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Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

evo_9 wrote: post #245
nico_h wrote: post #236

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MY only gripe with the M1 and M2 Air the lack of support for more than a single external screen. I feel like it's just a pure marketing play to only support more than one external screen on the 14" pro. They have Magsafe and two thunderbolt 3 / USB 4 ports, they could totally support 2 Apple studio displays, at least on the 24GB model.

I switched to a single ultra wide 38 from LG and it was a huge improvement over my dual monitor setup. I’m on M1 Air, and switched my work pc to the same.

The other reason I enjoy my ultrawide is that there are fewer cables to deal with and less hardware needed to mount the monitors. I bought a 34" UW a couple of years back. But I reckon my next upgrade I'm going to the superwides.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by apexalpha »

€1520 in Europe for 256gb ssd and 8gb ram... The 512/16 version is almost €2000.

Man this is just insane pricing. It sucks because besides ssd/ram everything is fantastic for a laptop. I would buy it almost instantly for $1000

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by ch4s3 »

dcolkitt wrote: post #220
simonebrunozzi wrote: post #177

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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?

As others have said, it's about 20% of phone revenue but you need a mac to build an iOS app. THey're also selling a whole ecosystem that needs to be cohesive and technically strong. For a while the mac part of the ecosystem wasn't living up to the quality of the phones, IMHO.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by sgarland »

jeffbee wrote: post #174
sgarland wrote: post #97

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Eh. I bought a base model M1 Air on a whim because they were in stock, and I can count on one hand the times I wished for more RAM. I have a Kubernetes cluster at home I can run things in, which also hosts a Jupyter instance. My next one I'll get 16G simply because those few times (namely, creating Kubernetes labs intended to be ran on Apple Silicon) were annoying to deal with. But for I would wager 90+% of their cus…

I have the 8GB M1 mini, which I bought as soon as it went on sale, so it's a year and a half old. In general the 8GB thing has been fine, and the notion that it can swap pretty quickly has been fine, but it's definitely noticeable now that the swapping is no longer fine, whether because the flash is wearing out or because there was a software update. These days I regularly reboot the thing just to clear the decks aft…

I can't imagine the SSD having worn out yet; that's very odd. Mine hasn't quite hit a year yet, so I'll definitely keep an eye on it, but I haven't noticed any slowdowns.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by tra3 »

highwaylights wrote: post #231
zuhsetaqi wrote: post #217

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My dealbreaker for the MBA is single external monitor support

This is the real problem right here and why I was ready to upgrade day one. Not interested in the M2 Air now. I'm sure it's all very nice but the only thing missing from my Air that I really wanted was multiple display output.

You can have multiple display support with Display Link. It's not ideal because it consumes CPU, but it's working fine with my M1 MBA. If I had to do it again, I'd likely just purchase a real nice single monitor.

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Post by iamben »

horsawlarway wrote: post #259
iamben wrote: post #202

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The last Intel Air (early 2020) is the worst Mac I've ever owned by an absolute mile. The fan is permanently on - it's like working on a hairdryer.

Honestly - Pretty much every laptop Apple released from 2018 to 2021 was a complete turd. I have the 16 inch 2019 model (issued by work, I don't buy apple products) and it's... just not a good machine. It gets amazingly hot, the fans run ALL the time, the usb-c ports are flakey at best (frequently stop working after a suspend/resume cycle, or if you unplug while the machine is closed). It's got a shitty touch bar ins…

Ugh, I forgot about the battery. I'm lucky if I get a couple of hours out of it. Horrible thing.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by tedd4u »

postalrat wrote: post #10
nojito wrote: post #4

This is quite possibly the absolute most perfect portable laptop ever released. Thin, light, no fan, and looks great with great performance and battery life.

Looks nice but gets expensive adding ram that I'd need to have.

Let's say you're going to use this for 3 years and it becomes worthless after that.

$1,800 / (3 * 365) = $1.64 a day

In reality you could still probably sell it for at least $500 at the end of the term bringing the cost down to $1.19 a day.

And with inflation where it is, you're locking in the current price with today's dollars.

If it's something you'll use every day adding the RAM you need I think is an easy decision.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

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Post by ChuckNorris89 »

apexalpha wrote: post #272

€1520 in Europe for 256gb ssd and 8gb ram... The 512/16 version is almost €2000. Man this is just insane pricing. It sucks because besides ssd/ram everything is fantastic for a laptop. I would buy it almost instantly for $1000

As another kick in the nuts, the 256GB SSD is dog-slow as well, and that's before you'll inevitably hit the swap in mulți tasking thanks to the 8GB RAM.

That entry level model is just there to advertise a starting price but should be avoided.

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