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If I start the application process now I might have my second mortgage approved by the time said 1TB RAM M5 Ultra is available.
You own a house?!
Might have to trade it in for the new Mac Studio.
Apple Says Mac Studio and Mac Mini Will Be in Short Supply for Months
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Re: Apple Says Mac Studio and Mac Mini Will Be in Short Supply for Months
#72The Mac Studio definitely shouldn't be. My M2 studio was the only computer I ever owned that had issues with the USBC ports not working with certain cables (and for the price, it should have had better performance). I've owned a M2 Mac Studio, PowerMac G5, Mac Pro. Every single one had flaws that you would consider inexcusable on PC Hardware priced half that amount. The PowerMac G5 had terrible video cards (the liqui…
Why ... did you put so much energy into typing this out? That's a lot of energy to put into .... something you don't like and probably shouldn't care so much about. Do you wish you could go back to macs?
Forbid they criticize Apple products that are in the very subject of the article.
Will you be around to police the discussion the next time something having "Microsoft" in the title is submitted and the shit-flinging-at-Windows-and-the-PC-world contest starts regardless to any relevance to the topic at hand?
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If you literally just need to borrow one, I'd just buy an Air from Apple directly and then return it within the 14 day window. I'll sometimes do this if I need an extended repair on my personal one, or there's a new mac I want to try.
This is unethical.
Glad to see the hackers have arrived to defend a billion dollar corporation
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This is unethical.
If the return policy explicitly allows "change of mind", I'd say it's in the gray area. Though ofc it isn't sustainable if everyone starts doing this. I assume there's a ((returns:buys)/payment identity) metric to ban the largest offenders. Also, there should be some universally accepted way to have access to your data and a secure personal computer in the duration your device is getting repaired.
Also, there should be some universally accepted way to have access to your data and a secure personal computer in the duration your device is getting repaired.
Yes, exactly. When getting your car repaired there’s loaners or rentals to allow you to keep driving. Why isn’t a loaner computer a standard thing?
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This exactly. No other laptop comes close on price for the hardware you get. Yeah you may get more ram in a PC but promise you it won’t feel as fast when you’re using it day to day or have as good of a display or battery life.
In same price range you can get a PC that not only has more ram but also has better multicore performance, better disk speed and better port selection. Yes neo wins on build quality, trackpad, speaker, display and battery life but the PC would also allow you to install any linux distro.
So the Neo wins on things people care about
Re: Apple Says Mac Studio and Mac Mini Will Be in Short Supply for Months
#76The Neo as well, I just need a Mac to test with and finding one is ridiculous. Hackintoshes are hell to setup and run like crap. I tried https://www.macincloud.com/ and that was a waste of time. Someone take my money.
Ever considered second hand slightly older gens? Even M1 is still great for many use cases. E.g. often corps are selling them on Ebay, in pretty good condition.
Mac prices on eBay are sort of bizarre. Back when I was looking (when you could still purchase a new one in a reasonable timeframe) many of the higher end listings cost as much or more (!) then just getting them from Apple. I ended up buying an Apple certified refurbished Mac Studio for less than the comparable eBay listing.
Not sure who’s buying these or if it’s just people dreaming about finding a rube.
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> so bad indeed that they took a bet on the low price sector with the Neo and abandoned the powerhouses The Neo isn't just a bet on low prices - it's a machine that convinces people they can get away with less RAM. In the middle of a pricing crunch, why wouldn't you ship an 8GB machine like the Neo? Its a win-win, Apple gets to ship a brand new SKU in volume despite the RAM crunch, and they get to punch into a previo…
I'm hoping that the success of the Neo and the RAM shortage makes people realise that 8GB should be enough for most tasks without constantly swapping. That 32GB or even 64GB is considered a minimum to be able to run some word processing, chat app, fetch remote content, and display funny cat photos is preposterous. In terms of information storage, these are absolutely immense numbers. The infinite treadmill of chasing…
I am curious. Where did you learn about 64 GB being considered minimum for those things ? I have never heard this.
I am able to do all of those things pretty fine with 16gb ram cheap msi laptop.
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Indeed, ton's of refurbished for $250-$300
Yea it does look like 5 year old M1's are going for $300 on eBay, but man that's painful a 5 year old machine for that much when you could get a new Neo or Mini for $600, if only you could buy them. I probably should just get the M1, test and sell it back on eBay. Thanks.
They are similarly good. In fact I prefer my M1 MBA to the newer models because of its shape.
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#80As I play more with Agents like Hermes and Openclaw I've come to realise these truly are the new GUI. I have Radarr and Sonarr running on my homeserver. I switched my model to cloud Claude, pasted the API docs of said apps and told it to make 'search, add, remove, update, and statusupdate' available in a small MCP. It took 7 minutes, I switched back to my local Qwen3.6 model and I haven't touched the webinterface of…
Your setup sounds awesome can I ask - would a high powered mac studio help yoru setup alot or not really? Im just wondering whether i truly need to upgrade from a 32gb macbook air to a studio with 256gb ram or , if thats just overkill for the models we have ( also the studio would be a m2 which is years old now).