MacBook Air Virtual Machines Alternative... Get a GeekBook X14 Pro!

So then guys, I love my MacBooks. The MacBook Air with the M4 is brilliant, but so was the M3. That was great. The M2, it's still great today. And Apple silicon is refined, efficient, silent, and incredibly polished. But there's one thing I've loved on a Mac, running virtual machines. They work, but they eat a lot of storage fast. And when you've got say only got a baseline version of 256 GB of storage or even if you put the 512 GB storage on say a MacBook Air and you install Windows or Linux VMs. Well, guess what? This starts taking up serious space. And that's exactly why I started using this instead. This here is the GeekCom Geekbook X14 Pro and it's now become my daily dual boot for Windows and Abunto. Not because it replaces my MacBook, but because it compensates it. Now, first of all, the display on this, you're getting a 14in 2.K K OLED panel at 2,880 by 1,800 resolution, 100% DCIP P3 color around 450 nits of brightness, and a smooth 120 Hz refresh rate. It looks fantastic. Proper blacks, strong contrast, vibrant colors, and that smooth scrolling. The MacBook Air though still uses that IPS LCD. It's good, but you know, it's just not OLED. And once you use OLED daily, it's hard to go back. But here's the big value moment. At the same $999 starting price, that's how much a MacBook Air costs us on Apple's website. Well, this Geekbook here comes with 32 GB of DDR5 RAM and also a 1 terabte PCIe Gen 4 storage as standard. The MacBook Air that gives you 16 GB and 256 GB of storage. You know what you're getting here is double the amount of memory and also four times the amount of storage for the same money. Now, one thing I'm going to say right here, 32 GB of RAM alone, if you went out to buy a RAM stick module, they cost around about $500 or two 16 GB ones. So, if RAM pricing really wasn't inflated like it is today at the moment, this laptop realistically, I would say probably brand new would sit around about $700 with these specs. And that's serious value. And like I said, that extra storage is exactly why I use this for dual boot instead of running Windows inside Mac OS and sacrificing huge chunks of space and also with only 16 gigabytes of RAM and then that's being used for Mac OS and the virtual machines. I can just run natively into Windows or no VM overhead, no giant disc images and no compromise. And the build quality of this is really impressive too. It's made from an aerospace grade magnesium alloy and it weighs just 999 gram. That's right, less than 1 kilo or 2.2 lb. The MacBook Air weighs about 2.7 lb and has a slightly smaller display, too. So, this machine right here, the Geek Book, it's lighter. It's giving you a 14in display and that's an OLED panel. And then, obviously, it's giving you all those extra specs, too. and yet it's lighter and yet still made out of a great material. And that is genuinely impressive. Now, I know the next thing you're going to be asking me is what about performance? Because obviously Apple silicon, yeah, it's always miles ahead. Well, the one I've got right here is the Core Ultra 9185H. It's got 16 cores, 22 threads, and up to a 5.1 GHz boost. It has Intel Arc graphics and AI acceleration. And I know what you're going to ask straight away. You can give me all these specs, Matt, but is it going to be an M4 MacBook Air in raw efficiency and power? Well, probably not. I'm going to say still Apple wins here. But here's what the numbers actually say because I know a lot of you guys love to see that. So, have a look. In Geekbench 6, the Ultra 9 scores around about 2,287 in single core and 11,994 in multi-core. Now, just to put that into perspective, the MacBook Air scores around 2587 in single core score and 9,670 in multi. The M3 scores 3,157 in single, 12,020 in multi. And then the M4 scores 3,695 in single and 14,726 in multicore performance. And of course, that is obviously the unbin version of the MacBook Air. I know that's GPU cores. It's a bit different there. But the main point is is that you know definitely here Apple is leading the way in single core especially in M4 and also in multi-core. But the Ultronite is comfortably ahead of the M2 in single core performance. And it's basically identical in multi-core performance for the M3. We're talking, you know, a tiny difference here. And to be deadly honest, you would not really notice those differences there for the single core and multi-core performance against say, you know, using M2 for single core and M3 for multi-core. And it's the same for graphics, too. Have a look right here for 3D Mark Steel Nomad Light. The M2 8 core CPU scores around 2573. The M3 scores 25,71 and the M4, well, obviously it's much better. It's 3,168. And yet this Intel Arc paired with the Ultraline scores around 2,987. So it sits right in M3 territory ahead of M2, close to M M3, but behind M4. And that's impressive for integrated graphics in a thin and light machine. Now again, battery life is also surprisingly strong here. GeekCom actually claims up to 16 hours, while Apple claims up to 18 hours. Now I know what you're going to say. Yeah, probably Apple are probably more likely to hit closer to that 18 hours now. Probably haven't hit that, but obviously Intel probably not as close to what their figure is. However, I think this is the thing what we've got to say is that gap is quite close on paper. And the thing is what you've also got to remember is that just some years ago, I go back say eight years ago or something like this or six years ago, you know, we used to have laptops what used to give us maximum 4 hours. Now we're getting claims of 16 hours and then realistically we could probably get 12 hours. That is a big difference to what we used to have before. And then I would also say with this Geekbook is that ports are solid too on here. You get USB 4 up to 40 Gbits pers, which is the same maximum bandwidth as Thunderbolt 4. You also get HDMI 2.1, USBA, and a headphone jack. It also supports up to three external 4K monitors, and GeekCom includes a dock in the box with Ethernet and extra USB ports, so you're not buying adapters straight away. But then you also get the extras like what you get with a MacBook. You get say a fingerprint reader. You get back lit keyboard and a physical camera privacy shutter is pretty cool here. Now what I am also going to say Windows 11 isn't perfect and we all know that. That's why a lot of us love using Mac OS. But GeekCom ships this clean. No antivirus trials, no junk, no software. And if Windows isn't your thing, you can install Abunto. And that's exactly what I've done. And like I said, this is why it's my dedicated Windows and Linux machine while my Mac book stays pure Mac OS and I don't install virtual machines on it. And it's a no storage compromise here either. And I think this is the takeaway here. The MacBook Air M4 is fantastic. But the GeekBook X14 Pro gives you a lighter chassis, a bigger 2.8K 8K OLED 120 Hz display, 32 GB as standard here, 1 TB of storage as standard, USB 4 at 40 GB, and you know, you've got that dock too. And it comes in at $999. What I'm going to say is it's not replacing the MacBook, it's complimenting it. And for someone who regularly needs say the use of all those operating systems, Windows, Linux or Mac OS, this is definitely a machine that makes a lot of sense. So then guys, if you do want to check out this X14 Pro, I'll be leaving all the details in the description below. But what do you think of it? Like I said, I know you're going to say it Mac OS is probably definitely a better operating system. For what you're getting, there is definitely an incredible machine, too. But let me know what your thoughts are. And on that note then guys, it's time to wrap up the video. So if you have enjoyed watching it, please do press the like button. 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