I have mixed feelings about Parallels. On one hand, it's good to be able to run a Windows VM, that generally works and is usable. On the other hand, in my niche that became a lazy vendor's equivalent of "we support MacOS".
Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
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Re: Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
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> And oh yes, the modern Mac shares those 8GB with the video RAM... The Unified Memory Architecture is why these Macs are so fast—no wasted cycles moving data between RAM and GPU. And the data is compressed in real-time so less data has to be transferred and there's less ware and tear on the SSD, which is directly to SoC [1]. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47354705
Well yes it's still only 8GB shared between macos, the VM and the graphics buffers. On a mobile chip.
People whip out “mobile chip” like this thing is going to crawl. It is faster than the Apple M1 (and runs the same software).
Re: Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
#303MacBook Neo is going to sell like crazy. In the education market, educators, students, aides... nothing close at this price point. With memory and SSD prices so high I don't see how Dell, Asus and others are going to be able to compete. Unless the build quality is significantly worse than a M1 macbook air not sure budget PC makers will be able to compete.
Ironically probably one of my biggest reasons against buying one is it's obvious desirability.
I've already once in my life been in a situation where I can say with certainty the only reason my laptop wasn't stolen is that it wasn't a MacBook(despite having equal or above retail purchase value). I wouldn't be surprised if there's more that I never knew about.
Re: Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
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Not until macOS 28., but you're right, it's frustratingly unclear whether the initial deprecation is limited to macOS apps or whether it will also stop working for VMs. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527 https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/run...
It would be pretty difficult for Apple to disable Rosetta for VMs.
How so?
Re: Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
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In theory you can run any software on any hardware.
Oh I fully get that, what I mean is in a viable way.
Re: Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
#306Apple is moving into Google's territory, cheap Chromebooks. The right move for Google is to aggressively move forward with their desktop OS and launch their line of laptops. The first pixel laptops had the best keyboards and trackpads ever. Google can nail this if they have the right product person. Apple needs some competition and the legacy PC makers won't cut it. Once again, it has to be Apple vs Google, same as A…
I think this is somewhat ignorant the wide variety of legitimately very decent Windows PC laptops available in the exact same $500-700 price range as the MacBook Neo. Apple isn’t disrupting the industry here. Don’t buy into early influencer review hype. These reviewers don’t actually look at retail store pricing. Apple is just making a decision to go downmarket and making many of the same compromises as other cheap l…
That one has a lower pixel density. 162 ppi for the Yoga vs 219 for the Neo. My MacBook Air M3 is 224 and I can't image going much lower, even for OLED. Maybe if I watched more videos.
Re: Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
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This isn't a novelty it will crush the low end of the PC market. No one cares if the next iteration will be better with 12GB of ram. The workloads that people say that 8GB can't handle will be ones that the actual users will either wait or tolerate. I've been noticing that people who review the Macbook Neo basically don't get the point [1] and just the headline of this article matters that VMs work and thats a big wi…
Most people run Windows just fine on cheap laptops with 4GB of RAM. These won't run Crysis, but they don't need to.
Windows 11 on 4gb of ram? I doubt it unless they are in hell and that is their eternal torture.
Re: Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
#308Re: Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
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Are you sure about that?
You can do more if you have a lot more RAM. Otherwise you really are that restricted. In the country I live in, there is no comparable Chromebook spec-wise on par with the Neo at a similar price point. You're basically stuck with 4GB RAM.
Justifying having 8gb as a good amount, while downplaying 4gb as not enough is pretty hilarious. Chromebooks run fine with 4gb of ram, especially if you install linux and use zram+swap.
You can get a regular laptop and have even more ram with Linux. Not sure why you are stuck on the Chromebook.
Re: Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine
#310It's a computer. CPU wise is about a slightly better M1 - which even today is quite a beast.
It's not surprising that it can run anything a 8GB M1 could... Geez...