[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":82},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/macbook-air-m1/":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":68,"description":16,"extension":69,"meta":70,"navigation":71,"path":72,"previewImage":73,"seo":74,"stem":75,"tags":76,"__hash__":81},"content/macbook-air-m1.md","Upgrading from Macbook Air M1 (2020) to M5 Air — not because of performance",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":64},"minimark",[9,13,17,20,23,26,39,47,55,58,61],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"upgrading-from-macbook-air-m1-2020-to-m5-air-not-because-of-performance",[14,15,16],"p",{},"I bought my M1 MacBook Air back in 2020 (16GB RAM). Today is March 4, 2026, Apple just announced the M5 models, and I’ve decided to upgrade to the M5 Air.",[14,18,19],{},"But not because the M1 got slow.",[14,21,22],{},"The M1 is still totally fine for my workload. I write code every day, and even in 2026 this machine handles everything I throw at it without issues. No complaints about speed, still fast, still silent, still cool.",[14,24,25],{},"The only reason I’m upgrading is because I damaged the screen (spilled soup on it — yeah, I know). Since then I’ve been using it mostly as a desktop machine connected to an external monitor. If that hadn’t happened, I’d easily keep using it for another year. Maybe two.",[27,28,29,30,29,35],"figure",{},"\n  ",[31,32],"img",{"src":33,"alt":34},"/my-macbook-m1-1.jpg","Macbook Air M1",[36,37,38],"figcaption",{},"Screen damage #1",[27,40,29,41,29,44],{},[31,42],{"src":43,"alt":34},"/my-macbook-m1-2.jpg",[36,45,46],{},"Screen damage #2",[27,48,29,49,29,52],{},[31,50],{"src":51,"alt":34},"/my-macbook-m1-3.jpg",[36,53,54],{},"Screen damage #3",[14,56,57],{},"The screen still works, it’s just unpleasant to use. Most of the time I keep the laptop closed or put on a campfire video for the vibe =)",[14,59,60],{},"This has probably been the best tech purchase I’ve ever made. For the amount of work I’ve done on this thing over the past 5+ years, it feels more like an investment than just a laptop purchase.",[14,62,63],{},"Anyone else still happily running an M1?",{"title":65,"searchDepth":66,"depth":66,"links":67},"",2,[],"Mar 4, 2026","md",{},true,"/macbook-air-m1",null,{"title":5,"description":16},"macbook-air-m1",[77,78,79,80],"apple","device","macbook","laptop","KVYYWpdFNjLuBohXdiZFzpodYVK5XcQN0UuKcaKcIBg",1775772101083]