Re:MacBook Air M4
by porphyra on Thursday March 06, 2025 @04:59AM
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Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition is in fact lighter than the Macbook Air, has Lunar Lake, up to 2 TB storage, great battery life, and a 2880 x 1800 OLED display. It's pricy, though.
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Re:MacBook Air M4
by leeman2016 on Thursday March 06, 2025 @06:47AM
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Around the holiday season they usually drop to around $1k
- Time your purchase
- get coupons
- get a corporate discount if you can
to get them at a sane price
Hmm the Thinkpad T14 might drop to $1000 but I've literally never seen a current generation X1 Carbon go that low.
An M4 air will run circles around Lunar Lake being over 30% faster at geekbench (both single and multe-core) and over 40% faster at Cinebench 24. The GPU is 25-35% faster too. Air is also 60-80% faster at Geekbench AI.
People spent a decade upgrading laptops for a mere 5-10% increase in performance (sometimes less). I can't see someone giving up that much of a performance jump unless Windows is absolutely the only option.
Very true, but the person I replied to specifically only cares about:
> I want 2TB storage, a 4k (or close) HiDPI display, good build quality, and not a bulky gaming laptop. The XPS 15 was perfect, it had those specs