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Really? I just recently tried out (and took a photo of) an m2 macbook pro with 2k displays attached, lid open and screen mirroring on. 4 screens with 60“ tv in the distance. Would that really not work on an m3 mac?
The M2 supports two native display outputs. If you have more than that you must be using janky Displaylink dongles.
I'm always a bit irritated when editors still use inch measurements exclusively, when it's only used in 3 countries officially still. Not talking about screen sizes obviously, but I really don't have an intuition for what 'less than half an inch' thickness is and I'm sure there are a _lot_ of people who use English as their interface language outside of the US.
Why is # of countries or # of people important? It's the total spending dollars that's important. By using US customary units, you get 25% of the world GDP in one easy-to-do-business-with entity.
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> Follow the money. If you follow the money, you can see it flowing in to Apple's bank account from consumers.
This is a lazy troll - for example, note how conspicuously people making that claim are unable to identify specific equivalent hardware at significantly lower prices or any discussion of the total cost of ownership over the service life of the device. Simply repeating a cliche forum comment doesn’t contribute anything like those details could.
At this rate, if you show someone a laptop that's genuinely better than a Macbook they'll complain that it's missing a notch. Setting a nebulous standard of "equivalent hardware" is a lazy goalpost intended to waste the time of good-faith commentators. It's an ivory throne in the swamp, if it suits you.
Prices in Europe still very bloated compared with US.
do not forget that US prices are quoted without sales tax, whereas most americans will pay sales tax on it adding 6-10%
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do not forget that US prices are quoted without sales tax, whereas most americans will pay sales tax on it adding 6-10%
I know, the base model costs €1299 in Belgium, that’s $1400 with the current exchange rate, quite a bit more than $1099 + sales tax.
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> I would kill for a version of ThinkPad X1 Nano or X1 Carbon for example that had the battery life, silence, and unplugged performance of a Macbook Air Ditto on the Nano. I wind up looking at it every few months and then begrudgingly walking away because it just doesn't make any sense to buy.
I have the first gen and it’s about the perfect size for an ultraportable in my opinion, and its screen, build, and general feel are great but its battery and CPU are underwhelming at best. The newer gens are even more confusing because they don’t offer the cooler, more efficient U CPU variants, only the hotter more power hungry P variants, which exacerbates heat and battery life issues.
is there really anything stopping you from setting a lower cTDP if that’s really what you want?
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Few years back I had a MacBook pro 2019 and an old ultra wide LG screen with resolution 25:9 and HDMI only input. Apparently, official Apple's USB to HDMI connector cannot handle screen resolution 2560*1080 at that time. Thing that was possible at 300$ windows laptop cannot be done on 2500$ machine with 60$ connector.
Because if you agreed to pay $2500 anyway, you can agree to pay for an upgrade! Apple is in the business of selling you hardware, specifically premium hardware. Think car dealership.
People agree to pay ridiculous prices for memory or apple connectors - why not to charge them maximum?
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I'm pretty sure that's their gatekeeping. I looked at the price for m3 and if it would have 16gig it would literally be perfect for just 1k but nope 8 more gigs cost you an arm and a leg
You really are in market for Apple laptop and 200 dollar more for extra 8GM RAM is arm and a leg for you?
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> you're stuck with MacOS Interesting way of thinking about probably the biggest draw of the hardware.
Depends. To me, software is the thing that will keep me from Apple products. IMO Linux and Android are light-years ahead and are becoming even further ahead every year.