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This been very informative. I have been using IBM Thinkpad for 9yrs(office laptop). I don't like the keyboard layout of newer ones, I may have gotten used to with the ThinkPad. Next when I see a GoGreen or Climate change activist, I am going to ask what laptop they are using if answers Windows or Mac, I can say you are not a climate change activist. One should make a comparison which programming language is greener.…
It has also another outcome: you never put the commitment it is required to master a tool if that tool changes constantly, which is 90% of what matters. I really hate this outcome.
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The only thing keeping me from getting apple silicon right now is 8gb of ram. I mean I don't even have an option to upgrade. i don't care how much apple has optimized the architecture. If you make your is require like 4gbs idle, 8gbs is not enough for the other stuff I use. Also the fact that they don't even offer 1tb memory sub 2k right now is a joke. I know they milk people but this is ridiculous.
The M1 Apple laptops are available with 16gb of ram?
I'm under the impression they launched it primarily with the new macbook airs because they're entry level, lower priced, and wanted to test the waters with the new architecture.