4GB for internet and mail? Yes. Too many users spec-hunt, thinking htey need 16GB to look at cat videos.
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Microsoft Prepares for Launch of New MacBook Air by Updating Low-Cost Surface Laptop
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4GB for internet and mail? Yes. Too many users spec-hunt, thinking htey need 16GB to look at cat videos.
Pretty sure that the 1991 Apple Powerbook 100 pre-dates that Compaq (Wikipedia has the Compaq Presario range starting in 1993)
That looks like a copy of Toshiba design. It's open knowledge that Japanese design influenced Apple design in the late 1980s and 1990s.
4GB on Windows is 1 chrome tab with google in it and windows update nag screen running.
I prefer Mac, but 90 percent of the world runs Windows and a vast majority of those won't even consider a Mac. So there is literally nothing to see that will be "fun" or otherwise.
Well, no, not really. Those kind of machines are for light use, web and email. They don't need 16GB of RAM for that.
Makes a lot of sense to me. You use the power button once. You use Del all the time. Much easier to access having it in the corner.
And it was an increase from 64GB to 128GB SSD?????????? WTAF.
I just looked up their website, and the MS laptop with the largest configurations of RAM and SSD that I could find was 16GB/512GB. Am I missing something?!
they would have something if it was 8 gb base for $599, 4gb should not be an option in 2022. and also offer a 16gb option for $699
As Apple prepares for a rumored launch of its completely redesigned MacBook Air, Microsoft is preparing for competition by beefing up its own entry-level Surface Laptop Go with a new processor, updated thermals, and an improved webcam.
The Surface Laptop Go, launched in 2020, has served as the entry-level Surface laptop in Microsoft's lineup. The laptop, which previously started at $549 (now $599), features a 12.4-inch touchscreen display, a full-sized keyboard, and trackpad, and runs Windows 11.
Microsoft today announced the Surface Laptop Go 2 with Intel's new 11th generation Core i5 processor and a new base storage of 128GB, up from the prior 64GB. In its press release, Microsoft directly draws a comparison between the Surface Laptop Go 2 and Apple's MacBook Air by saying the Surface offers "30% more key travel than a MacBook Air.”
Powered by Intel's 11th generation i5 processor, Microsoft has improved the thermals inside the Surface Laptop Go 2 to be “quieter” and make it easier for users to focus. Microsoft also says that it's updated the webcam, however, as The Verge notes, the webcam is still stuck at 720p, so the improvements are likely in image processing. Apple's current MacBook Air similarly features a 720p webcam, while the MacBook Pro has been updated to 1080p.
Now starting at $599, the Surface Laptop Go 2 is considerably cheaper than Apple's MacBook Air which starts at $999. For the added $399, however, users benefit from the performance and energy efficiency of Apple silicon and a base storage of 256GB.
The latest MacBook Air was released in November 2020 with the M1 chip, but a new, completely redesigned model could be announced as soon as next week. The new model will benefit from a new or existing Apple silicon chip, alongside an entirely redesigned body that comes in several colors.
Article Link: Microsoft Prepares for Launch of New MacBook Air by Updating Low-Cost Surface Laptop
Announcing a laptop with 11th gen Intel when 12th has already been out for a while is just sad, especially when the 12th gen has P-cores and E-cores to specifically help with efficiency. Maybe it's competing with higher end Chromebooks (lol), but it certainly doesn't hold a candle to MacBook airs.
MS has to save cost somehow to make it the selling a price a bigger difference. Sad, indeed.
It's targeted at education so 11th gen Intel is plenty and is a full x64 laptop that runs everything Macbook Air M1 can't and priced like a consumption iPad.
I have a Surface Laptop as I need a Windows device for some very specific tasks and it makes complete sense to put the power button where it is.
Why would anyone want it where the delete key is located?
Besides, a modern Windows PC is never truly shut down unless you hold the shift key & choose shut down. Essentially its just a wake up button....
The worst thing about Intel/AMD low end systems is the memory BW , the 4GB system is 100% a single channel , you can guess how slow it gets when you try and multitask to any capacity
As I said elsewhere , that 4GB is a single channel DRAM , which means ALL traffic will go through this one channel , this means the QoS of multi realtime process will suffer immensely , I expect this machine to behave worse by far then anyone using a dual channel memory with only 4GB in use.
my macbook m1 . i just want to use the fingerprint , do you want to shutdown ? haiya
the problem these day if just normal work , enough . If browsing , 8 gb not enough.
this laptop will only be aesthetically better to me in the event the new MacBook has a notch + white bezel.
Gallery: 25 years of Toshiba laptops - Slideshow - PC World Australia
From the dinosaurs of yesteryear to the very latest Android-based Cloud Companion
...if you look at the 1990 models then yes, there are a few similarities (like, er, a lip around the screen and the brightness controls). Other plastic bricks were available at the time. However the unique points of the PowerBook 100 are that it is a "true" clamshell (the 1990 Tosh has a huge hump behind the screen) and that the keyboard is set back behind a wrist-rest and central pointing device. You won't see that layout in Toshibas until 1995 (and even then they were using the "pencil eraser" joystick - Apple were on to trackpads by then).
If you think about it, it makes sense - Windows 3.0 (effectively the first "real" windows) only came out in 1990 and even that took years to start displacing the DOS command line - esp. on lower-powered/small screened portables. It was only the Mac that needed a good pointing device.
They may look big and chunky today, but back in the 1990s the PowerBooks made most PC laptops look like a bucket of spare parts, and virtually all modern laptops trace their design back to them. NB: I owned and used a Tosh Satellite and a couple of VAIOs over the years (the VAIOs were really the only competitors to Macs in terms of design & what you bought if you really wanted a Mac but needed to run DOS/Windows).