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Hands-On With Apple's New M4 MacBook Air
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I’m just trying to figure out who decided it was a good idea to kill the space gray option. It’s the best looking of all of the colors. It looks professional and doesn’t attract fingerprints. It looks slick. I do not understand.
For the price? No. Still an incredible subpar screen in comparison, but I'd forgive that if it was 120hz. Insane prices for ram and storage still.
I've always loved Apple but I can't fathom the BS they keep pulling nowadays. Software is still ******* yet they keep churning out new silicone and refreshes nonstop and the software doesn't move with it.
Stacking tech in the M5 will change the game.
Thunderbolt 5 is not standard yet, but it might be with the M5 Macs (at least one TB5 per device, but hopefully two).
Not the case. So while you “think”, the fact is nothing has been revolutionary, as reports have it that the M6 could be. The M2 was the biggest YoY jump, and not by much.
I am awaiting at least double the M1 Ultra single core speed (all four models in each M chip series have nearly the same single core speed) before retiring my M1 Ultra Mac Studio. It cost over $7,000 and less than a year later Apple was grudgingly willing to allow $1,250 trade in allowance. Expletives deleted!
So Apple's greed keeps by wallet closed for another Mac Studio until the specs improve. I can afford to acquire the Mac Studio when I desire to get another one. I did acquire two M4 Pro Mac minis, with each with 64GB ram, and 10 Gb ethernet. One has a 2 TB SSD as a server and the other has a 8 TB SSD as a remote summer office computer with one new nano Studio Display shared Between the two.
My M4 Max 16" Mac Book Pro (128 GB ram, nano display and 8 TBSSD) replaced my M1 Max 14" MacBook Pro 964GB ram and 8TB SSD). It's much quicker and as powerful as My M1 Ultra Mac Studio. My oldest son is delighted with my M1 laptop.
The M4 Max chips support Thunderbolt 5 so the OWC Thunderbolt 5 portable SSD drives are both fast backups and fast data transfer devices between the three new devices.
I never cease to be amazed at the technology advancements since starting with punch cards to be batch loaded onto the university main frame to run a program.
So Apple's greed keeps by wallet closed for another Mac Studio until the specs improve. I can afford to acquire the Mac Studio when I desire to get another one. I did acquire two M4 Pro Mac minis, with each with 64GB ram, and 10 Gb ethernet. One has a 2 TB SSD as a server and the other has a 8 TB SSD as a remote summer office computer with one new nano Studio Display shared Between the two.
My M4 Max 16" Mac Book Pro (128 GB ram, nano display and 8 TBSSD) replaced my M1 Max 14" MacBook Pro 964GB ram and 8TB SSD). It's much quicker and as powerful as My M1 Ultra Mac Studio. My oldest son is delighted with my M1 laptop.
The M4 Max chips support Thunderbolt 5 so the OWC Thunderbolt 5 portable SSD drives are both fast backups and fast data transfer devices between the three new devices.
I never cease to be amazed at the technology advancements since starting with punch cards to be batch loaded onto the university main frame to run a program.
Same, given rumors of Thunderbolt 6 releasing next year with 160 GBPS bidirectionally 🤤
Next years xxxx (where xxxx = device e name) will always be faster - smoother - better looking - or some other adjective. One pulls the purchase trigger now because of some thing or event or whatever that it makes sense to purchase now.
We acquired lots of M4 Apple gear before mid January 2025 as the political future was more than cloudy and custom product deliveries could become uncertain or non-existent.
No regrets with the M4 gear. It all will be good for many years.
We acquired lots of M4 Apple gear before mid January 2025 as the political future was more than cloudy and custom product deliveries could become uncertain or non-existent.
No regrets with the M4 gear. It all will be good for many years.
Honestly I don’t care about thunderbolt or not… I mostly care about the speed of the Mac… and I don’t think m5 will be a game changer.
Just ordered the 15" 24G/1T in Midnight to replace my M1 Air as a secondary computer. Just wanted the larger screen and a better battery. I wouldn't say it's cheap, but it used to be that if you wanted to do anything but the most basic, you really had to spend a lot more for a Pro model. These days, the Airs really are fine for almost anyone except for true pro use (and even pros can use them for a lot of things). Similar to how the new M4 Mac Minis are so ridiculously good, there is little need for many folks to pay for a Studio. They might not be exciting any more, but the Airs and Minis are so solid and capable and relatively affordable, it's a good time to be a Mac user.
It doesn't has a better battery lol... both says 18h... maybe you might get a bit more on the new one but not a lot...
Maybe I should say NEWER battery, the Airs I've had degrade pretty seriously after about 3 years. I'm getting well under half the run time as when it was new (and that's not even with extreme use).
If you use the Battery of your Laptop on a regulary base you should just let it changed or change it yourself.
This is nothing new on this planet and i have changed the Akku in some Laptops (Macbook Pro 2008) up to 3 Times mostly after 2-1/2 to 3 Years.
My MBA M2 Akku is still top notch (97%) because i do not use it so often without AC Plugged.
I Still love to just unplug and still have my Complete Data with me without anything else conected and do not have to sacrifice with 16GB/1TB, this is also very useful when being on Fair´s.
My Lenovo Akku was almost done after 2 Years, with mostly AC plugged in...
Since my MBA M2 is now 3 years old, I have also thought about something new but I don't need it so I will probably wait with a new purchase.
What I was almost more itching to buy is the Mac Mini M4 because you can change the internal hard disk so easily and that is a really cheap snap but I just don't need it so I leave that too.
And the moral of the story is, as always, buy a sensible configuration and you'll get more out of it.
Today i would buy a MBA M4 24GB/1TB.
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Apple ham strung customers way too long with just 8GB of ram and a 256GB SSD. However, that perhaps $25 they saved at their purchasing level over 16GB of ram and 512GB SDSD has been shown to be an insult to their customer base when nearly 8GB is needed to just download the latest MacOS let alone expand and install the OS.
Of course they announced the 16GB or RAM as base now to be able to run their non-existent AI. It also obsoleted millions of previously sold units as they will not be able to run the imaginary AI.... Boy, that is creative sales course 101 - obsolete the current product as it can not run the new OS so you all go buy the new model.
Of course they announced the 16GB or RAM as base now to be able to run their non-existent AI. It also obsoleted millions of previously sold units as they will not be able to run the imaginary AI.... Boy, that is creative sales course 101 - obsolete the current product as it can not run the new OS so you all go buy the new model.
I am confused. My base M2 MBA (8/256) runs the current version of Sequoia and Apple Intelligence with zero problems. Smooth as butter. Best computer I have ever owned, with almost 3 years of trouble free operation. How exactly is it now obsolete?
Years ago, I bought a 2014 MBA with 4GB. A couple of years later, Apple increased the base RAM to 8GB. My 2014 MBA didn’t explode into a million pieces when this happened. It served me well for a few more years until I upgraded to a MBA with Retina display. RAM had nothing to do with my decision to upgrade.
My statement about Apple intelligence is possibly not accurate, I should have said that is may not run as optimally as it could. The OP has more to complain about that is just stating an opinion. If your machine is running good than don’t worry about it for sure. On light loads 8 gb has been shown to work just fine, if you are doing internet browsing, word docs, or similar and don’t have a ton of stuff open it’s more than enough.
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