Yeah after researching it a little more it seems the death is looming

I mean unless your current machine is costing you time on the job (aka money) than there’s no need to upgrade.

Might?

I’ve got 32gb in my old Mac mini I’ve converted into a server. Was like $20 and super easy to install

My Samsung laptop is a 2 in 1 so I can flip it over and take notes with a pen or flip it back and type. It's really useful for school.

Many artists like the ability to draw on the machine they edit on. I know a few who stay with Windows laptops for that reason.

I also know a lot of older people who like having the option to use a touchscreen for daily use but still like having an attached keyboard and desktop OS apps.

I'm actually surprised they still haven't released a touchscreen MacBook Air 2 in 1 that would meet the first and third groups' needs.

i own and use the final intel MBP Apple manufactured

can i wait till this thing literally dies or is the m2 platform significant enough to merit a upgrade ?

i only do basic coding/photo editing and watch netflix occasionally

Then don't buy that model. That's my point.

I don’t know about a 300$ dollar gpu but everything else looks right to me.

Tidal isn't available worldwide, and Spotify Hi-fi doesn't exists.

Having a touch screen on a laptop is annoying compared to a touch screen on a iPad or iPhone. It’s not it’s intended design and i remember one time a fly landed on my screen and moved my cursor. Lol it was weird.

This will be the deciding factor for me, I want to own the machine and be able to upgrade, I'd feel like I was renting it if not...

Fun fact: If you plug in a 4 year old $50,000+ Mac Pro into Apple's trade-in site, you don't even get enough credit to buy an iPhone 14 Pro 🫠

Mkbhd on twitter

But if we work down from your build-

• 16gb ram instead of 64: $225 less
• 650w psu instead of 1000w: $50 less
• normal case instead of rack mount: $50 less?
• dual tower cooler from a cheaper brand: $40 less

Now your build is suddenly around 1.3k rather than 1.7k. also I'm pretty sure you can get a 7950x for close to 7900x's launch price nowadays.

Why didn't he just sign up for either Tidal or Spotify HiFi?

The 2020 MacBook Air had a 20-hour battery life, quite a bit longer than everything else. The pros generally have sacrificed battery life for performance.

Ram usage doesn't really have anything to do with the architecture, just the software you run. The macOS doesn't use as much ram as windows and it is more liberal with suspending background applications than windows.

It also has a fast SSD to page things to, which helps.

I spent about 1.7k on a 7900x at launch with 64gb 6000mhz cl30-35-35-56 ram and a 1000w Corsair PSU, noctua cooler and rackmount case. It is a bit cheaper now, but you can't go top end for 1299 anymore.

My build is cheaper than 64gb ram from apple though.

>The ARM chips are significantly more efficient with memory over Intel chips.

No. Stop justifying Apple's shit. My phone has 12 GB of ram.

When is it not "more game-changing performance and the longest battery life ever in a Mac" like really? Name a MacBook that was worse than it's previous generation. I hate posts like these.

Memory upgrade? Lol. Not sure if I would call it an upgrade if it can only be done from the factory.

Not according to all the apple fanboys on here that couldn't possibly accept common criticism. Having options is bad!

I came in here with my torch already burning!

Looking forward to those. Very curious how those GPUs stack up against traditional laptop GPUs as well.

Yup. So obnoxious

Apple tv and a pixel 6