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The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned

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Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned

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Post by __jem »

webmobdev wrote: post #28

Yeah, right - if you choose to ignore the following: You can't upgrade the RAM, you can't upgrade the SSD, it doesn't have replaceable battery and you are forced to run a crippled OS on it (macOS Big Sur deliberately cripples VPN and firewall on it so that select Apple softwares can bypass them, allowing Apple better access and control over your data and softwares). (And if you don't care about any of the above, then…

I'd rather have more closely integrated hardware for a laptop. It's more efficient and leads to a smaller, more powerful device.

I have a powerful desktop that I pay for incremental upgrades and it works great. I'm not in the Apple ecosystem, but have been before, and either way my goal is to have high quality ultrabook that serves as thin client to desktop/the cloud.

Everyone has a different workflow that works for them, but I'm fortunate enough that upgrading an ultrabook every few years isn't a big deal.

Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

Traster wrote: post #58
alphadevx wrote: post #24

In my experience, the latest computer I buy is always "the best computer I've ever owned". They get better every year, why is this still surprising?

I don't know what your experience buying computers has been, but my 2012 MBA was the best I'd ever owned. The 2015 MBP was worse, the 2018 MBP I owned was worse than that. The Thinkpad X1 carbon I bought after that was the best I've ever owned, and every time I see my wife struggling with her Macbook I'm glad I finally ditched that rubbish.

Why was the 2015 MBA worse than the 2012 for you? They're basically the same design, and of course the 2015 would be more powerful in absolute terms.

(My primary laptop is a 2014 MBA, and I previously owned ones from 2012 and 2015.)

Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned

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Post by blizkreeg »

webmobdev wrote: post #28

Yeah, right - if you choose to ignore the following: You can't upgrade the RAM, you can't upgrade the SSD, it doesn't have replaceable battery and you are forced to run a crippled OS on it (macOS Big Sur deliberately cripples VPN and firewall on it so that select Apple softwares can bypass them, allowing Apple better access and control over your data and softwares). (And if you don't care about any of the above, then…

May be you are not their in their ideal customer profile anyway?

Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned

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Post by artiszt »

stevefan1999 wrote: post #11

...and is probably one of the least libre* computer I've seen in the 21th century, too. Before that, Linux can't run on MacBooks, and after a few years of development it's just barely working, now this thing. This is never going to be Desktop Linux compatible. Even Linus claimed he would like to but the effort is tremendous. >>> I'd absolutely love to have one, if it just ran Linux.. I have fairly fond memories of th…

good to know that one really does own Windows 10 [crippled] machines

Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned

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Post by user-the-name »

webmobdev wrote: post #28

Yeah, right - if you choose to ignore the following: You can't upgrade the RAM, you can't upgrade the SSD, it doesn't have replaceable battery and you are forced to run a crippled OS on it (macOS Big Sur deliberately cripples VPN and firewall on it so that select Apple softwares can bypass them, allowing Apple better access and control over your data and softwares). (And if you don't care about any of the above, then…

I haven't wanted to upgrade the RAM in a laptop in at least half a decade now.

Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned

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Post by DennisAleynikov »

procinct wrote: post #46
alphadevx wrote: post #24

In my experience, the latest computer I buy is always "the best computer I've ever owned". They get better every year, why is this still surprising?

Generally this is surprising because the user bought the "Air" model instead of his usual "pro" model which is much more expensive. The impressive part here is that the air outperforms last years pro (according to the author) which is 3x the price.

this is what people meant prior to the m1 coming out with "macs are a horrible deal"

they used to be priced at roughly 3x markup compared to the market. they finally fixed their co-dependency with intel and suddenly wow the price gouging goes out the door because gasp the macbook air could have always been the pro it was just never possible with using old chips.

ANYTHING using arm absolutely FLIES

open your eyes people

Re: The M1 MacBook Air is the best computer I've ever owned

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Post by ValentineC »

Traster wrote: post #58
alphadevx wrote: post #24

In my experience, the latest computer I buy is always "the best computer I've ever owned". They get better every year, why is this still surprising?

I don't know what your experience buying computers has been, but my 2012 MBA was the best I'd ever owned. The 2015 MBP was worse, the 2018 MBP I owned was worse than that. The Thinkpad X1 carbon I bought after that was the best I've ever owned, and every time I see my wife struggling with her Macbook I'm glad I finally ditched that rubbish.

> The 2015 MBA was worse, the 2018 MBP I owned was worse than that.

Was it just the butterfly keys, or some other things too?

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