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Re: New MacBook Air with M2

#51

Looks like a neat laptop. I don't really understand why apple feels the need to forgoe articles for their devices, however. For instance, they write "MacBook Air features..." rather than "The MacBook Air features..." as would be grammatically correct in English.

Maybe they want to think about their products more like a platform than an actual product? Would that explain that difference in language?

edit: What @grumple said further below.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

#52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They’ve been doing this with a lot of products for a long time. “Today we announce iPhone … with iPhone you can do anything!” I think it is very strange.

One of the first ways a cult gets everyone on the same page is altered language and speech patterns.

I mean, apple knows their customer base. It wouldn't be unlikely that their writing is somehow catered to who they know would buy their devices.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

#55
I'm sure it's fast coming from previous intel Macs but really the main thing holding me back is seeing how many hurdles my fellow devs run into. There's always talk about something not running or being M1 incompatible.

Well, that and I'd be forced to use OSX.

So far the only real benefit I've seen seems to be for those who code on insanely long train commutes.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

#56
post #36

Do we still need Mighty App? M2 is significantly faster than Xeon and Epyc in single core speeds which is what matters the most in web browsing speed. There's also no latency that Mighty has. Just get yourself a 24GB M2 Macbook.

Depends, is Mighty App cheaper than $2099+existing laptop disposal cost per user?

FYI, an M1 will also be significantly faster than Mighty for most web browsing.

If you're willing to pay for Mighty, I presume that you're willing to upgrade your laptop as well.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

#57
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…

ISO layout completely sucks, why would you want it?

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

#58
post #45

Looks like a neat laptop. I don't really understand why apple feels the need to forgoe articles for their devices, however. For instance, they write "MacBook Air features..." rather than "The MacBook Air features..." as would be grammatically correct in English.

"MacBook Air" is an idea. A concept. "The MacBook Air" is a thing. How mundane. Or something like that.

Exactly, it's just Apple's style of copywriting.

Re: New MacBook Air with M2

#59
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…

I always order Macbooks with US keyboards, as default European version with double-row Enter and ~ in the wrong place is unacceptable for me.
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