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  • MacBook Air with M2 processor review: The sweet spot for Mac portables in 2022

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    It doesn’t really make sense to say that MBA users generally won’t be using apps that need active cooling and then also complain that the MBA doesn’t support multiple external monitors. Being able to handle a 6K 32 inch external seems fine for something claimed to be for non-demanding apps.
    Well the lack of multiple display support is the very reason I bought a 14" MacBook Pro this week instead of a MacBook Air. I like the M2 MacBook Air a lot and its all I need technically as far as how powerful it is, but I like to use multiple displays and it lacks support for that so 14" MacBook Pro it was. I played Apple's game...I don't think there's really any reason why they can't design it to support multiple displays. Maybe not multiple 6K displays, but it should be able to support dual 4K displays at the very least. I think Apple did this on purpose because it will make people like me spend more money and get a MacBook Pro instead. 
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  • M2 MacBook Air matches 13-inch MacBook Pro in first benchmark

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    wood1208 said:
    It is simple. If your computing usage is not performance oriented, which significant numbers of MAC users are than you don't need Macbook PRO. With 13.6" MBA and future 15" MBA; line is drawn to divide between PRO and non-PRO Macbook laptops.
    Well that being said I would get a MacBook Pro not for the power, but for the capability to plug in more than one display. That is such a silly limitation IMO. 
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  • Long-rumored Apple Silicon iMac Pro still in the works, but not coming soon

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    Not sure why this needs to exist when there's the Mac Studio and Apple Studio Display. 
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  • How gaming on the Mac is getting better with macOS Ventura

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    I think some of this was Apple's design decisions previously. Now that Jony Ive isn't there Apple can design computers that are function over form instead of the latter. You take that along with Apple creating some pretty powerful SoC's Apple can still achieve what they like with efficiency along with a great design people expect from Apple. Apple is only 1.5 releases into its new silicon and they're already approaching what NVIDIA an ATI can do with their high-end cards. I'd like to see what M2 Pro/Max/Ultra/Extreme is, and even the new M3. Before, Apple didn't seem interested in designing products to use the higher end NVIDIA/ATI chips that would make a Mac decent for gaming. Now Apple has to better tools to work with so they're not put in a massive thermal box without releasing some big bulky Mac that is not only heavy, but also loud. 

    Hopefully M2 and M3 improve on the already impressive GPU gains Apple has seen and long with Metal 3 improvements, AAA gaming studios will be more on board with developing Mac releases in the future.

    I certainly would love to see Apple take more action on gaming. Its a great market, one that will be very tough for them to gain traction in, but perhaps they could get some of it. I would love to get rid of my PC. It gets so hot and its like a big space heater. 
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  • Tesla, BMW don't appear to be gearing up to join Apple's new CarPlay vision

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    chadbag said:
    Now I know why BMW drivers are  attracted to BMWs.   "Takes one to know one".  Arrogant a-hole drivers attracted to arrogant company.

    (Note the above is said in jest, but only partially.  Whether deserved or Not, BMW drivers do have a certain stereotyped reputation). 
    It's funny, the other day I was thinking that Tesla drivers had surpassed BMW drives for that reputation. So not terribly surprised to see the two companies linked in this article. 
    Yeah, Tesla people are very attached to the brand...even though the car as a whole is a POS. 
    No, it isn't. 
    Yes it is...its horribly built and has some of the worst reliability of any car on the road. 
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    morky said:
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    chadbag said:
    Now I know why BMW drivers are  attracted to BMWs.   "Takes one to know one".  Arrogant a-hole drivers attracted to arrogant company.

    (Note the above is said in jest, but only partially.  Whether deserved or Not, BMW drivers do have a certain stereotyped reputation). 
    It's funny, the other day I was thinking that Tesla drivers had surpassed BMW drives for that reputation. So not terribly surprised to see the two companies linked in this article. 
    Yeah, Tesla people are very attached to the brand...even though the car as a whole is a POS. 
    No, it isn't. 
    Yes it is...its horribly built and has some of the worst reliability of any car on the road. 
    I'll take Sandy Munro's assessments over yours, sorry.
    Consumer Reports Still Ranks Tesla Reliability 27th Out Of 28 (insideevs.com)

    Detailer Makes Demolishing Analysis of Tesla's Build Quality - autoevolution

    How Was the Build Quality on Our Model Y? | News | Cars.com


    Want more articles, or are you gonna call these all BS? I'll believe my assessments over Sandy's, sorry!
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