Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with the powerful M3 chip

Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by zdragnar on Monday March 04, 2024 @03:12PM (#39595384)

You could just get a Chromebook for that and save yourself a ton of money. It's what my wife did, and she's not wanted anything else for seven years.

It isn't close to an apple device in terms of materials or performance, but at a tenth of the cost of a pro it makes a lot of sense.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by garrickvanburen on Monday March 04, 2024 @03:15PM (#39595421)

Laptops in my household are a mix of Macs and Chromebooks. All are >5yrs old. Love the resilience and useful life of both.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by eropple on Monday March 04, 2024 @04:34PM (#39596436)

I've had a couple of Chromebooks and enjoyed them, but I never found one with a keyboard that didn't feel terrible to type on. Does one exist today?

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by zdragnar on Monday March 04, 2024 @04:56PM (#39596682)

I'm guessing if you want quality materials, you have to pay for it. I don't know if the pixel line of Chromebooks are still a thing, but even if they are you can just get a higher end laptop with more appropriate levels of local SSD storage and an actual OS for what I remember Google charging for them.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by eropple on Monday March 04, 2024 @05:26PM (#39596989)

That's why my actual laptops are Thinkpads and Macs, sure--but I can hope, right?

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by lupire on Monday March 04, 2024 @05:07PM (#39596794)

Higher end Chromebooks run Linux well.

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