Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro

Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by fluffything on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:09AM (#25069426)

I have a MacBook Air 2012, and have been waiting to upgrade for... 2 years already. The laptop will probably end up being 10 years old by the time I upgrade...

- crappy webcam,

- no built-in SD card reader (a 1TB SD card is ~200$, and my music does not need to be stored on an expensive SSD)

- magsafe.. if this was the only downgrade, I'd upgrade, but TBH I love magsafe on my mac and I would miss it if I upgrade.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by blunte on Thursday November 12, 2020 @08:39AM (#25069699)

Eliminating MagSafe for power ports was one of the Apple choices I hated. So many times something has happened and ripped my power cable off my 2014 MBP, and MagSafe saved the laptop from damage or a fall. And worse, Apple has now applied new and different meaning to the same name :(.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by sroussey on Thursday November 12, 2020 @09:54AM (#25070485)

Just buy a USB magsafe type cable for $20 and be done with it.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end... by fluffything on Friday November 13, 2020 @04:31AM (#25080635)

can you recommend one? all the ones i've found have horrible reviews

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