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As far as I am aware, there isn't a single competitor from big brand manufacture at $599 price point regardless of size. M4, 16GB RAM, Thunderbolt 4. The SSD is
by ksec 2y ago
As far as I am aware, there isn't a single competitor from big brand manufacture at $599 price point regardless of size. M4, 16GB RAM, Thunderbolt 4. The SSD is the main failing point but with TB4 you can easily get an external SSD. You can also get 10Gbps for extra $100. With EDU or Staff pricing this thing stars at $499. Which is practically a steal.
I am thinking it may be better for cooperate to buy this and run Windows on VM than buying a PC.
Considering iPad and iPhone has been replacing 99% of my workflow outside of office I am thinking if my next computer could be a mini rather than a Laptop.
- xenospn 2y agoI’m always confused as to why people are so paranoid about storage size. I got the base MacBook Air and an external 2TB drive for cheap. Super fast and I never worry about anything - I didn’t even manage to get up to 50% of my 256GB drive.
- birdgoose 2y agoI agree with your sentiment but I feel like many people just don't like the idea of carrying around dongles/cables/hdds/etc with their laptops.
- chihuahua 2y agoEspecially if you value the Apple aesthetic, where there can be only 1 button, 1 port, and everything has to be as thin as possible.
- greenpresident 2y agoThere is a generation of tech users that downloaded TB of media for local storage. It’s just not something a lot of people do anymore but it created a psychological need, even if it’s not a technical necessity.
- heraldgeezer 2y agoI mean have you noticed how bad streaming services have gotten...
- kalleboo 2y agoThere are a bunch of large storage needs that macOS does not let you put on an external drive, like your synced Photos library and iMessage history.
- apetrovic 2y agoMove your Photos library to save space on your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/108345 https://support.apple.com/en-us/108345
- barfingclouds 2y agoIf I’m someone who does not super high intensity photo and video work, is a usb 3.2 gen 2 aka ~1 GB/s speeds fine in a hard drive?
- XajniN 2y agoTotally fine. I attached a 4TB SSD at 700-800 MiB/s for non-work files, never noticed anything slower unless it’s copying a huge file for 20 seconds instead of 5.