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[–] RaoulLeLapin@lemmy.world 82 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Kinda funny that the MacBook Air isn't well ventilated

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago

MacBook Airn't

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] dabu@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

It's called Air though

[–] Etienne_Dahu@jlai.lu 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] gaael@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] HangingFruit@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

They sound fun

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Ah. But does it also make 8gb in a mac perform like 16gb on another platform?

[–] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 42 points 2 years ago (1 children)

no, only delusion can do that.

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Delusion is a fantastic name for a tech startup

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's so bad. I have one because it was free. Firefox alone makes it max out, stutter, and lag on a 8GB model.

My laptop from 10 years ago had 16GB... I don't know wtf is going on with this. ARM does not make it better, Apple. Like, seriously, fuck you.

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Most amazing thing Apple managed to do is convince fans that is how computers should behave and that's the best there is and everything else is worse in comparison.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean… I know dae Apple bad, but yeah… an 8GB RAM mac performs better than a 16GB Windows machine.

Linux on the other hand, nah.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is 100% bullshit. Seriously, it's wrong. I have one, and you are wrong.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lawl I work in tech, and your comment (which lacks any sort of meaningful substance) is wrong and hilarious.

You have what? A PC? A Mac? An emac? Linux? A phone? How much RAM in each? What processor? Are they running on SSDs? What’s wrong?

Ehhhh I’m done responding to children this morning. Some of the worst kinds of redditors came over, and I think you’re that kind of Redditor.

[–] LifeInOregon@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Came here to say this. I know folks want to hate on Apple, and I do think that 16GB should ship in every Pro monikered machine, but 8GB of RAM in the M series packages is not the same as two 4GB DDR4/DDR5 RAM sticks in your laptop or desktop Windows machine. The hardware architecture inherently uses the RAM more efficiently, as does the OS written to target this hardware.

But, again, Apple should up the base RAM.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is emphatically wrong. So wrong I'm wincing... Why on earth do you believe this? I use a 8gb m1 daily and it is utter trash.

[–] LifeInOregon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What are you on about? Somewhere else you said that Firefox alone causes “your” 8gb Mac to stutter.

That’s bull.

My personal Mac is a 32GB Macbook Pro, but we have an 8GB M1 iMac in our house that I actually use frequently. We picked it up as an open box item at Best Buy about a month after it came out. Just a couple of weeks ago I edited a wedding video on it when I’d accidentally left my Macbook at a friends house about an hour away. Final Cut handled three streams of 4k video just fine on 8GB. We are constantly using it as the primary slicer for files for our 3D printer. My kids run games on it using both Dolphin and Wine without issues.

And I’m not the only person who has done these things. There are people all over YouTube (especially two years ago) who were benchmarking and using the entry level M1 Macs for things just like this without the issues you are describing.

Just one very early example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUXZBVLFNfY

If you genuinely can’t even run Firefox without performance issues there’s something wrong with your machine specifically.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

16GB abso should be minimum for a PRO model, full agree there.

It’s just so funny to me how many people are like 8GB IS SO SLOW AND BAD AND UNUSABLE which is… not even really true for Windows. I have found four different people inexpensive 8GB Windows machines for daily use.

But OSX is so efficient with RAM, it’s completely usable for even more intensive things.

Name a model “pro”? Just fuckin put 16GB in it lawl

My 2011 MBP has 16GB and a SSD.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wtf?! Who buys a 8 gb windows machine in 2023? Really... Who?! My TEN YEAR OLD laptop that died last month was 16gb. WHY would anyone ever even SELL a 8gb model in 2023?

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

Idk all of them were under 400USD, have i3-i5s, and have solid state drives. THEY RUN FINE.

How the fuck are you getting so worked up about quantity of RAM in laptops for old people?

Are you a child?

How the FUCK is 16GB RAM going to benefit gramps’ CRAIGSLIST BROWSING, or SORTING PHOTOGRAPHS?

How are you so fucking worked up about this? You’re an insane person with zero worldview

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago (1 children)

FTA:

"AirJet isn’t a consumer product–consumers can’t buy it and modify their own MacBook Air, nor does Frore plan to create a kit for consumer sale. Frore’s MacBook Air demo is a proof of concept that it can be beneficial in a MacBook."

Soooo... "Dear Apple... NOTICE UUUUUSSSSS!!!!"

[–] automattable@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It sounds like they want to be acquired, and if their tech is as good as this article makes it seem, maybe Apple should. :)

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Or they will "steal" it and drain the company in court.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No one needs to buy a rival or steal their tech anymore. Just get them to launch on the stock exchanges and then destroy them with your wallstreet buddies right there with some good old short and distort and cellar boxing, etc.

[–] LifeInOregon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Apple buys companies like this all the time. Purchasing a company of this size would be like you or I opting for an extra shot of espresso at a coffee shop to them: trivial with significant competitive advantage.

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

That’s not what that word means in the context you’re implying it. Also Apple hasn’t been shy about acquiring companies for their tech.

[–] the_q@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago

Damn that's crazy! Closes lid on Framework laptop

[–] code@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

A pro is same as an air but with a fan so its not throttled.

Also these drain battery so unless integrated by apple its useless

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)
[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

They have $999 monitor stand so its very standard Apple ~~gouging~~ pricing.

[–] Overzeetop@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Itemized invoice:

Fan $ 7
Design & overhead to incorporate fan into design $ 13
Value of increased performance, as judged by the accounting department $480

[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cost of accounting department analysis: $50

So, no you actually save $30 getting a Pro!

[–] Overzeetop@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Shut up and take my money!

[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

PROOF. OF. CONCEPT.

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Doesn't matter if you're plugged in.

[–] MeanEYE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Don't forget markup price. You pay for that fan!