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The odd thing about this purchase is it\u2019s one of the least climactic Apple purchase I\u2019ve ever made, even lower than watch bands because this isn\u2019t the computer I wanted, it\u2019s the computer I needed. I\u2019ll be returning back to an office next week, back to traveling and, after being notebook-less for the last 15 months, iPadOS 15 won\u2019t make my iPad Pro a laptop replacement and so I had to look at the options and find a machine that would replace what I had pre-pandemic (a 15\u201d Core i9 MacBook Pro w\/ 32GB of RAM + 2TB SSD and discrete graphics. The only downside of that computer was it\u2019s 3rd generation butterfly keyboard but it never gave me any issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s M1 chip is impressive. There\u2019s no denying that but it\u2019s not a professional chip as I\u2019ve experienced first hand over the last 24 hours. It\u2019s slower than my MacBook Pro and iMac in multicore operations and has half of the RAM and no discreet graphics. The SSD is faster and the microphone array, more impressive and we\u2019re back to a keyboard that actually pushes back on your fingers as you move them but this 2-port gen-1 Apple silicon Mac isn\u2019t what I\u2019ll be on for the next 3-5 years. That\u2019s why I feel sort of empty about purchasing it now knowing that in 6 months, there will be something better and I won\u2019t get these $1700 back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51234680765\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51234680765_dab1db5662.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before the keynote, I was planning on purchasing the base model MacBook Air from Best Buy with my 45 day return policy knowing I could return it if I had to OR a case to put my iMac in to take to and from work. After the keynote, I did a configure to order MacBook Pro, 13\u201d with the M1 chip along with 16GB of RAM and a 1 terabyte SSD and I was amazed to see that I could get it shipped by Saturday OR I could go to the Apple Store 2 hours south and pick it up in person. I hopped in the car and by 6PM, I had made the move from Intel\u2026at least for my mobile computing since my iMac is still powered by an Intel Coffee Lake 9900K CPU clocked at 5Ghz with 8 cores.Multicore on my iMac is 8243 and this MacBook Pro is at 7289 but a lot of my tasks are GPU intensive so it\u2019s not quite Apples to Apples.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51234680300\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51234680300_3039b838e8.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Hardware, I\u2019ll touch on briefly. It\u2019s identical to the 13\u201d MacBook Pro that\u2019s been around for a while. Large bezel on the display, sharp razor edges where my palms go and the TouchBar which, is less \u201cretina\u201d than I remember. The TouchID is still fast, the escape key is back which has thrown me for a loop and the keyboard is improved. Not having a USB-C on the right side like my MacBook Pro has been hard to adjust to since I\u2019m now limited to being able to charge on one side. Also, why is the headphone jack on the right? Seems like it should be on the left. So, we all know the M1 MacBook Pro was an internals upgrade, not design and that\u2019s okay. It\u2019s what\u2019s inside that counts since at work, I\u2019ll have this closed and docked via Thunderbolt anyway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51233613596\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51233613596_0baff376f9.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51233824913\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51233824913_bfaaae45d8.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>In the last 24 hours, I have had some serious gripes with the experience and this could be software but the integration is so tight that I feel like I can blame a combination of Big Sur &amp; M1 together. Keep in mind, I\u2019m a business &amp; creative power user but I\u2019m not a professional creative. I\u2019m not editing motion pictures or pop albums. Seconds lost aren\u2019t a big deal but I am easily annoyed when things go slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I did NO migration assistant. This is a fresh setup of a fresh install of Big Sur. I didn\u2019t want to carry over any Intel Baggage from my MacBook Pro install.<\/p>\n<p>BEACH BALLS. Yes. Beach balls. I saw the beach ball a few times on this machine. I saw it primarily in a few cases.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While more than one download was being managed by Safari (just app DMGs), I tried to click the address bar and type in the next DuckDuckGo search query for an app like SoundSource or Onyx and I couldn\u2019t type. It wasn\u2019t an in motion beach ball..it was a straight frozen, yet movable stuck beach ball. After the downloads completed, I could type in my URL.<\/li>\n<li>Opening News every time (even 24 hours later) had a beach ball for about 2 minutes while a fresh install of Big Sur with a News App with a News+ subscription via AppleOne Premier and this continues. If I open news right now, it is 2 minutes until I can interact with the application.<\/li>\n<li>Beach balls in Address Book which I thought on my iMac this was an issue that would be rectified by a hard reinstall of the operating system but, fresh OS w\/ contacts on iCloud and address book is still unusable. I mean truly unusable. I scroll through the list and every few seconds, the beach ball stops the interaction for 10 more more seconds. CardHop by Fantastical doesn\u2019t do this so I just use that instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I wanted to turn off the system permissions that lock down where I can boot from or reinstall from. I also had to do this because Sound Source from Rogue Amoeba couldn\u2019t install their kernel extension until I disabled it. So I shut down, clicked power, held down the power button, entered recovery mode and typed in my password.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As per the instructions, I went to the Utilities menu and entered the security application mode and I received an error that I was not allowed to change security on this system. I did this a few times because the only option was \u201cShut Down\u201d so I created a new admin account, I did it again with an admin account with no password. I also disabled file vault. Finally, after an hour of trying different things, it worked. I entered my password, it asked me what permissions to change and I was done. No rhyme or reason that I can share here for why it suddenly worked.<\/p>\n<p>I did move over some apps via a zip archive using AirDrop from my iMac to the MacBook Pro. They were all up to date apps and just small utilities. Launching those 12 or so apps at once wasn\u2019t a pleasant experience. Up come 12 dialogues warning me these came via AirDrop\u2026okay fine. Then half of them said \u201cThis app isn\u2019t compatible with Apple Silicon\u201d with two choices \u201cMove to Trash\u201d \u201cOkay\u201d and okay just quit the app execute process. I\u2019d like some sort of \u201cbut there is a version for our chips\u201d and maybe open Safari for me. I get why that\u2019s not something Apple could do but it would have been nice.<\/p>\n<p>After Photos for Mac finally finished loading (but not analyzing) my 120,000 RAW images that take up 1.2 terabytes, I restarted the computer, opened Photos and up pops an error that my Photo Library is corrupted and unreadable. The only way to fix it was to fully delete the photos library and start over. I lost about 18 hours of \u2018setup time\u2019 because this sort of relies on keeping the computer awake and plugged into power. Why I\u2019m such an edge case here and why this was so frustrating is every new Mac needs about 2 weeks to process the faces in my library. It takes about a month on an iPhone X to do it and the 11 Pro is about 2 weeks. My iMac takes just over a week to do it. I like this is all processed on device but nuking the local photo library can be incredibly invasive because then the machine is running at full core count for a week or two with the fan going.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of cores\u2026.I\u2019m a bit confused. I thought that this machine could utilize all cores if needed but it can\u2019t. During the first 24 hours, I\u2019ve seen just 4 cores operating at full speed (100% utilization) and there are 4 other cores literally just hanging out like 2-4% utilization while the other 4 work their butts off. I assumed 8-core meant all 8 could be threaded and go hog-wild like when Mail.app was downloading 249,000 emails and Photos was processing over a terabyte for photos\u2026but alas, my machinee was only half utilized. I guess it\u2019s either-or?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can see in the screenshot below how there\u2019s a LOT more ceiling here to be at 100% utilization but only half of my cores are bing utilized.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"CleanShot 2021-06-08 at 17.14.41@2x.png\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"CleanShot 2021 06 08 at 17 14 41 2x\"  width=\"600\"  height=\"594\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CleanShot-2021-06-08-at-17.14.41@2x.png\" ><\/p>\n<p>Just a timing gripe, I installed the full Creative Suite and then this morning, I woke up and 3 of then were not M1 native so I had to reinstall them. Not a huge deal, just funny :)<\/p>\n<p>iCloud Drive didn\u2019t seem to have priority over other items. Four hours into my setup with iCloud Drive Files which is the keeper of my Desktop &amp; Documents, I still had an empty documents &amp; desktop folder. I turned it off via System Preferences \u2014&gt; iCloud then back on again and nothing happened. So this morning, I wake up and my files are all present but like in the past where the sidebar in the Finder\u2019s iCloud Drive icon used to have a little circle I information next to it where you could see the progress of upload\/download of files, there was nowhere visually I could find to make sure my Mac was actually reaching out to Apple to grab the data or at least references to it. Just a little frustrating that retrieving my files wasn\u2019t made a higher priority.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>This seems like a lot of gripes and it certainly is. I\u2019m sure that once my machine is setup, the experience will continue to improve. I don\u2019t like the cramped space a 13\u201d offers me over my old, nearly 16\u201d class of machine. That\u2019s definitely my preferred screen size but 13\u201d is livable for the rest of this year and I\u2019ll get by. My hope is that I lose no more than $350 when I go to sell this in 6 months but we\u2019ll have to see just how badly Apple\u00a0cannibalizes both their first generation Apple Silicon chip (M1) and how much the 14\u201d MacBook Pro decimates everything about the 13\u201d like will the 13\u201d design look old and tired with it\u2019s thick bezels and only 2 port setup and the older slower M1 chip? Will I take a 50% loss on this machine?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is my first Apple computer in Space Grey and it\u2019s okay\u2026it\u2019s less dark than I was hoping and certainly closer to silver than black. The keyboard is a resounding improvement in feel, response, weight, key rock\/balance over the 3rd gen butterfly I had before. Note, I never used a 1st or 2nd get butterfly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The M1 is quick, I have not edited 4K HEVC of 28 megapixel Canon RAW images or my podcast on it yet. I\u2019ll be in Montana for a week doing dailies for a rally I\u2019m covering so I\u2019ll be doing some nightly editing and we\u2019ll have to see how well this holds up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m impressed with what Apple has managed to put into a small package. I heard the fan was silent\u2026it\u2019s definitely not and that\u2019s a good thing. I picked the MacBook Pro because it has a fan so I assume it\u2019ll sustain transcoding speeds of 4K files longer than a MacBook Air. I\u2019d prefer it have 4 ports for USB-C \u2026and an SD card slot but that\u2019s what the next computer will have.<\/p>\n<p>This was a long post about nothing but me complaining but I firmly believe the experience will improve now that I have everything in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PS: I\u2019ve been writing for one hour and the battery shows 9 hours of battery life remaining at 97% Capacity. THAT is impressive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few photos for your enjoyment:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51232912497\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51232912497_c2d7d2e0d2.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51233827053\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51233827053_4ab5086196.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51234393639\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51234393639_76ac37c306.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51233616821\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51233616821_e2dc334b04.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51234393204\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51234393204_a2bf9a0a3e.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51234393034\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51234393034_ec05200e84.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51234681680\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51234681680_703125d060.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51232909957\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51232909957_2b52bf7ebf.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51233824123\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51233824123_4ffa158d88.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro Leather Sleeve Midnight Blue&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51233823163\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro Leather Sleeve Midnight Blue\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro Leather Sleeve Midnight Blue\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51233823163_c4ba4360bb.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro Leather Sleeve Midnight Blue&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51232907927\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro Leather Sleeve Midnight Blue\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro Leather Sleeve Midnight Blue\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51232907927_dc1c95b574.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro Leather Sleeve Midnight Blue&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51234679975\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro Leather Sleeve Midnight Blue\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro Leather Sleeve Midnight Blue\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51234679975_4a5ec47c32.jpg\" ><\/a><a title=\"View &#039;MacBook Pro 13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/51233611316\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  title=\"MacBook Pro 13\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"MacBook Pro 13 M1 2020  16GB+1TB\"  width=\"500\"  height=\"333\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  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