1 - How is the performance? Does it get noisy/hot like my work machine (2019 i9 16" Pro) ?
> I have never wanted for more, it's almost always idling. I can spin up a local kube cluster and run a few things if needs be, still no performance issues.
2 - How is the development experience? Are you missing some critical tools on this platform that you need on a day-to-day basis?
> I only use VSCode with python, golang, docker, some random extensions etc. I've never noticed anything missing.
3 - How is Docker performance/compatibility? I work a lot with Docker for backends/servers and Docker for Mac has always been pretty bad, but wanted to see if it improves with M1!
> It's been flawless for me, with admittedly fairly limited use.
4 - How much RAM is good for heavy development work? I use Adobe Creative Cloud a lot, do video editing here and there, and also a lot of Mobile development (React Native). Would 16GB be okay, or do I need more? (Would like to future-proof for the next 4-5 years). My work Mac with i7 32GB always gets insanely hot and noisy with most basic loads.
> I cannot at all attest to this, as I don't do anything like video work, which is far more intensive than the light development I do. I'd probably suggest 16gb+ of ram though, as I am under the impression that the M chip laptops rely on using the swapfile a lot.
1 - How is the performance? Does it get noisy/hot like my work machine (2019 i9 16" Pro) ?
2 - How is the development experience? Are you missing some critical tools on this platform that you need on a day-to-day basis? 3 - How is Docker performance/compatibility? I work a lot with Docker for backends/servers and Docker for Mac has always been pretty bad, but wanted to see if it improves with M1! 4 - How much RAM is good for heavy development work? I use Adobe Creative Cloud a lot, do video editing here and there, and also a lot of Mobile development (React Native). Would 16GB be okay, or do I need more? (Would like to future-proof for the next 4-5 years). My work Mac with i7 32GB always gets insanely hot and noisy with most basic loads.