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  • 15-inch MacBook Air review: Hits the sweet spot for portability and power

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    Rogue01 said:
    When you upgrade the memory and storage in the 15" MacBook Air, you are only a few hundred dollars away from the 14" MacBook Pro with more memory and the same storage configuration.  The 14" MacBook Pro is a faster Mac, with more features, and offers a much better cooling system than the MacBook Air.  The article mentioned the benefits, but forgot to mention that the 14" has a better cooling system, which is important because the Air will throttle sooner and more often than the 14" model.  I think most would prefer the 14" model for a few hundred dollars more.
    Except that these machines are not meant for your prosumer and above video editors. 
    The base 8GB RAM is enough for the vast majority of regular folks that do e-mails, word processing, spreadsheet kind of work. 
    If I would suggest an upgrade for regular folk, I would say upgrade the storage. Nowadays 256GB is hardly enough with all the photos that so many store locally. 
    Alex1Nwilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest heatsets - how the approaches compare

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    That shot of Meta's Workrooms just shows how far ahead Apple is with respect to the competition. 
    This is Apple carving out a new path for everyone else to follow.

    While gen1 or gen2 of the Vision Pro may not become the runaway success that the iPhone became, by gen3 I predict that even the biggest holdouts will buckle.  Interesting years to come in the AR/VR headspace. 
    watto_cobrawilliamlondondanoxHirsuteJimFileMakerFellerbaconstang

  • Hands on with Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Air at WWDC

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    rezwits said:
    I get tired of seeing posts like this: "We tried Final Cut Pro and..."

    It's like to me this is a Student laptop, or laptop for people who need something for Starbucks.  I mean don't get me wrong that is such an A$$hºl3 thing to say, but Final Cut Pro? Why oh why...

    It's literally an iWorks laptop (Office), email/calendar, Safari (Chromebook)!  Lightweight work anybody?

    But every time it's like we've got this tiny small laptop and "Here's how FCP did on it". WHO CARES!?!

    Like someone before me posted, "If someone wants to do FCP, (especially REAL FCP), they're gonna get a Pro Line machine, yeesh...  I mean come on we all know it's gonna run FCP, but are you really wanting this thing to spectacularly perform?

    Laters...
    A few short years ago, running FCP on MacBook Air would be an unthinkable proposition. 
    Ever since the introduction of the M-Series chips, this is a possibility and reviewers now want to put these machines through the ringer to see what is possible, on battery power alone. 

    IMO the biggest feature of these machines is the one thing you don’t hear……FAN NOISE. 
    williamlondonAlex1Nrezwitswatto_cobra

  • Hands on with Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Air at WWDC

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    I definitely see the logic in releasing a larger Mac Book Air. 
    Having more screen real estate is a definite plus for many people albeit at slight portability penalty.
    A very good product for the masses, that is until we one day get a more affordable Vision Pro and then we could work on virtual 80" screens.  
    williamlondonAlex1NAlex_Vwatto_cobra

  • Maxed-out Apple Silicon Mac Pro costs 1/4 what a maxed Intel one did

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    darkvader said:
    Less RAM, no GPU upgrades.

    NOT impressed.  Honestly not even sure why Apple bothered.
    Maybe because the Intel Mac Pro was getting old and not selling, thus no longer making sense in keeping it in the lineup.
    Perhaps putting an M2 Ultra in the chassis with expandability slots for added SSD's or peripherals was the only thing possible at this very moment.
    williamlondon