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Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by thathndude »

senttoschool wrote: post #64
lycos wrote: post #17

It's very tempting, but my MacBook Air M1 has been great and performance wise any improvement is probably barely noticeable in the day to day that I'd end up feeling like I just bought a new chassis. Which could still be nice.. although most of the time it's in clamshell attached to my monitor. I'll have to sleep on this!

For M1 owners, just wait for M3. It should be on TSMC 3nm which will be the next true node shrinkage.

Please post more of this. I need an angel on my shoulder whispering.

I have a 16" with the Max chip, and yet . . .

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by thrwawy283 »

eertami wrote: post #133
senttoschool wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think you're downvoted because of fanboys. I think you're downvoted because: 1. Linux is coming to Apple Silicon sooner or later. You can buy now, enjoy macOS, and then install Linux later. 2. It's not reasonable to expect to use it for 10 years. Even if Apple stops supporting it, you can still use it. In addition, Macs have insane resale value. So you can sell it in 5 years, and then buy a new one. This is a…

>enjoy macOS If you're wanting to use your laptop for development work, you're going to pick the best job for the task. Moving to OSX would not only slow things down due to how slow non-native Docker is (no it is not negligible, yes I have an M1 Mac and I have tested it in a side-by-side comparison), but you have much less control over your environment compared to Linux. The vast majority of the people I've worked wi…

I think we're getting faster at iterating on bringing up dev environments.

Silverblue is my favorite, but it's becoming common for me to develop everything within a docker image. As quickly as we're committing to a project, we're updating the env and rebuilding that image at the same time? I'm new to this.

I have a friend who's really big into k8s and ansible. Right now it feels like I'm toying around in 1 pod. He can bring up a set of services around the thing he's developing in a few minutes. I want his power. :x

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by spaceman_2020 »

peoplefromibiza wrote: post #186
tenpies wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just inflation, the Euro has been getting crushed as decades of negligence by the ECB show up. That's not stopping any time soon and the ECB looks like it will be in the position to either destroy the Euro or destroy the bond market.

> It's not just inflation, the Euro has been getting crushed as decades of negligence by the ECB show up. the stream of anti ECB drones is frankly ridiculous the price has gone up in pounds as well. Does the ECB controls them too? Prices in Europe are taxes included, in US are before taxes. In Europe you have to add VAT, not only sales taxes, which are much lower in US anyway. Last but not least, custom duties are a…

Look at the EUR-USD chart ser

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by SenHeng »

senttoschool wrote: post #94
thrwawy283 wrote: post #75

I want it, but I'm not getting it until all the hardware works under Linux. MacOS is great, but someday they will stop updating MacOS for this. I see it as a device with incredible longevity because of the fanless thermals and how it sips energy. I could see myself using it 10 years later. I want to run MacOS or Fedora Silverblue, with Silverblue being my true love. Immutable OS images HAH, downvoted in seconds. Woul…

I don't think you're downvoted because of fanboys. I think you're downvoted because: 1. Linux is coming to Apple Silicon sooner or later. You can buy now, enjoy macOS, and then install Linux later. 2. It's not reasonable to expect to use it for 10 years. Even if Apple stops supporting it, you can still use it. In addition, Macs have insane resale value. So you can sell it in 5 years, and then buy a new one. This is a…

I just checked several online auction sites and my 10 year old 2012 quad core Mac Mini can be sold for about $300 while my 5 year old 2017 retina MacBook can be sold for around $500.

That is insane.

* values converted to USD. Prices may differ in countries actually using USD.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by nop_slide »

Silica6149 wrote: post #61
lycos wrote: post #17

It's very tempting, but my MacBook Air M1 has been great and performance wise any improvement is probably barely noticeable in the day to day that I'd end up feeling like I just bought a new chassis. Which could still be nice.. although most of the time it's in clamshell attached to my monitor. I'll have to sleep on this!

I'm in the same position with an M1 Pro. Although the new screens do look nice for dark mode...

As an M1 pro owner, the big non starter for the M2 air is the lack of the high refresh rate screen (pro motion or w/e), I've really gotten spoiled by it.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by mwint »

johnfernow wrote: post #199
senttoschool wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think you're downvoted because of fanboys. I think you're downvoted because: 1. Linux is coming to Apple Silicon sooner or later. You can buy now, enjoy macOS, and then install Linux later. 2. It's not reasonable to expect to use it for 10 years. Even if Apple stops supporting it, you can still use it. In addition, Macs have insane resale value. So you can sell it in 5 years, and then buy a new one. This is a…

> 2. It's not reasonable to expect to use it for 10 years. Even if Apple stops supporting it, you can still use it. In addition, Macs have insane resale value. So you can sell it in 5 years, and then buy a new one. This is a more reasonable approach than yours. Why is that? I still use my 2015 15" MacBook Pro which released 7 years ago, and I have no intention of replacing it anytime soon. This isn't the 70s, 80s, 90…

> Why should someone emit more than half a ton of CO2e for a new laptop unless they really need it?

If this is a serious concern for anyone, it looks like carbon capture runs around $22/ton. So this is an $11 problem.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by zuhsetaqi »

vishnugupta wrote: post #201

MacBook Air M2 will most probably replace my current 2018 MacBook Pro. My only gripe with MacBook Air M1 was crappy RAM which they addressed (24GB). It's still less than what I have (32GB) I expect M2 will make up for that.

My dealbreaker for the MBA is single external monitor support

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by [deleted] »

roywashere wrote: post #27
yosito wrote: post #5

I'm excited to get my hands on one of these. I'm a US citizen living in Hungary, and hoping to get my hands on a US version ASAP. I'm debating if it will be easier to order from Apple in the US and ship it via a third party to the EU, or order in the EU and have the keyboard swapped out after I get it. I'm mostly nervous that if I don't order right away, it will be sold out and hard to get my hands on for a few more…

In The Netherlands you typically will get US keyboards in your MacBooks. I think keyboards are not easily swappable but I might be mistaken? AFAIK in most European countries (at least in Germany) you can also order macs with US layout. Ordering in EU is easier especially related to warranty. But the price is steep: it is 1199 USD in the US versus 1519EUR in The Netherlands, including sales tax

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Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by Jyaif »

vishnugupta wrote: post #208
bluedino wrote: post #129

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> the worst the Mac has ever been Which one was that?

The one they launched with Touch Bar. By far the worst keyboard I have come across, almost useless Touch Bar, no ports.

For me the Touch Bar wasn't just useless, it was actively annoying.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by dcolkitt »

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #177
carlycue wrote: post #39

This thing is going to sell like hotcakes. The combination of single core CPU and graphics performance, device thinness, battery life in this laptop is unmatched. It’s funny how Apple came back from the worst the Mac has ever been to the best in a span of few years. Johnny I’ve doesn’t dictate things around Apple anymore but the silicone chips team now does.

Long AAPL, you say? Or what else are you saying? I agree that Ive's influence will not be missed.

Aren't Macs basically a rounding error for the overall company?
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