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> How are Apple store employees/nerds going to explain this product line bifurcation? I really doubt most Apple customers care. A few do, but they've long bee
by bigyabai 1y ago
> How are Apple store employees/nerds going to explain this product line bifurcation?
I really doubt most Apple customers care. A few do, but they've long been the minority.
- hedora 1y agoYeah; but the ones that don’t care about the details often ask someone “which one should I buy?” Currently, for MacBooks, the answer is “the small one doesn’t have a fan, so for sustained work like games or iMovie it is slower. However, it is smaller, lighter, quieter and cheaper”.
- bigyabai 1y agoI really do not see how that advice would change with an 18A chip in the lineup. Are their egos supposed to feel the performance hit? Is there some cabal of Taiwanese extremists propping up the Mac market?
- chasil 1y agoIn the days of Intel modems, advising against buying from AT&T and T-Mobile was sound, as the performance was worse than a Qualcomm model.