Why are we back to MagSafe? I liked just having the usb-c on my air.
MacBook Air M4
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Re: MacBook Air M4
#82Where 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.
> I am pretty sure almost everyone will gladly trade the "thinness" for a few standard USB and HDMI ports. I think there’s a lot of people that want something as light and thin as possible to slip into your purse and take to the cafe.
Light, sure. Thin?
I have never seen any instance where a laptop's thinness ended up factoring in ease of portability.
Re: MacBook Air M4
#83This is amazing, yet silly to state "Up to 23x faster performance [4]" [4] against, 1.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i7-based MacBook Air
As someone that migrated to the M1 Macbook Air from a Mid-2014 Macbook Pro... the Intel customers are still the ones they're trying to target, amusingly. If they'd just give me onboard mobile connectivity, I'd upgrade to the next Air sooner, otherwise this thing will run until it dies... and maybe some day they'll start comparing performance against their original M1.
> If they'd just give me onboard mobile connectivity
I don't even want that on my iPad Pro. I would rather tether it with my phone, mobile hotspot, or some other wifi connection.
Re: MacBook Air M4
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
you can remap modifier keys if you so inclined in keyboard settings, without additional software, and have separate settings per internal and external keyboard.
Right, but physically I think the Mac left-most bottom button is fn or something instead of control but yeah just one of those things to deal with
You can remap that as well.
Re: MacBook Air M4
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
To be clear: 1) Apple releases incremental upgrades! Why won't they make huge strides every year so I can upgrade! 2) People who upgrade every year are sheeps! 3) Apple support devices for longer than Android, that's nice! (yes, not Windows though). 4) God, why do their benchmarks compare devices that are 3-5y old?! Apple is marketing to people who have devices that are old, because they are old. "Hey, you noticed th…
> 2) People who upgrade every year are sheeps! > 3) Apple support devices for longer than Android, that's nice! > 4) God, why do their benchmarks compare devices that are 3-5y old?! 2 and 4 kind of contradict each other. I wouldn't be surprised that the average upgrade cycle for a lot of folks is in that 3-5 year range, for both personal and corporate buyers.
> I wouldn't be surprised that the average upgrade cycle for a lot of folks is in that 3-5 year range, for both personal and corporate buyers.
My personal laptop is a 2014 MacBook Pro. I'll be buying one of these new M4 Airs, and comparing to an 11-year-old computer.
Re: MacBook Air M4
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
The better screen and better keyboard are probably the most day to day practical reasons to upgrade. But that’s countered by the extra weight and thickness of the Pro, too. So it’s really a choice of mobility versus usage ergonomics. The Pro is also fan cooled, but with Apple Silicon I’m not sure that matters all that much at this performance band. If you need fan cooled performance you probably want to start thinkin…
Is the Pro fan cooled? I have never heard a fan on my M2 Pro.
Yes.
Re: MacBook Air M4
#87I just bought the m4 mac mini at Costco about a month ago. I have been slightly irked I didn't wait for this so I can walk it away from my desk sometimes. I really hate the idea of a return since I'm still in the window but....
costco returns are notoriously generous, no questions asked. electronics might be a shorter window but i think it's very accepted to return
Re: MacBook Air M4
#88Looks good.
Re: MacBook Air M4
#89I just bought the m4 mac mini at Costco about a month ago. I have been slightly irked I didn't wait for this so I can walk it away from my desk sometimes. I really hate the idea of a return since I'm still in the window but....
I wonder if this macbook air will finally come with "replaceable" storage, like the m4 mac mini did.
Re: MacBook Air M4
#90Where 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.
I care more about total mass than thinness. But those things tend to be correlated.
I doubt a few ports can add any significant weight difference to it.