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Sure, although there's a bit of dissonance between "this is a great laptop because it uses the M2 which is our fastest CPU ever" and "you shouldn't be complaini
by orangecat 4y ago
Sure, although there's a bit of dissonance between "this is a great laptop because it uses the M2 which is our fastest CPU ever" and "you shouldn't be complaining about performance on an entry level system".
- faeriechangling 4y agoNot at all, it’s the fastest in non-sustained workloads which describes most of light usage. It’s the best machine to do light things with.
- rowanG077 4y agoIf you only use it for light usage there is not much case for "fastest". A good laptop from 7 years ago will have comparable experience.
- faeriechangling 4y agoA high sky Skylake ultrabook from 7 years ago with maybe 8gb of memory if it was higher spec is fuck slow with a bad battery life and you can absolutely notice the difference even if you're capable of ignoring it. The Intel HD graphics GPU on these laptops is also a real problem. A good laptop does make a difference when visiting some javascript monstrosity on the internet, I'm not saying it's good value, but if you have the money, why not buy a MacBook Air over a Chromebook?
- rowanG077 4y agoI agree with battery life but I honestly doubt people could see a performance difference between a good laptop from 7 tears ago and a new MacBook. Of course if you benchmark them you will see it easily. But just browsing the web and doing some mail? I doubt it. In that sense I feel like buying a powerful laptop for browsing and mail is a bit like buying a Ferrari. Sure your car can go fast but you won't ever use it.