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OLED iPad Pros, MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs to Launch in That Order (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 2 years ago by favicondotico@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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[–] damn_69_son@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (18 children)

I hope the Macs come with more than 8GB of RAM.

[–] ckoneru@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

This man. There is nothing wrong with selling base model MacBook air or iMac with 8 gigs. If you market a product as "pro" targeting professionals or power users , 16gigs should be the base memory for those models.

[–] badger_flakes@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

that’s not what pro means for Apple

“AirPods pro”

[–] Mapleess@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yep, but people are still hell-bent on Apple giving 16GB for entry level MBs since very other Windows manufacturer does it. Heck, even comments in the post about a low-cost 12 inch MB had people saying Apple better release it with 16GB RAM and 512GB storage. Not going to happen...

[–] damn_69_son@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

but people are still hell-bent on Apple giving 16GB for entry level MBs since very other Windows manufacturer does it

Honestly, if there was a Windows laptop which had decent build quality with internals and software that didn't break, and the OS was more like Windows 7, I'd just buy that. The specs in Windows laptops are very good at this point. It's just everything else that's the problem. I don't want to pay the apple tax, but because of these shitty Windows laptops I'm forced to.

[–] dccorona@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I recently spent 3 days debugging the WiFi on my Windows PC because it wouldn't connect to the internet at all through one of my satellites, and would not connect to certain domains (specifically Epic and Windows Store download services) from the base router. The problem ended up being fixed by assigning a static IP.

I've spent tons of time fighting with all sorts of other weird problems in the past, often sound related. My wife's work computer (a PC) refuses to do sound output over DP or HDMI, for example.

Point being, Windows machines, due to the OS alone, are worth several hundred dollars less than Macs to me because they take so much babysitting and can break in weird ways at a moment's notice.

[–] damn_69_son@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, and their resale values are shit too. That's another point in favour of Macs.

[–] favicondotico@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Mark my words, they will come with 12GB.

[–] dccorona@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

If you market a product as "pro" targeting professionals or power users , 16gigs should be the base memory for those models.

Why? If they make the part for iPads and MBAs anyway, why not offer the choice of a lower-price model? You can't conceive of a person who doesn't need the extra memory but would like the better display and extra ports?

It's absolutely too expensive by probably at least $200, but that's different than saying it shouldn't even exist.

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