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the latest intel ultra chips are also pretty good, and so are the laptops using them, such as the asus zenbooks
My 4-year old Dell XPS 15 is up for replacement, but somehow no manufacturer aside from Apple is making laptop with decent specs nowadays? I want 2TB storage, a 4k (or close) HiDPI display, good build quality, and not a bulky gaming laptop. The XPS 15 was perfect, it had those specs, except it only had 1TB storage which is now full. I was expecting that to not be an issue 4 years later ... But now Dell discontinued X…
I believe all brands offer some laptops with hidpi screens.
The only part where Apple is unmatched is in battery life but you mention it is not a strong requirement.
No Nano-Texture Option. I actually returned an M3 Macbook Air I got for xmas because I find it too reflective, waiting and hoping for a non-reflective Macbook Air. If Apple had made it clear they weren't gonna release a non-reflective screen for the Macbook air, I might've just kept the M3 or perhaps gotten the heavy Pro. Now I don't feel like getting any of these.
I know, I know, it doesn't feel nice to stick glass in front of it -- but seriously, try it. I didn't believe it at first, but it's great.
Why are we back to MagSafe? I liked just having the usb-c on my air.
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"Ryzen AI" has to be the worst name for a line of general purpose CPUs ever conceived.
Everybody keeps talking about it, must do wonders for marketing. By now everyone must know that AMD has a wonderful chip with a horrible name.
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Yeah, while I don't mind MagSafe, I'd 100% want an extra USB-C port instead.
Is there a particular use case where you'd need the extra (I'm assuming you're wanting this for on the go use cases, otherwise you'd probably use a hub at your "home" location)
Where does this obsession of making it as thin as possible even come from? I am pretty sure almost everyone will gladly trade the "thinness" for a few standard USB and HDMI ports.
Technology makes progress. Do you want a COM port?
I really wish Apple would make a MacBook Air variant with display quality on par with the iPad Pro or MacBook Pro (ProMotion/120hz and XDR/HDR, at least). The screen quality is the only reason I currently use the Pro despite its chunkier weight, since the local compute/memory of the Air is already plenty for me (and most users). The iPad Pro proves that weight and battery life is no excuse here for the lack of state-…
I know Apple wants to differentiate ProMotion as a Pro feature, but even non-tech people I know are wondering why Android phones run smoother than iPhones. Stuff that would be completely unheard of purely because of how noticeable 60hz vs 120hz is. Actual reputational damage is going on because of these poor decisions, I’m not surprised iPhones are struggling to obtain new market share. They just look like old and sl…
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I have T14s Gen 3 AMD running Linux and I don't even come close to 12 hours, maybe half of that. That's my biggest complaint.
I never understand why people are so fixated on battery runtime. If you actually use the device indoors, don't you have a possibility to charge anytime. For me, I alternate between my home office room and the living room. Sometimes I work when on the train. And even less often in national flights and on airports. Except when flying or on very outdated trains, there never is an issue charging.
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> storage premium I wanted to make a nice comparison chart: (prices are very rough but from NewEgg) DDR5 RAM (Single Stick) Memory Apple Desktop Laptop Server 16 - ~$40 ~$40 ~$60 24 +$200 ~$200 ~$50 ~$100 32 +$400 ~$80 ~$80 ~$100-$200 2 Sticks 64 - ~$200 ~$170 ~$150 128 - ~$115 ~$310 ~$250 Storage Apple NVME (Gen 5) NVME (Gen 4) SSD HDD 256GB - - ~$50 ~$20 ~$20 512GB +$200 - ~$60 ~$30 ~$40 1T +$400 ~$150 ~$80 ~$60 ~$…
why the heck a 24gb stick on desktop cost $200