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But you didn't mention what components of the MacBook Air are better than the Thinkpad. -The MacBook air M1 screen is amazing: 2560 by 1600 and 227 pixels per

But you didn't mention what components of the MacBook Air are better than the Thinkpad. -The MacBook air M1 screen is amazing: 2560 by 1600 and 227 pixels per inch. The Thinkpad cannot compare -The MacBook has an ultra low power but similarly performant M1 CPU and don't forget it runs so freaking cool it doesn't even need a fan!! I'm never going back to an actively cooled laptop ever again. Those days are in the past for me.

paulmd 3y ago
Please for the love of god… put the M3 pro in the 15” MBA already… it’s so close to being the perfect lower-midrange laptop but the 1 external display (without closing the lid) is a dealbreaker for tons of people. The 15” chassis can handle it just fine for the burst loads the MBA is designed around, and the M3 pro is reduced in scope over the earlier variants already. The impulse reply is “but they want you to buy the MBP!” and surely that’s missing the whole point of the laddering strategy? Why miss a chance to slot in one more tier to grind people upwards? but yeah the MBA are literally such a good laptop that they can do this job of peeling people away from x86 while running fully passive, it is a little silly how badly the x86 stuff comes off in comparison. Some laptops check some of the boxes but the apple is just a killer laptop, great KB and trackpad, ok speakers (MBP is definitely better but air is also better than the average tinny laptop speaker), solid screen (MBP is better tho), well-supported Unix environment, etc.
- r00fus 3y ago
  2 monitors is so passé. It was necessary in the age where you could only get 16:9 monitors (due to 1080p format dominance). Nowadays, I do far better with a 34" or 49" widescreen format. My home monitor is 32:9 and far better than any 2-monitor setup - even though my machine could easily do 3x external monitors + display.
  - pokerface_86 3y ago
    why not both? i run a 34” 21:9 oled and a 27” vertical. its great.

paulmd 3y ago

Please for the love of god… put the M3 pro in the 15” MBA already… it’s so close to being the perfect lower-midrange laptop but the 1 external display (without closing the lid) is a dealbreaker for tons of people. The 15” chassis can handle it just fine for the burst loads the MBA is designed around, and the M3 pro is reduced in scope over the earlier variants already. The impulse reply is “but they want you to buy the MBP!” and surely that’s missing the whole point of the laddering strategy? Why miss a chance to slot in one more tier to grind people upwards? but yeah the MBA are literally such a good laptop that they can do this job of peeling people away from x86 while running fully passive, it is a little silly how badly the x86 stuff comes off in comparison. Some laptops check some of the boxes but the apple is just a killer laptop, great KB and trackpad, ok speakers (MBP is definitely better but air is also better than the average tinny laptop speaker), solid screen (MBP is better tho), well-supported Unix environment, etc.

r00fus 3y ago
2 monitors is so passé. It was necessary in the age where you could only get 16:9 monitors (due to 1080p format dominance). Nowadays, I do far better with a 34" or 49" widescreen format. My home monitor is 32:9 and far better than any 2-monitor setup - even though my machine could easily do 3x external monitors + display.
- pokerface_86 3y ago
  why not both? i run a 34” 21:9 oled and a 27” vertical. its great.