expiredDr.W posted Apr 24, 2025 06:27 PM
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expiredDr.W posted Apr 24, 2025 06:27 PM
Micro Center: Apple MacBook Air: 13.6" Liquid Retina, M4 10-Core, 24GB RAM, 256GB SSD
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Don't ever think you can use external ssd. It will be a pain in the ass. What you want from a laptop is to grab and go sit at any starbucks and your data is still safe in public networks. If you drop your external ssd somewhere, you know the consequences.
24/256 is a very very bad choice. 2Tb icloud with this combo is a no as well. You need to have enough storage to hold something on icloud. Imagine you have 300gb zip file on 2Tb icloud, where to store it temporarily on your 256 if you download it from icloud.
What are the consequences, other than the cost of the SSD? Is hardware encryption that easy to break?
I was once someone who said a 64 GB iPhone is enough because I don't take any pictures. 5 years later, I have to go down to bare minimum on apps just so I can download and install updates. OS + System Data takes up 40% of my space.
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Don't ever think you can use external ssd. It will be a pain in the ass. What you want from a laptop is to grab and go. If you drop your external ssd somewhere, you know the consequences.
24/256 is a very very bad choice. 2Tb icloud with this combo is a no as well. You need to have enough storage to hold something on icloud. Imagine you have 300gb zip file on 2Tb icloud, where to store it temporarily on your 256 if you download it from icloud.
I agree that this is a terrible price for similar spec/weight of windows pc. But if someone has to have an apple device for whatever reason, extra storage is cheap.
Someone prove what exactly? That OS+@ is about 100gb? That his 64gb iphone was too small? Do apple devices not let you install things in a usb drive?
If your needs are trivial ( probably 90% of the people ) then even this is an expensive purchase.
The cloud storage argument is again a fallacy. Not only do you pay monthly ( or annually ) but are also inducing risk of breach, loss of privacy, and limited accessibility ( dependent on internet coverage )
Finally, on a 256GB SSD ( with just the OS installed ) you have ~217ish GB available. Yeah you can dongle an external SSD, but try working with that everyday! ( been there )
From a business POV, it's a brilliant model. Reduce an already inflated price on a non-up-gradable system, and then offer (up-sell) cloud storage ( recurring income and dependency ). The customer psychologically believes they got a great deal, and it's only a *few more bucks* monthly should they need more storage.
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