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Yeah, because a Celeron is definitely equivalent to an M1. I’m sure screen resolution, color calibration and build quality were as good too.

• jqpabc123 4y ago
  • gambiting 4y ago
    ....it doesn't though. If you think it does, then I invite you to post an example please, for instance of anything that can compete against an M1 MacBook Air or Pro at half price - and by compete I mean anything that offers the same performance, same battery life, all in an aluminum body.
    • google234123 4y ago
      And not a 1080p screen
      • nicolaslem 4y ago
        I see IPS 1080p (or the equivalent in 16:10) as a feature. What's the point of a 4K OLED if it doubles the power consumption?
        • gambiting 4y ago
          Sure, but Macbooks have retina(their stupid resolution) screens and yet still work 12 hours+ on battery. So it's not like your only options are 1080p(which is very low nowadays, I'd argue it actually limits productivity) and 4K power hungry high-brightness OLED panel. There are options in between those two.
        • msbarnett 4y ago
          High DPI screens are a godsend when you are reading text on them all day, I’ll never go back to a 1080p screen. And I’d hardly say a MacBook Pro is suffering in the battery life department for the choice. Besides, the claim was comparable at half the cost. We’re not now going to shift the goal posts by playing “not comparable but I like it better”. It’s comparable or it isn’t.
    • jqpabc123 4y ago
      • gambiting 4y ago
        You very specifically said "cost at least 2x more than comparable.". So I'd like you to post an example of a laptop that is indeed comparable and costs half the price of an M1 MacBook Pro or Air. Either stand by what you said, or correct yourself. >>The luxury laptop market is now an Apple exclusive. Plenty of extremely expensive(more so than Macbooks) laptops from HP, Dell, Lenovo and Asus. Saying that only apple makes "luxury laptops" is just....not true.
        • jqpabc123 4y ago
          It's hard to find a laptop nowadays with comparable "specs" --- and this I believe is by design. You can't get a "Retina" display anywhere else. Comparable real world "functionality" is a different story --- one based on need. What is "Retina"? Only Apple knows but it appears to mean more pixels than your eyes can detect. It is marketing more so than functionality. A lot of the high end Apple "features" or "specs" have little or no impact on real world functionality. They exist mainly to justify added expense and/or bragging rights.
          • cornstalks 4y ago
            There are plenty of other high-DPI laptops (don’t get distracted by “Retina”). Just search for a 4K laptop. It’ll have the same(ish) pixel density as a MacBook Pro. Also, saying it has little or no impact on real world functionality is an opinion I strongly disagree with. I will never work on a low-DPI screen again because I vastly prefer the crispness of high-DPI screens.
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          • gambiting 4y ago
            I think you are just trying to avoid answering the question, because you realized the original quote is just not true in the slightest. >>Comparable real world "functionality" is a different story --- one based on need. I will repeat my request for the third time then - please provide an example of a laptop at half price of an M1 Macbook Air/Pro that has comparable "real world functionality" then. Please observe how I'm completely open to working with your terms, so just go ahead and provide something, anything. >>A lot of the high end Apple "features" or "specs" have little or no impact on real world functionality. Like what? Please name one.