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Yeah, the charging bottleneck is probably going to be how much power your laptop actually consumes as you do tasks, unless you're comfortable with your laptop discharging while you're plugged in and using it. Apple Silicon can usually scrape by on 45W, here but 65W is my minimum personally, with 96W for Intel models.
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I do that, for domestic trips I just plug in my MacBook using the fast charger cable then plug my watch, phone and iPad into it. For international I have a little folding power strip with two grounded US plugs, a usb-c and a usb-a. Everything plugs nicely into that and I just bring along the adapter I need for whatever country.
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Apr 25, 2024 14:23
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there are travel adapter/power plugs that have high power USB PD ports these days (65W or 100W)
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Apr 25, 2024 14:29
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Yeah the one that comes with the computer plus this https://www.apple.com/ch-de/shop/product/MD837ZM/A/apple-reise-adapter-kit
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Apr 25, 2024 14:35
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But then I would have to have my MacBook on all the time to use it's ports, right? I found something like this - https://slimq.life/products/150w-3c1a-pd3-1-usb-c-charger but the reviews online aren't the best. Or this one here - https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Charger-Charging-Station-Compatible/dp/B0B6PHT926/ but can only charge between 45W to 65W if the other plugs are being used.
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Busy Bee posted:I have a 2023 14" MacBook Pro M2 and since I travel a lot, I'm looking to consolidate all my different travel plugs. I have a 14” MacBook Pro M3 Pro and I use https://a.co/d/fZyAK0b for my charging purposes. It takes a minute or two for it to start charging when plugged in. It will do 65W when only the MacBook is plugged in and will drop to 40W if all of the ports are in use but it still charges and it is very compact. There are newer ones that will do 100W but I don’t see a reason to upgrade yet. I highly recommend Anker.
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Apr 25, 2024 15:44
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god this blows posted:I have a 14” MacBook Pro M3 Pro and I use https://a.co/d/fZyAK0b for my charging purposes. It takes a minute or two for it to start charging when plugged in. It will do 65W when only the MacBook is plugged in and will drop to 40W if all of the ports are in use but it still charges and it is very compact. There are newer ones that will do 100W but I don’t see a reason to upgrade yet. I highly recommend Anker. Thanks for sharing. Why does it take a minute or two to start charging? I also really like Anker but since I will be using it to travel a lot (and changing travel plugs), I haven't had good experience with the straight to wall adapters with an added travel plug since the weight of the adapter makes everything very unstable.
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Apr 25, 2024 15:58
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you can also buy something that has pass through power delivery. then you can just use an apple charger with your adapter. plug that into an anker hub or whatever, which plugs into your macbook. it’s what my spouse uses
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Apr 25, 2024 16:02
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Busy Bee posted:Thanks for sharing. Why does it take a minute or two to start charging? I also really like Anker but since I will be using it to travel a lot (and changing travel plugs), I haven't had good experience with the straight to wall adapters with an added travel plug since the weight of the adapter makes everything very unstable. When you plug it in it immediately switches from battery to wall power but the actually battery charging takes the time. I am guessing it’s some PD spec or something. I hear you on the plug portion of it, and it’s the one thing I wish Anker did. I have heard good things about ugreen and they make one with swappable plugs https://www.ugreen.com/products/ugreen-65w-nexode-gan-usb-c-3-port-charger-with-us-uk-eu-plug-for-travel
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Apr 25, 2024 16:11
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Pretty sure the macbooks also have battery optimization like iOS devices, don't they? They won't actually charge the battery unless it needs to be, or you've overriden the charging profile / optimization settings. quote:
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mchlfc3b7879/mac
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I love multi-port travel chargers. I have this 65w model: https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Charger-4-Port-MacBook-Laptops/dp/B098WQRGNQ/ and this 140w model: https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Detachable-Extension-Non-Battery-Non-Wireless/dp/B0BSGH355C/ and I'd recommend the 65w unless you're using a 16" mbp heavily. The difference in actual charge time is negligible since it spends not a ton of time charging above 80w. It's 1/3 of the weight and uses a standard cord that can be swapped for international use, unlike its big brother.
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pretty sure I want a midnight MBA. Any issues with that finish? It looks kinda fingerprinty, not sure I care though.
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well why not posted:pretty sure I want a midnight MBA. Any issues with that finish? It looks kinda fingerprinty, not sure I care though. doesn’t seem to be much of an issue for the one my so uses
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Apr 28, 2024 15:09
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well why not posted:pretty sure I want a midnight MBA. Any issues with that finish? It looks kinda fingerprinty, not sure I care though. the new black finish for the MBPs is definitely less fingerprinty, but also definitely less cool than the blue-purple of the midnight MBA FWIW, I think the finish on the M3 Airs is supposed to be less fingerprinty than the one that the M2 models shipped with
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My midnight M2 MBA definitely has visible fingerprints on it, but I really never notice it unless I'm looking for it. It isn't noticeably different from the space grey one I use at work.
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I'm gonna say anyone picking up a new MBP or MBA should immediately put on one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KZP4BD6?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details I tried a couple of brands and this one has been the best fit and most durable so far. Otherwise you're going to get shiny-palmrest syndrome.
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Apr 28, 2024 17:47
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or just own it, that is going to look like poo poo on a blue air
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Apr 28, 2024 17:55
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Data Graham posted:I'm gonna say anyone picking up a new MBP or MBA should immediately put on one of these: I'd rather just wipe down my solid aluminum palmrest periodically than have to deal with a clear sticker picking up dust and grime and poo poo along the edges
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Apr 28, 2024 23:54
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you’d need to wipe after every single use. even so if just take the wear. it’s fine.
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Data Graham posted:I'm gonna say anyone picking up a new MBP or MBA should immediately put on one of these: Lmfao
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I somehow remember that Graham has unusually corrosive hands, maybe teflon coating all your metalware makes sense in that situation.
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Yeah I mean it could well be me. It was never an issue prior to the M1 series cases though.
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Maybe it's because we all contain enough mercury and gallium now to make the aluminum crumble over time
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I also have corrosive hands but even i won’t put a stupid sticker like that on an mbp. Yes i paid a lot of money for an aluminum laptop, but i yearn for the feel if a $399 hp laptop
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gonna wrap my MacBook in the same plastic my grandma wrapped her couch in
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Dunno what you guys are talking about with the plastic grandma decal stuff, the whole reason I'm recommending it is that it's metallic and has a textured surface and is very precisely shaped to fit. It feels a lot nicer than the bare metal and resists any fingerprints or smudging or whatever alien acids I have that eat the metal. It's not transparent or anything.
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I just make sure I have clean hands when using my laptop and give the surfaces an occasional clean with a glasses wetwipe 🤷🏻
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TACD posted:I just make sure I have clean hands when using my laptop and give the surfaces an occasional clean with a glasses wetwipe 🤷🏻 that’s great but just normal sebum and the like can cause this over time. it’s not about being clean or dirty.
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So with the iPad Pros jumping to M4, it makes me wonder if they will skip M3 for the Studio and Mac Pro next month with no updates in general, or change the cadence so those get them and the Ultra and Max start debuting each year at WWDC. I’m assuming it’s the former.
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So is going from the M3 MBPs to the M4 iPad Pro the shortest generation we've seen?
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I think so - I was trying to think about any past instances where Apple Silicon made such a quick jump, and I can't think of any quickly. It seems like an urgent jump to try and demonstrate AI capabilities given what the the rumors are saying about on-device AI usage.
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Genuinely interested to see just how different the M4 is from the M3/Pro. Like is a truly new generator, or is it just a more efficient or ipad-optimized design of the existing M3?
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I'm so ready to finally ditch this 2017 MacBook Pro with fans that are constantly on for an M4 14" MacBook Pro by the end of the year. Make it so, Apple.
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Branch Nvidian posted:Genuinely interested to see just how different the M4 is from the M3/Pro. Like is a truly new generator, or is it just a more efficient or ipad-optimized design of the existing M3? Yeah, I don’t think I saw anything about how many neural cores it has now, they just mentioned that it’s their most powerful neural engine ever. And of course the iPad has hardware raytracing now, which is cool. Given Apple’s AI push though, I wonder if we actually might see the M4 Max and M4 Ultra debut next month, since they’ll want to push developers to get involved with their AI efforts I assume.
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Canned Sunshine posted:Yeah, I don’t think I saw anything about how many neural cores it has now, they just mentioned that it’s their most powerful neural engine ever. And of course the iPad has hardware raytracing now, which is cool. I just read on Ars Technica that the M4 NPU is roughly around twice the performance (38TOPs) of the M3 version (18TOPs). Though TOPs is a very loose non-benchmark-y measure of performance, since you can't compare like-for-like. The M4 sounds pretty much like a refined version of the M3 built on the much more cost-effective N3E process node (which is a pretty major redesign in itself), with a fatter NPU to help counter the "Apple doesn't care about AI" chatter.
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Oh wow, thanks! I hadn’t seen anything yet this morning but I had only been checking occasionally and actually forgot about checking Ars.
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Given that the rumour about M4 iPads turned out to be true, it'll be interesting to see if the same source's (Bloomberg) other claims also come true at WWDC. If so, we have 3 tiers of new M4 chips incoming, including a super-high-end one exclusively for the new Mac Pro, that will probably be some kind of behemoth multi-die design using advanced packaging interconnects in a similar manner to AMDs big boys (different to the fusion connection in the previous Ultra). I do wonder if Apple is actually worried about the forthcoming Snapdragon X Elite. Especially since that thing is claimed to have a NPU rated at 45TOPs. Competition is good though, for everyone!
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