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
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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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