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Honest question, what made you think that a macbook air would replace a desktop computer?
by serverholic 6y ago
Honest question, what made you think that a macbook air would replace a desktop computer?
- tyingq 6y agoIt sounds like he just wanted it to drive external monitors without issues.
- folkrav 6y agoA decently fast laptop can definitely replace an older desktop computer without issue. When my old gaming rig died in 2017, I bought a laptop for work and plugged it in my monitors. Apart from graphics, the laptop was measurably faster on all accounts.
- boringg 6y agoFair enough but theres also a 3 year gap on those machines you are comparing.
- folkrav 6y agoThe only machines I've compared were my old gaming rig (with various parts bought or upgraded anywhere between 2009 to 2012-13) and my 2017 laptop. Not sure where that 3 years come from, maybe I'm misunderstanding.
- astrange 6y agoIt's not like Intel's products have gotten any faster in 3 years.
- AmVess 6y agoMy M1 MBA is faster than my 4790K desktop, and by a decent margin. It is fast enough that I'd be able to have it as a main computer if I needed it to be. My main PC is an 8 core Ryzen.
- smoldesu 6y agoI used a work-provided Thinkpad P51 that did replace my desktop, and it was a dream to use alongside the docking station. It's no longer in my possession though, and the specs on that machine were looking a little dated. I bought the M1 Air because it was cheap and supposedly replaced some people's desktops. Even still I don't think I took a loss on it. In a few months I could probably sell it for a cool $800 and not lose terribly much of my investment.