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Even before the M1, you paid a small (IMO) premium for better build quality, a great trackpad and (before the butterfly) keyboard, a solid Unix with really grea
by samtheprogram 4y ago
Even before the M1, you paid a small (IMO) premium for better build quality, a great trackpad and (before the butterfly) keyboard, a solid Unix with really great tailored applications, etc…
With the M1 dominance (and inflation) there’s basically no premium at this point (although there is little to no low-end options).
- adastra22 4y agoIf only the MacBook Air was user upgradable like the old 2017 models. There’d be little reason to buy anything else.
- MrDOS 4y agoThere's a reason the RAM is soldered on: https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1460108068637712384 https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1460108068637712384. SSD is very annoying, though.
- lhl 4y agoAs long as you don't need more memory or storage, at which point you'll pay about a 4X markup for each upgrade and will need to make sure you prepay that when you buy the laptop as everything is soldered.