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So quick question:
I can buy an MBA under the back to school program currently in the Land of Oz, and it means I can get either a set of AirPods 4 with ANC included for free, or for an extra AUD$100 get the APP 2.

Speaking as someone with an IPP M4, I would get this IPA M3 and pocket the savings.

m4m40 said:

$1500 for a 15” 16GB/512GB MBA is a pretty decent deal, considering the next step up in the Pro lineup is $2500 for 24GB/512GB (and pro-level chip). Having this in M4, maybe with 18GB memory is a very decent machine for daily (office) work.

It’s interesting how Apple has these entry level systems (Mac Mini, Mac Air) where you get so much bang for your buck and scaling up costs you unproportionally more.

Yes, although it is more a dilemma that it would seem. The MBA appeals for the larger screen and it is far too high a jump to the 16 inch MBP. and it is time to retire my old 2015 MBA. The base 15 inch MBA is AUD$2199 and base 13 inch M3 is AUD$1799.

But, the base MBP M4 has a 10 core CPU, a fan and a superior screen (higher res, brightness, ProMotion, SDR) if smaller, and more bandwidth. Oh, and this might change with the MBA M4, but the MBP has 4 more hours on the battery. I have been holding off to see what the MBA M4 is, as I would like a bigger screen,

But, with both configured to 16GB RAM and 512Gb storage they are both AUD$2499. Then what to choose, eh?

i am hoping I do not regret holding off for the M4 (bit hard when I have an IPP M4) as the AUD is cratering against the USD and prices could jump.

So this week I am getting one or the other.

darelrex said:

nubus said:

The corporate culture at Apple could be the reason why we get cases like "we have the right to do price fixing" with iBooks ...

When Kindle was the only e-book game in town, it set the price of every book, and if you didn't like it, get lost. Then Apple ruined it for them by launching iBooks with the policy "you choose the price of your book and we'll keep 30%". Only in an upside-down world could Apple, not Amazon, get charged with "price fixing" — but if you're the DOJ, you have to go after the deep pocket, not the dry hole of edge-of-profitability Amazon.

Yes, and the outcome of course is that Amazon controls the book market, and Apple gave up. What a great job DoJ.

This power consumption comparisons of both phones between high signal and low signal seem unintuitive.
identical for the 16e, less power on low signal compared with high signal for the 16.