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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by hollandheese on Monday March 04, 2024 @07:21PM (#39597892)
>Anything even remotely within Macbook vicinity costs the same as a Macbook anyway.

Until you want more memory or a larger SSD then the Macbook is all of a sudden double the price of the equivalent PC laptop.

>Increasingly feels like most manufacturers have given up on the laptop as an innovation center and are happy to just scrape up the consumers who can't or won't buy Apple.

That's basically true, but with Apple becoming more and more expensive that does leave a very large low-end market for them to play in.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by pquki4 on Monday March 04, 2024 @07:54PM (#39598137)
Recently got a ThinkPad T14s gen 4 with top-of-the-line AMD 7840U, 32GB RAM and 512GB SSD, for just a bit over $1k. It has very good build quality, is powerful yet quiet, and has decent battery life. It supports up to 4 displays. That's basically one of the best Windows laptops you can get.

Of course, it does not have high-DPI mini LED screen, great speakers or 18 hours of battery life, but none of that really matters, and I'd choose this any day over a similarly speced Macbook Pro 14 that would cost me $2,399.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by Moldoteck on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @04:39AM (#39601238)
pls define decent battery life because for different people decent means different things. My biggest problem with windows laptops is battery life. My dell work laptop is spec't higher compared to my home m1 air but the ~4h battery life, worse trackpad and worse audio make it a worse experience overall...
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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by asyx on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @01:12PM (#39607140)
You will not find a x86 machine that beats an Arm machine on battery life. 4h is bad for a windows laptop though. But if track pad and battery life is your thing, a Mac it is.
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