play_hard_outside

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

If a 2017 Intel MBP is acceptable to you CPU-wise right now, M2 vs. M1 won't make a lick of difference for you. That said, the M2 MBA case design is updated, and the screen is slightly larger. You may enjoy the newer design more.

You can get an M1 MBA on eBay for $650-750 with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB storage though, so that's INCREDIBLY hard to beat.

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

Right now, two cheap 20 TB HDDs in a mirror. Use ZFS for the mirror and you’ll have ultimate data immortality. As long as both drives persist.

(RAID isn’t a backup.)

[–] play_hard_outside@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The M1 MBA is such a staggeringly better computer. You won’t look back. The only thing you could possibly miss would be 2” of screen size.

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

If that’s a 14” M1 Pro MBP as it appears to be in the photo, then even at $1,100 with that battery I’d say it’s a great buy.

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

It’s funny how green bubbles and iMessage get all the blame for the result of Apple having literally created a better product.

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

That’s an m3 MacBook!

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

Regardless of how much RAM a machine has, don't buy one that can't do what you need it to do.

Full stop.

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

Man, I’d love it backlit, but in practice it’s not an issue for me. The massive desktop screen I’m using lights up the whole room, and especially the keyboard. The backlighting is much more important on the laptop keyboards imo.