This laptop has always been the laptop for word processing, basic web browsing and just normal day to day computer usage

I’m pretty sure people use it to do advanced web browsing too…

There’s a whole range of things people do on a computer that doesn’t involve 20 minutes of 100% CPU load but also isn’t just “basic” web browsing and email. Picture stuff, audio stuff, slow-ass shit-optimized apps and processes of various kinds, uh a bunch of Excel formulas.

I’ve never accidentally hit CAPS lock button on any computer ever.

Andrew Tsai is extremely good non-BS non-horrible videos for the niche of people who are into Mac games and emulation on Mac.

NO bigger display version so we would buy their shitty 1500$ display that has years old panel

Also the iMac display itself is years old crap: LCD, 60hz, no HDR. Pathetic product considering the premium pricing.

I say this as someone who’s been waiting years for iMac update and imagining the yellow one. I decided I can’t spend that much for an outdated LCD and I’ll instead get a Mac Mini + OLED monitor.

I’ve been waiting 900 days for updates and I didn’t realize that. That’s pathetic that it doesn’t have back light, reminds me of how they deleted MagSafe on several models for several years. Must think of the shareholders and profit margin.

Good comment, especially on the unrealistic re-framing.

Personally I want game support on Mac but I don’t really care about top of the line, I just want 60fps 1080p in games currently only playable on Windows.

Math on MBP = MBA ($1000) + 4060 ($~1,200?) laptop seems off though, based on my recent shopping of a 4060 laptop. MBP 14 starts at $1,200 doesn’t it? I recently surrendered and bought a Windows laptop because I really wanted to play Elden Ring, after only using Mac happily for 20 years. (CONFIRMED: Windows is still garbage, though the gaming is good.)

Comment seems very vague. “Has better FPS” as in…significantly better? “Better” unspecified could be like 2fps.

Also there are outlier games that don’t fit the pattern of other comparisons, when comparing other hardware (like AMD to Intel etc).

Don’t listen to the Android people.

A person with the discernment of appreciating music and aesthetics definitely wants an Apple-designed OS not google’s full-on trash software. Trust me. Same with Apple vs Windows. Google and Microsoft software are a mess. Apple isn’t perfect but much better in many aspects.

I’m the reverse: I want a iPad Mini for the small screen light weight, but I want more power and 120fps and HDR!

I’m agreeing in the sense that I wish we had options and not stupid forced associations between size and weakness.

I like iMac too. I really want the colored 24” but with HDR and 120hz. Like a “Pro” but still the regular colors and shape…not the “Pro means no color” thing.

I’ve been waiting like 2 years for an iMac update. I guess I should have just bought the M1 but I hesitated.

Since when does “lowcost” mean “mid-range”?

“Low cost” implies something more like Chromebook level doesn’t it? That’s the pie piece that Apple wants, I assume. They already sell tons of Macbook Airs which are way more expensive than Chromebooks.

This isn’t complicated buddy. The obvious reason is that Google is selling millions of ultra-low-cast (junk plastic) Chromebooks. Apple wants a piece of the cheap pie.

I see sub-700 on Amazon but it’s all Renewed. Best Buy is also $799 for renewed.

I’m typing this on a 2012 Macbook Pro that still runs like a dream (with SSD and more RAM of course).

Actually I’m so used to typing that statement that I accidentally lied, I forgot that I’m actually typing this on the windows PC that I didn’t want to buy because Windows blows but I need it for a few games I wanted to play. But my 2012 Macbook Pro is right nearby and I would be typing this comment on that if I wasn’t about to play Elden Ring right now.