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jokes posted:Lots of people reporting that RAM is a very minor concern on M1 for some reason? Like punching way above typical performance for a low amount of RAM? Sasquatch! fucked around with this message at 22:28 on Dec 13, 2020 |
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Sasquatch! posted:I've read in a few different places that because the M1 manages having such low RAM by swapping to disk a lotand the concern is that constant re-writes on the SSD will severely reduce the lifespan of the SSD. And since nothing is user-replaceable in any of these machines, if any one component dies, you'll be left with a doorstop. Of course, we can't/won't know if this bears out or not right now, but it DOES make sense. AFAIK SSDs already have write lifespans in the like years and years range (something like 10 or whatever) so I can’t imagine this is going to do anything to shorten the lifespan because you’ll already be looking to replace the unit by the time it’s an issue. Hell the battery is definitely toast before any of this is an issue.
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Apple sold a MBA with only 4gb of ram and those aren’t reporting any widespread SSD failures due to swapping constantly.
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Dec 13, 2020 22:52
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MarcusSA posted:AFAIK SSDs already have write lifespans in the like years and years range (something like 10 or whatever) so I can’t imagine this is going to do anything to shorten the lifespan because you’ll already be looking to replace the unit by the time it’s an issue. Write endurance is a function of total writes, the act of writing to them physically wears them out. SSDs are smart enough to spread writes across the drive so it all wears at a consistent rate, but small drives like the one on base spec M1s just have fewer cells to play with, giving them disproportionately smaller write endurances than 1tb+ drives (though still over to possibly multiples of 100 terabytes so probably not a huge concern). As a user I wouldn't worry about it, but if I was buying one used I'd want to know the drive health like you would the battery, since you don't know what the prior owner was doing with the machine. They can all boot from external storage too, so a dead SSD alone doesn't look like it would brick them. E: to be clear, I've only personally heard of one person wearing out an SSD and they had some rogue program writing shitballs of data all the time. It's not something I'd give any amount of thought to besides making sure you don't get the one that someone was hammering all the time for whatever reason, with normal usage it's a non-issue. Fantastic Foreskin fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Dec 13, 2020 |
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Dec 13, 2020 22:57
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They made 2GB Airs....with 64GB SSD
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Dec 13, 2020 23:04
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redeyes posted:Davinci for video. Take your pick for photo editing. Done. Affinity photo is killer
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MarcusSA posted:AFAIK SSDs already have write lifespans in the like years and years range (something like 10 or whatever) so I can’t imagine this is going to do anything to shorten the lifespan because you’ll already be looking to replace the unit by the time it’s an issue. Also note that in general larger SSDs are much more durable than smaller ones. Get at least a 1tb if you can.
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LionArcher posted:Affinity photo is killer If it handled gifs/animations it would be perfect 
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I gotta say, sidecar is pretty rad. I use it a handful of times a week when I need a quick second monitor to do some excel stuff and it's just so handy to just prop up my iPad, cast a second screen to it for a few minutes and then put it away.
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MarcusSA posted:AFAIK SSDs already have write lifespans in the like years and years range (something like 10 or whatever) so I can’t imagine this is going to do anything to shorten the lifespan because you’ll already be looking to replace the unit by the time it’s an issue.
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Dec 15, 2020 04:15
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I recently got my girlfriend a mid-2015 MBP, the last one with MagSafe and no Touch Bar - she just needed something “better”. However, I had a laptop may a decade ago and back then, MagSafe chargers were prone to breaking drat near instantaneously. Similar to how companies like Anker, RavPower, and Mophie make stronger lightning cables than Apple’s offering, is/was there a similar thing for MagSafe chargers?
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LODGE NORTH posted:I recently got my girlfriend a mid-2015 MBP, the last one with MagSafe and no Touch Bar - she just needed something “better”. However, I had a laptop may a decade ago and back then, MagSafe chargers were prone to breaking drat near instantaneously. Similar to how companies like Anker, RavPower, and Mophie make stronger lightning cables than Apple’s offering, is/was there a similar thing for MagSafe chargers?
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LODGE NORTH posted:I recently got my girlfriend a mid-2015 MBP, the last one with MagSafe and no Touch Bar - she just needed something “better”. However, I had a laptop may a decade ago and back then, MagSafe chargers were prone to breaking drat near instantaneously. Similar to how companies like Anker, RavPower, and Mophie make stronger lightning cables than Apple’s offering, is/was there a similar thing for MagSafe chargers? I've had a MagSafe cable on a 2012 MBP for the last seven years and it's still absolutely perfect, just buy a proper one
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Dec 15, 2020 10:47
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Hmm hmm, thanks guys. I guess I'll get the official one and call it a day. I'm probably not as reckless as I was however many years ago too, so here's hoping I can keep it alive.
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Dec 15, 2020 11:00
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If you paid more than like $500 for a 2015 MBP and your gf doesn't obligately have to boot Windows on it you got major ripped off
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Dec 15, 2020 11:08
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Just a heads up, I picked up a "fair condition" m1 8/256 MacBook air from bestbuy for $820 which is the most absolute brain-dead yes purchase I've made all year. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/macbook-air-13-3-laptop-apple-m1-chip-8gb-memory-256gb-ssd-latest-model-space-gray/5721600.p?skuId=5721600
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nerdrum posted:Just a heads up, I picked up a "fair condition" m1 8/256 MacBook air from bestbuy for $820 which is the most absolute brain-dead yes purchase I've made all year. what does BB consider 'fair condition?' how do you know the keyboard isn't like full of jizz? knowing BB's reputation in this regard I'm not sure I wouldn't save up the remaining tens of dollars and buy .edu
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Dec 15, 2020 11:21
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Ok Comboomer posted:what does BB consider 'fair condition?' I mean admittedly the device isn't really old enough where I'd be worried about load build-up in the keyboard tray, in my experience with laptops and cellphones overall though -- it's usually missing manuals or instructions and damaged packaging or a small nick on the device. This one seems cosmetically perfect and was just missing the box, charger etc all there.
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Dec 15, 2020 11:29
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lol that "low serial number" box is absolutely being scalped on ebay right now
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My M1 MBA shipped last Wednesday, but the tracking info has shown it sitting “In Transit” in Shanghai ever since. Anyone else have theirs take this long getting out of China?
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Fleedar posted:My M1 MBA shipped last Wednesday, but the tracking info has shown it sitting “In Transit” in Shanghai ever since. Anyone else have theirs take this long getting out of China? When I poked my head into macrumors forums a week or 2 ago I saw some people in that situation and others left China really quickly. It seemed like UPS was in worse shape than FedEx or DHL. In my case it sat in Shanghai for 24 hours or so, spend a day in Japan, and then went straight to Memphis for sorting. It was FedEx. The Apple Watch I had delivered for my SO’s Xmas gift came last Monday and required a signature (which ended up meaning the FedEx guy waved at me through the screen door and sat the box down), but my laptop they just dropped off at the door in the rain, rang the bell, and then teleported back to the truck.
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Fleedar posted:My M1 MBA shipped last Wednesday, but the tracking info has shown it sitting “In Transit” in Shanghai ever since. Anyone else have theirs take this long getting out of China? My Mini has been stuck in Hong Kong. UPS currently won’t give me an estimated delivery date. I’m fine waiting, but I really hope it gets here before the long Christmas weekend.
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Ok Comboomer posted:what does BB consider 'fair condition?' Probably missing packing or something. I’ve always had good luck with BB and these Apple products.
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a number of posters have brought up the fact that the apple tv is "clearly dead" now just because they have apps on other platforms, nowquote:The U.S. tech giant is also working on a new Apple TV, a home entertainment device for video-on-demand services, for next year, one of the people said. https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Apple-plans-30-boost-in-iPhone-production-for-first-half-of-2021 fwiw i have never really thought that the apple tv is dead because especially now i don't think it probably costs them that much; now that macs are on their in-house arm chips, too, there's almost nothing in the apple tv that requires something special that isn't used in some other product they make
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AppleTV is "dead" in the sense that it's currently perfect and there's no reason for them ever to release a new version, unless they want to double down on the gaming aspect which they've been like halfheartedly trying at and making no progress.
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Dec 15, 2020 19:54
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iunno, the remote could use maybe 50 more revisions. Maybe one of them will not be poo poo and I'll stockpile that one. Someday it'll work better with homepods and you can create an 11.1 wireless surround sound system with 8 homepods, 2 minis for atmos, and the new upcoming homepod max subwoofer
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Dec 15, 2020 19:59
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it will get pushed forward by 8k TVs and VRR if nothing else
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MeruFM posted:Someday it'll work better with homepods and you can create an 11.1 wireless surround sound system with 8 homepods, 2 minis for atmos, and the new upcoming homepod max subwoofer
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American McGay posted:AppleTV is "dead" in the sense that it's currently perfect and there's no reason for them ever to release a new version, unless they want to double down on the gaming aspect which they've been like halfheartedly trying at and making no progress. Apple’s been “trying” at the AppleTV’s gaming aspect in the same way that I’ve been “trying” to record an album for like five years TACD posted:The HomePod's final form: a microchip-sized device that beams Apple Music and Siri straight into your brain
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MeruFM posted:Someday it'll work better with homepods and you can create an 11.1 wireless surround sound system with 8 homepods, 2 minis for atmos, and the new upcoming homepod max subwoofer I forgot what a homepod was and pictured 11 airpods suspended by strings around the room.
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Bobstar posted:I forgot what a homepod was and pictured 11 airpods suspended by strings around the room. jony ive just had an orgasm when you posted this
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Does Apple let you do trade ins? My 2020 mbp is fine but I want to upgrade
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Cheese Thief posted:Does Apple let you do trade ins? My 2020 mbp is fine but I want to upgrade yes
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LODGE NORTH posted:Hmm hmm, thanks guys. I guess I'll get the official one and call it a day. I'm probably not as reckless as I was however many years ago too, so here's hoping I can keep it alive.
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I called the mac store. For a mid-2020 MBP with 8g ram 13" screen, they would give $700 towards new mac trade in. I don't find that particularly bad, I paid $1,200 for it.
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Cheese Thief posted:I called the mac store. For a mid-2020 MBP with 8g ram 13" screen, they would give $700 towards new mac trade in. I don't find that particularly bad, I paid $1,200 for it. That’s 100% worth it for M1 IMO
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Otherwise, Swappa is worth a try, and you’d stand to make a bit more. But if it’s as easy as bringing the Intel in and trading it on the spot, I’d be tempted too.
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Ok Comboomer posted:Apple Silicon is kind of a Mac vs PC nightmare scenario for PC partisans right now. I have always used and enjoyed both, but when it comes to (non-gaming) laptops, the M1 really makes everything else obsolete. It is insane.
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nitsuga posted:Otherwise, Swappa is worth a try, and you’d stand to make a bit more. But if it’s as easy as bringing the Intel in and trading it on the spot, I’d be tempted too. I ended up using swappa because apple wanted me to ship the laptop and I made an extra $200 for the same work.
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Apple quoted me $570 Canadian for my 2018 Mini, the M1 is only like $300 after the rebate. I don’t know why they’re being so generous, the gap between these two machines feels bigger than my last upgrade, which was from a 2008 to the 2018. Haven’t got my trade in box yet, though, so we’ll see.
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