Why shouldn't I buy an Apple MacBook Air with the M4 chip?
>>108187605Imagine all the gay fag sex you'll have.
>>108187605Because Asahi is currently only supported on M1 and M2, but M3 is WIP. Just get a Framework or a Thinkpad./thread
>>108187605Purchasing on credit is never wise.
>>108187637It's not that expensive
>>108187662Which makes the use of credit all the more unwise.
>>108187662Exactly + KYC + Real name + Apple ID + Email. Don't give your Macbook a permanent branding wity KYC. Always in store with cash or used.
>>108187605because next month they are going to probably ship the new macbook air?
>>108187605Usecase and current laptop?
>>108187605i have the 15" Air M4 and use it more than my windows and linux machines. it's just so comfy, light and battery lasts all day
>>108187637Retard that has failed at basic economics
>>108187605It depends on the following: are you brown, mentally retarded, or enjoy the taste of dick? If one or more applies, then yes, buy one IMMEDIATELY
>>108188330>basic economics>purchase something you can't afford outright for more than priceSure, Tyrone, whatever you say.
>>108187605Do this instead, OP.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVLeQcQfgFI
>>108187605well, the m5 has a much better GPU. if that doesn't matter the m4 is fine.
>>108187605just get a M1, cheap and does the same shit you'll do, which is web browsing at starbucks
>>108188330good goy
>>108188357Thats why you'll never own a home, or drive a car.
I recently talked my dad and sister into getting these, they're both very happy. I would recommend getting them on discount at Best Buy if you're not financing them through your apple card.
>>108189523>ThatsThat'sftfyAlso, What is my favorite color?
>>108189567pink
>>108189567neon beige
>>108189565I don't even live in the US, I live in a third world shithole with an average monthly salary of ~600 USD
>>108189594Oh, I'm sorry.
>>108189567Baby pink, baby blue and white.
>>108187605Legit issues I encountered after buying into apple meme computers:>weird keyboard layoutentering special characters is pain if you use anything but English. I keep mixing up right alt with CMD, triggering shortcuts that like select all or delete last word. Also dedicated emoji button. >inconsistent shortcutsYou can't just set Ctrl as replacement for CMD everywhere - I keep trying to select stuff in browser and paste to editor only to find out they use different sets of shortcuts for copy paste. No, I'm not re-trainig my entire muscle memory for a computer, just because Ctrl-h is "hide" instead of "replace". >Keyboard and terminal are second -class citizensThere are operations you just can't do without mouse. That includes stuff like installing software. >Really aggressive UAC You have to dig through control panel every time you install new software, because system will just tell you I blocked something without prompt to overwrite the protection >system corrupts USB drives like it's 2001 again You have to actually pay attention to unmounting stuff because Mac OS likes to fuck up your external drives. This have never happened to me on windows or Linux but DID happen after 2 months of using MacBook >NTFS support is really badThey've REMOVED NTFS write drivers after ditching Intel processors so you can't just plug in someone's else pendrive and copy data to it. All your external drives NTFS drives need to be re-formatted to special snowflake Apple format. >no usb-A is painNuff said>open source tends to have problemsI've been seeing VLC error messages that's been fixed on Linux back in 2014 >system is less stable than windows or even Ubuntu I know it's sounds crazy but it feels like everyone else moved on and Mac os is stuck 20 years ago in terms of stability. They were ahead of everyone else back then but now I get a lot more catastrophic failures on Mac os than any other machineCont
>>108187605MBA M5 as well as the poorfag 12" Macbook with iPad chip is probably about to launch early March.
>>108192524>stupid little settings that keep reverting themselves Keyboard shortcuts I set disappear after update. Third party software checkbox you need to make mouse wheel and touchpad scroll in opposite directions gets overwritten by some system service. It's just annoying. >system feels dated A lot of standard features of windows and Linux desktops were never adopted by Mac os. Like quick search being able to pickup programs and documents the moment you save them to drive -you have to use them at least once for indexer to notice them. Same goes for "recent files" views. A lot of sorting options are missing in file pickers. Default video player not knowing most video formats. Smany other inconveniences that were normal in windows 7 or vista but no longer are.
>>108192524>have to install apps with mousebrew, nix>no usb-awelcome to the 2020s. usb-a is outdated.>vlcmpv>unstablewtf are you using? macos is extremely stable.>slow indexerthis is a little annoying, but i rarely encounter it. a mature system rarely gets new software.i'd rather use macos than windows.
>>108187605Because the Pro has fans that can turn on for a high workload instead of throttling. Get a Macbook Pro instead.
>>108192576Oh, I forgot that generic mouse drivers are bad on purpose to inflate the "premiumness" of their stupid magic mouse and you have to buy name brand mouse like Logitech MX master to get the same "smooth" operation a $10 Chinese mouse archives on any basic bitch Linux distro. Of course you have to pick the more expensive Bluetooth variant because USB-A bad.
>>108192524I've been daily driving macos for almost two years now and never had a crash or bug tbqh sounds like a skill issue
>>108187624Asahi was run by a single highly autistic trans programmer, who quit due to being exposed to minor public scrutiny. Project is on life support and will never make 3+ work because nobody else is simultaneously autistic enough and trans enough
>>108187624>Muh loonixWhy would he want that garbage when MacOS is significantly better? Unix > Linux and instead of a community DE, you’ve got a professionals.Personally prefer Windows, but Win/Mac >>> Linux.
>>108192855Liking an OS with ads in the start menu is genuinely embarrassing. I feel embarrassed for you.
I just ordered a 64gig ram m2 max studio or whatever the fuck their little desktop box is called, the names are retarded, I fucking loathe apple and think it's gay shit for fags but apparently AI benefits hugely from their unified memory. Excited to get my ai waifu up and running locally. Not excited for the gay shit I have to learn to get it done
>>108192861>Deselect show recommended appsSolved. Is your judgement about an entire OS this surface level?
I have a MacBook air 512gb 24gb ram m3 worth to update to mpro or m air m5?
>>108192904I would base that decision on the resell value of the m3.
>>108192842meanwhile in reality...
>>108192904No unless you need more RAM/disk space.
>>108187662So in other words you can pay cash
>>108193287I've never said that I wanted to buy it on credit at all
the hinge doesnt open all the way. it rather cheaply stops at like 120 degrees
>>108188357With a good credit score you can sometimes get that for free
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>>108188357tard
Anons, 13 or 15 inches for MBA?
>>108187605Bump
there is no equivalent to macsmacs have:>soldered SSD/RAM/WLANdoesnt exist on 99% of PCs>when pajeetOS runs out of RAM it swapfile rapes the SSD to death within 3 yearsdoesnt exist on 99% of PCs>when the SSD dies it bricks your entire currybook because the EFI is stored on the soldered SSD to save $0.05 on a dedicated chipdoesnt exist on 99% of PCs>components serial numbered and tied to the motherboard to prevent repair and replacement (including battery)doesnt exist on 99% of PCs>riveted keyboard that requires total destruction of the chassis to replacedoesnt exist on 99% of PCs>flexgate cables that are so brittle they crack from opening your screen past 90 degrees more than 2 dozen timesdoesnt exist on 99% of PCs>screens so fucking shit they have over 90ms response times (essentially 10Hz)doesnt exist on 99% of PCs>screen made from pajeet trash glass that cracks from temperature change in seasons or tape over the iBotnet webcamdoesnt exist on 99% of PCs>so fire and explosion prone the FAA have banned them from all flightsdoesnt exist on 99% of PCs>uses phone CPU that's so shit it gets destroyed by decade old i3s from 2017 and can only "compete" by cheating at benchmarks in extreme edge cases with hardware acceleratorsdoesnt exist on 99% of PCs>curryniggers at apploo get so full of sniffing their own currynigger silicon shit they ship currybooks with no fans and they run so hot they melt the keyboard keysdoesnt exist on 99% of PCs>keyboards with 63.5% failure rateunheard of on PCs, and yet you curryniggers defend it with "jus werx fer me!"just because you're in the 36.5% survivor group doesn't make your currynigger trash any goodthis list goes on foreverthere's no PC laptop as total fucking currynigger shit as crapple's streetshitter booksthey are the biggest heaps of steaming currynigger shit in the history of computing second only to curryPhones
>>108196971good to see you're alive and well mac schizo
>>108196971There's nothing wrong with replacing laptops every 3 years
>>108197201You are as insane as the guy you're replying to.
Theres no m4 vlc or mpv port so no
>>108197250?
>>108196971meds
>>108187605in this current inflated pc market, i'm convinced the macbook air is the best option for me. all i do is browse 4chan (firefox with ublock), and pirate and watch anime (transmission & mpv). i feel like mba has the best quality to price ratio. i'm just waiting for the m5 to release.
>>108199025it is. unironically. even if you were doing transcoding, digital video / photo shit, etc it would still be the best option. the m4 puts fully built desktops to shame.
>>108187637Based. The only way to use a Credit Card is one with no annual fee and to pay it off in full every month. But that is a stretch since most don’t have the discipline to do it. >$1000 cash saved>Pay off all debts smallest to largest>Grow $1000 to 3-6mo. Expenses (probably $12,000)Then you can consider getting a Mac.
>>108187605Why shouldn't I buy an Apple MacBook Air with the M4 chip?macos
>>108200152This is literally the only thing that keeps me from buying it. Everything seems perfect, except the OS... Who the fuck would want to use this instead of Windows, how am I even supposed to pirate VSTs on this for example?
>>108200431For me it's that, the ISO keyboards are fucked, and the storage is soldered. Mostly the keyboard thing.For some reason something like 10-20% of the keys are different from a normal keyboard for my language.Who wants to relearn typing just to use a Mac?
>>108199025Consider buying at least 16 gb unified memory and 512 gb storageRegarding 13 or 15 inches I don't know, can anyone tell me what option should one prefer
>>108187605The M5 MBA is coming out soon
