57 The tools are no longer the bottleneck
• 33:37 Hardware upgrades
• 34:10 The notch
• Bartender
• 36:11 macOS icons have more padding
• 37:03 Charging and battery
• TS3 Plus
• 38:32 Fans and heat
• 39:18 Touch bar is gone
• 39:36 External displays
• 41:03 Battery
• 41:54 LG Display issue
• 42:51 Touch ID reader in a better spot
• 43:25 What's happening to your old MacBook Pro?
• 45:21 Ports and keyboards

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