What’s also frustrating is the fact that MacBook could be the ideal options for me but they’re not repairable easily, they are also super pricy if you want the bare minimum in 2023 (16go of RAM and a decent sized SSD)…
There’s everything, customisation with Yabai, FL Studio + VST support, Logic Pro X, fast compile time for when I program, linux convenience, nerd fonts, dark theme, etc…
And don’t get me started on the battery and the screen quality.
yeah, the 8GB RAM is laughable. like ... why is Apple pretending 8GB is ... ok? Here is this great laptop, but you just f'd yourself with the minimal specs AND YOU CANT UPGRADe.
The latest MacBook is great but the hw lock on ram + storage sucks.
Go easy on Apple, they can't afford the extra TWO BUCKS of the cheapest most commodity silicon on Earth.
Everyone always raves about how affordable the Mac mini is whenever someone complains.
The base model is quite affordable, yes. But you only get 8GB of memory. Which needs to be shared between cpu and gpu, too.
Like, come on
I feel the same way about Live - I'll probably always dual boot windows for this reason.
I can't justify paying Apple for their hardware, it's pretty laughable in my opinion compared to other options.
What? In the laptop space? The ARM chip is legit and so is the battery life w/uber high core counts; the bus speed is smokin' quick compared to just about every other laptop on the market. GPU is really good too, between better but not the best.
You get a lot of book with that mac. The avg wintel doesn't come close, spec wise.
BUT
no way to upgrade storage, for DAWs...oof.
Right, I completely forgot about the M chips.
Think I'd rather save like 3-4 thousand dollars on a high end machine and go for an i7 or ryzen7 however
100%. A realistic entry level MacBook is ~ $1.2k USD +/-
MacOS is complete with … apps , coding (playground is nuts), ecosystem integration (including phone, tv, sharing, audio, midi, etc)!
100% agree with saving a few bucks esp with sales on Wintel laptops < $1k: the ability to add RAM and SSD over time is really nice. Starting with 8GB RAM, recovering from the purchase and then upping to 64GB (or max size) is nicely feasible in the Wintel world.
But should $WinTel price creep north, MacOS is worth a peek imo.
What’s also frustrating is the fact that MacBook could be the ideal options for me but they’re not repairable easily, they are also super pricy if you want the bare minimum in 2023 (16go of RAM and a decent sized SSD)…
There’s everything, customisation with Yabai, FL Studio + VST support, Logic Pro X, fast compile time for when I program, linux convenience, nerd fonts, dark theme, etc…
And don’t get me started on the battery and the screen quality.
yeah, the 8GB RAM is laughable. like ... why is Apple pretending 8GB is ... ok? Here is this great laptop, but you just f'd yourself with the minimal specs AND YOU CANT UPGRADe.
The latest MacBook is great but the hw lock on ram + storage sucks.
Go easy on Apple, they can't afford the extra TWO BUCKS of the cheapest most commodity silicon on Earth.
Everyone always raves about how affordable the Mac mini is whenever someone complains.
The base model is quite affordable, yes. But you only get 8GB of memory. Which needs to be shared between cpu and gpu, too.
Like, come on
I feel the same way about Live - I'll probably always dual boot windows for this reason.
I can't justify paying Apple for their hardware, it's pretty laughable in my opinion compared to other options.
What? In the laptop space? The ARM chip is legit and so is the battery life w/uber high core counts; the bus speed is smokin' quick compared to just about every other laptop on the market. GPU is really good too, between better but not the best.
You get a lot of book with that mac. The avg wintel doesn't come close, spec wise.
BUT
no way to upgrade storage, for DAWs...oof.
Right, I completely forgot about the M chips.
Think I'd rather save like 3-4 thousand dollars on a high end machine and go for an i7 or ryzen7 however
100%. A realistic entry level MacBook is ~ $1.2k USD +/-
MacOS is complete with … apps , coding (playground is nuts), ecosystem integration (including phone, tv, sharing, audio, midi, etc)!
100% agree with saving a few bucks esp with sales on Wintel laptops < $1k: the ability to add RAM and SSD over time is really nice. Starting with 8GB RAM, recovering from the purchase and then upping to 64GB (or max size) is nicely feasible in the Wintel world.
But should $WinTel price creep north, MacOS is worth a peek imo.