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I recently purchased an M3 Max MacBook with a ton of RAM. It was expensive, but I love that I can run various containers, Emacs, Slack, and more, while never sw
by koito17 2y ago
I recently purchased an M3 Max MacBook with a ton of RAM. It was expensive, but I love that I can run various containers, Emacs, Slack, and more, while never swapping a single byte. More importantly, I can have all of these containers running yet have battery that lasts a whole day. I usually charge my laptop once every two days. Most other laptops I've used would last 2-3 hours under the same workload, and produce tons of heat and fan noise when compiling software.
I will concede that some aspects of the laptop are pretty bad. For instance, the keyboard is subpar compared to even the cheapest mechanical keyboards. The trackpad seems overrated. On desktops, I always use an ergonomic trackball mouse, so trackpads and even "regular" mice put my hand in relatively awkward position and I can't keep it stationary. Something that isn't mentioned often is that the mini-LED displays have considerable bloom, especially compared to the previous generation of MacBooks that used IPS displays.
Personally speaking, the pros of this machine vastly outweight the cons I've just listed.