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Yeah, the Intel Macs, despite using CPUs with worse power usage and thermal profiles than the AS chips, were thinner and lighter. The current machines are at le
by apothegm 7mo ago
Yeah, the Intel Macs, despite using CPUs with worse power usage and thermal profiles than the AS chips, were thinner and lighter. The current machines are at least as heavy and bulky as 2010-era Macs.
Even the Air, whose whole selling point was supposed to be “thin and light”, now weighs over 3lbs. Far cry from the <1.5lb 11” Air — anyone remember that one? Amazing portable computer.
- dangus 7mo agoThe most recent Just Josh Tech podcast episode mentioned this: the longer this chassis has been around, the more PC manufacturers have started closing the gaps. I really like how that podcast talked about the MacBook Neo as well. Some very non-technical users really do hit the 8GB memory wall and notice sluggishness just doing modern web browsing. A lot of early YouTubers have been doing reviews as quickly as possible (almost certainly being directly supplied by Apple with review units) singing the praises of the machine, but it's not that hard to find a 16GB-equipped Macbook Air for not much more money and that's a much better buy.