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Asahi's making decent enough progress that, eventually, you may not need to run macOS to enjoy macOS hardware. Why would I pay ~$930 for this, instead of buyin
by Klonoar 5y ago
Asahi's making decent enough progress that, eventually, you may not need to run macOS to enjoy macOS hardware.
Why would I pay ~$930 for this, instead of buying an M1 Air? The comment you're responding to hit the nail on the head - once you've gone fan-less and sleek, it's really hard to go back.
Few vendors, if any, hit the quality feel of Apple's products.
- goosedragons 5y ago32GB of RAM? Good Linux support today? Don't have to pay $400 for 1TB storage? Kinda a bad move to buy something that may or may not down the line do what you need to do today. I need features like USB 3 and DP USB output today not 6 months or 2 years from now if it even happens.
- jbverschoor 5y agoNot $400, but €300, so $334 > 1000GB SSD. Gen4 PCIe Over-Provisioned storage + €303,71 32gb is the only reason.. but then again, doesn't matter, because developers claim RAM is cheap anyway.. so there's no problem buying a macbook pro instead. The screen is not 4k, trackpad not as good, it's plastic, It has this oldschool barrel powercharger, etc. etc. etc.
- goosedragons 5y agoExcept you can just buy whatever M.2 SSD you want and slot it in and it doesn't even void the warranty. So for the same $400 to get a 1TB MBA you can easily get a 1TB Samsung 980 Pro (~$160) + 32GB RAM (~$130) and still have money left over. Plastic is a pro IMO anyways, doesn't have to feel cheap and it also doesn't get nicked or dented nearly as easily.
- zucker42 5y agoA good OS existing for M1 in 2 years does not make Intel/AMD laptops paperweights now.
- Dylan16807 5y ago> once you've gone fan-less and sleek, it's really hard to go back I've had sleek laptops where I couldn't tell there was a fan. Not sure what the fuss is.