My, how far we’ve fallen where a $600 potato with 8GB of RAM is considered a great deal.
Here’s a $720 laptop with 16GB of DDR5 and a RTX 4060 (out of stock of course):
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The only potential concern I have is in considering how much casual PC market is left in the industry. I thought these users moved on to mobile, ergo leaving enthusiasts and professionals behind years ago as the remaining users. It might also cannibalize sales of their more powerful laptops because: who are the laptop buyers now? Where are they? Surely Apple did a market study, and they look set to completely dominate whatever’s left.
If I wasn’t going to use Linux, it would be Mac. Quite compelling despite the lower memory because we are in an expensive market.
It’s a netbook with Apple’s bells and whistles. IMO it should be $100 less, at least for the base model.
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8gb of RAM is completely unserviceable. A browser and 2 electron apps will have you suffering.
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