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I think this has no virtualisation instructions right? Since AFAIK, those are restricted to the Mx series. Of course the 8GB of RAM is also limiting for running any kind of VM, but this notebooks are almost exactly what I was looking for, except for the 8GB of memory.
Feels like a refurb M1 Air is a much better deal. 8/256, TouchID, Magsafe, USB3 all for $300-350 currently. Or step up to a refurb M4 Air with 16/256 and all the bells and whistles for $759. The New M4 Air with 16/256 were $749 for 2 months over Nov/Dec everywhere.
Will it be true macOS or will they use this excuse of using an “iPhone chip” to lock down everything like they do on iPads/iPhones?
The Neo should offer similar if not better performace as the first round of entry level Macbook Pro/Mini/Airs that Apple launched in 2020 with the M1 chip.
If this makes people develop stuff under the assumption that the user only has 8 GB of memory, I am happy for where we are going :-)
Forget people, id like to see Apple themselves optimise the macOS experience for 8gb Ram. The M1 Air base should ideally be useful until the MacBook Neo loses macOS updates. So 6+6 years at least. But we all know M1 Air will lose updates in a couple of years maybe because Apple doesn't want us to keep using old hardware even if it's similar to new hardware.
If this makes people develop stuff under the assumption that the user only has 8 GB of memory, I am happy for where we are going :-)
With builds running on big build servers.
Its wild watching Apple change. They lost their luxury brand and have pivoted to general population. Today, every unemployed teen and stay at home mom has a $40/mo iphone. It lost its status. These are some final nails in the coffin. As an Apple stock holder, I might exit my position. They have no growth left, they are just another Blue Chip now..
Yeah, just rub in the fact that an A series chip is capable of running a real OS.
Apple is second to none in supporting legacy products.
Geekbench CPU single/multi and GPU Metal scores. - M1: 2,347 / 8,342 / 32,377 - M2: 2,587 / 9,669 / 44,712 - A18Pro: 3,539 / 8,772 / 32,288 So Neo is really comparable with the M1, although it has quite faster single core speed.
It’s still the fastest computer I’ve ever used. (No Tahoe for me)