... even as Apple moves downmarket with the $600 MacBook Neo.
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... even as Apple moves downmarket with the $600 MacBook Neo. Such strange times.
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... even as Apple moves downmarket with the $600 MacBook Neo. Such strange times.
I have heard rumor that they're doing a Neo2 with more memory because they're running out of the old iphone cpus.
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... even as Apple moves downmarket with the $600 MacBook Neo. Such strange times.
@darkuncle
No single PC manufacturer can match Apple for volume. The price/performance leverage enjoyed by Apple is immense. Look how well Intel has faired once Apple stopped buying their chips. -
... even as Apple moves downmarket with the $600 MacBook Neo. Such strange times.
@darkuncle tho #Apple is surprised and is now having to get new Chips made for the #MacbookNeo as they ran through their #binned inventory used for it…
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I have heard rumor that they're doing a Neo2 with more memory because they're running out of the old iphone cpus.
@tbortels getting my son his first laptop for his 18th birthday this summer, and am on the fence between a Neo and an MacBook Air with 24GB. His primary use case is Ableton Live and Logic Pro (heavy music production). I think it would work on a Neo, but the MBA will be future-proof for 5+ years without a worry. But it’s also twice the price …
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@tbortels getting my son his first laptop for his 18th birthday this summer, and am on the fence between a Neo and an MacBook Air with 24GB. His primary use case is Ableton Live and Logic Pro (heavy music production). I think it would work on a Neo, but the MBA will be future-proof for 5+ years without a worry. But it’s also twice the price …
24gb is also semi-viable for simple local AI - and the 8gb of a neo is much less so. Can he run both of those apps comfortably in 8 gigs?
(My bias is the air, but it I also ain't paying for it...)
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@tbortels getting my son his first laptop for his 18th birthday this summer, and am on the fence between a Neo and an MacBook Air with 24GB. His primary use case is Ableton Live and Logic Pro (heavy music production). I think it would work on a Neo, but the MBA will be future-proof for 5+ years without a worry. But it’s also twice the price …
@darkuncle @tbortels
I'm still running an M1 Air with 16GB for my video editing and stills when on the road. It's totally handling the heavy loads with ease. Perhaps a second hand M1 or M2 Air might be good value, if you're worried about 8GB on the Neo. -
@darkuncle @tbortels
I'm still running an M1 Air with 16GB for my video editing and stills when on the road. It's totally handling the heavy loads with ease. Perhaps a second hand M1 or M2 Air might be good value, if you're worried about 8GB on the Neo.I'd add that never once in my life have I ever felt I bought or had too much ram. Whereas too little? Pretty constant.
I'd get a neo for light use without hesitation. Web browsing and writing and email, maybe some light gaming. Honestly the same use-case for my ipad. But for "real" A/V work, you won't regret more ram.
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... even as Apple moves downmarket with the $600 MacBook Neo. Such strange times.
@darkuncle My impression (never confirmed by anyone on the team) was that Surface devices were intentionally priced too high to avoid upsetting the big laptop makers. They were reference designs that consumers could buy, rather than things that were intended to take away market share. The goal was that companies like Dell and Lenovo would build cheaper clones, but they’d have all of the features the Windows team wanted in devices.
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24gb is also semi-viable for simple local AI - and the 8gb of a neo is much less so. Can he run both of those apps comfortably in 8 gigs?
(My bias is the air, but it I also ain't paying for it...)
@tbortels I think he could run either of those, and maybe some plugins, but the MBA is more future-proof
