Building a 450$ desktop and a shitty used chromebook to ssh into it
/thread

>>108340466
It don't work like that

>>108340444
yes
buying $500 worth of toilet paper to wipe my ass with

>>108340444
not really. assuming you need a laptop

>>108340498
It does for me

>>108340530
yes really you retard
get a used macbook pro m2
apple shills are so retarded

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Daily reminder that as of 2026, 4chan still doesn't have:

A) Webp support, an image codec like 2 decades old now.

B) A dedicated AI board.

C) Multi-file upload support.

D) Bans for shitter shit shots (views = money for twitter)

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>500
Its 600 and yes, there is better things with DOUBLE ram and disk for LESS money.
report all shill threads

>>108340444
>8GB ram
Oh hell no boy, you can absolutely buy a 16 GB ram Windows laptops since those get discount every other month

>>108340557
daily reminder that nobody gives a shit

>>108340548
>M2
Does not support av1 hardware decoding tho

any 2in1 laptop with touchscreen

>>108340543
Then you're doing it wrong

As long as it has a fully featured desktop OS with no restrictions, then yes. Techniggers have been boasting for 15 years about how every next niggerphone has a new snapnigger 9000 with more power and then they put it in the same phone running mobile javascript shitware that could have been a webpage and that does any real computation on the server side anyway. If all that hardware progress cannot cope with an average portable computer usage then we should all stop making computers altogether and return to the soil.

>>108340592
Clearly I'm not, considering that a 500$ desktop will always outperform a 500$ laptop

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>>108340580
Source?

>>108340548
the $600-650 m2 pro 13" isn't an actual pro model like the 14-16" ones are

>>108340557
this

>>108340444
Keeping your money

>>108340620
by any chance, are you autistic?

>>108340626
still better than OP's pile of shit

>>108340607
>Desktop will outperform lappy
How is that even possible when a desktop is fully dependant on a laptop when said laptop is being used to ssh into said desktop?
Your desktop is completely btfo by its own form factor

>>108340626
This

>>108340662
No

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>>108340444
Yes, anything not made by Apple is worth infinitely more.

>>108340626
i am looking at a MacBook Pro 14" M2 Max 32GB RAM 500GB SSD for $630

now what you shithead brown?

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>>108340656
That's not a valid source, iNigger.

https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/im-webp

>>108340626
>>108340674
you can find a MacBook Pro 14" M2 Max 32GB RAM 500GB SSD for $630

>>108340666
Why does my desktop require a constantly active ssh connection when I'm compiling code, running bioinformatics pipelines, and hosting files with a web server that I can access from my phone? You obviously have no clue what you're talking about

>>108340444
For normies? No. I would recommend this to all normies. But for me I would just get a used thinkpad and linux

>>108340708
>>108340682
post link or you're lying

also those chips are basically designed for tasks nobody looking at a Neo or an Air would ever do so it's just dead weight

>>108340444
Buy a used macbook pro instead of some Neotrash without a backlit keyboard

>>108340696
I wasn't even attempting on giving a source due how stupid the nature of such request is when talking about something based on opinions of end users.

The mere fact you are incapable of understanding these aspects of our little "conversation" answers my question, you are indeed autistic.

No, websites who want to save on bandwidth (money) does not equal to how much end users care about it.

>>108340564
>ram and rom
Both irrelevant. MacOS doesn't need the monumental amounts of ram that windows does and 256 GB is enough space for all your programs. You're bound to have an external drive for backup of big/important files anyway.
And I say this as a someone who doesn't even like apple. It's just that the laptop (and pc) market is so fucked that a 600$ macbook looks fine.

>>108340742
I'm not gonna read all that but if 20% of all websites are now using Webp then I find hard to believe that "noby gives a shit".

>>108340731
https://www.ebay.com/itm/168203536776

there are tons of these on Facebook market too

>for $600 the used macbook pro is too good therefore nobody will get it
ah you are a mentally ill subhuman shill, nevermind.

>>108340765
point proven

>>108340444
>$500 in Etherium
>$500 in VOO
>$500 in QQQm
>$500 in Silver
Want me to go on? I can ya know.

>>108340444
>use $50 to buy a used chromebook instead
>use the rest of the money on sweet drugs
>go out and party, get a couple whores to fuck you because of your drugs
>be better than all the bitchless mac neo niggas who bought a $500 cuckporn viewing machine
Feels good not being an iFaggot

>>108340766
>$630 from bids with 5 days left
lol.

>>108340444
Where u getting $500? Isn't HRT treatments expensive?

>>108340795
>my arguments got destroyed so now i'm gonna spam "lol" hoping people wont buy better alternatives otherwise i wont get the 5 rupees per post for shilling

thats enough internet for today, mr brown. do your homework next time.

>>108340444
Yes, a $150 chink tablet with a keyboard.

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>>108340763
>256 GB is enough space for all your programs
no it's not you dumb shill, mac neo is awful, you get sata speeds at best

>>108340829
post sold listings

>>108340709
So now you've identified your "phone" as the superior form factor knowing you can just rent machines in the cloud that you maintain via your "phone"
This also tells the audience that "phone" chips like the A18 are beyond adequate for the tasks you do daily

>>108340444
In terms of computing power?
A midrange desktop from 4-5 years ago beats that tablet system in anything involving multithreaded tasks. And it can be had for under 500 bucks.

>>108340708
>M2
It doesn't even support hardware decoding of av1, tho
Everything will be av1 soon

>>108340444
Yes I bought a laptop with a 226V for $400
it's kinda garbage but I only need it because this old game I play is actively updated and does not work in wine because they keep breaking it to prevent botters

>>108340932
>you will own nothing and be happy

>>108340961
>Bro, just buy an Chromebook, bro. Ewaste recycling is good for the environment. You can just build an entire desktop and let it leech all of your electricity from your home while using your chrome book on the go, bro

>>108340868
>far much faster
sirs...

>>108340466
thats retarded. SSH in to your desktop would still have you running everything on the Chromebook hardware.

>>108340976
Clearly you disagree with the OP then, spending 600$ on a crappy macbook is an obvious waste of money when you can buy an aws instance and an old piece of shit laptop. The only difference between us is that you're okay with third parties having access to all of your data, and I'm not

>>108340997
What would actually run on my Chromebook besides a terminal and a web browser?

>>108341020
>Exclusively buying piece of shit hardware
>Thinking that btfo of people in an argument
1. Stop being poor
2. Why have a mid at best desktop and a shit tier ewaste Chromebook with it's toy OS if you could have an upper tier desktop and an mid tier laptop?
It's literally money that's stopping you from having nice things

>>108341101
This thread was premised on "value for 500$" (despite the fact that the Mac is 600.) Obviously when you change that you have more options
I still use my old piece of shit laptops on principle, the only two things I use a computer for are web browsing and running expensive jobs, any laptop is fine for the former and is inferior at the latter, where I would just use my desktop (or an AWS instance.)

>>108341176
Ok, you win.
The top is about 500$.
You prefer 500$ worth of "piece of shit" hardware over a nice new laptop when we're talking 500$.

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>>108340444
e-waste thinkpad for $200 with double the ram

>>108340444
Nope

>>108341176
it's $499 with the edu discount that basically everyone gets

>>108340564
>8W
>28W
>same performance
yikes

>>108340557
an AI board would make things so much nicer
damn

>>108340557
fuckoff

>>108341198
I'd prefer a nice new 450$ desktop and a crappy laptop, learn how to read jeet

I have a 2025 MBP and an M4 15" Air. I shit on the Neope and poorfags.

an lcd steamdeck with bluetooth keyboard. zen 2 cpu, rdna 2 gpu with 16gb of ddr5 ram running the stable distro of linux

>>108341596
I've already fell for that meme.
The screen is too small.
11-12 inch's is really the small limit.
It works great as a desk top tho

desu it seems like good "value" but a waste of money for most people. Wait and spend a little bit more for more capability.
I want to buy an air but it's such a confusing space. An m1, m2, m3, m4 used aren't terribly different in price. Maybe I'll wait for a good new m4 sale ($800 maybe?).

8gb on mac = 16gb on windows/linux

this will upset the chuds but idc. it must be said.

>>108341703
>windows/linux
m8. one of these does not belong

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>>108341703
Does USB 2.0 on mac = USB 3.0 on windows as well?

>>108341741
literally only video editors care about that

>>108340600
macos is not a fully featured desktop os, it's a toy for retards too stupid for a pc.

>>108341794
I am a video editor. I have 70 subscribers, I need a threadripper desktop and a 5090 laptop.

>>108341914
>retard too stupid for a pc.
thats you btw

>>108341663
This is a netbook. It's for people who don't know anything about specs and the most important things it offers is a good screen, webcam, mic, screen, and aluminum case. It's unironically really good for your mom or sister. Win 11 needs 16gb of ram to actually function because windows 11 consumes 5gb on idle. Now these same people won't end up with a piece of shit hp with 8gb of ram unable to open 3 chrome tabs. It is not for anybody who would browse /g/. People here will either buy a used thinkpad and rice it out with more ram, nvme, screen etc and their flavor of linux or they will buy a laptop with a dedicated gpu that can actually run games or solid works for 3d printing etc. The market demo for somebody who wants a macbook air is a hipster who edits video in final cut he takes with a mirrorless 4k camera or makes digital music in logic. That is what macs are for.

>>108341703
Mac is just unix with windows vista on top. Xfce and even lighter ui linux exists and can run on your smart refrigerator or vapes hardware. You are correct about winbloat. Windows 11 is completely fucking unusable on 8gb of ram

>>108342144
>Windows 11 is completely fucking unusable on 8gb of ram
More usable compared to Mac OS since Windows can actually run the apps and games that I need.

>>108342149
Post your fps running a game on an 8gb ram laptop with integrated graphics and windows 11 right now.

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>>108340444
>600 wingwangs for 8gb ram
>in the year 2026

yikes of the year

>>108342171
More than that Macshit, which would get 0FPS because it can't even run it.

>>108342126
nah you're right. it's just weird to think that most people's general use case is literally just web browsing and netflix...
but that's just what it is. not being a windows machine is a benefit in its own right. they've seriously fucking fallen off.
And people love their macs. they stay running well after 5+ years...whereas most of my windows machines just feel sloppier and sloppier.

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>>108340444
>8gb of soldered in ram
>256 gb of soldered in storage

Will literally self destruct in a few years due to constant paging and writes to ssd due to only having a paltry 8 GB of RAM, which Apple already acknowledged with the Mac Mini was not enough and bumped the minimum spec to 16 GB.

>>108342295
i can't find a single example of this happening and the m1 mba 8gb has been out for 5.5 years

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This is nothing more than a cash grab to offload a bunch of older iPad processors into an e-waste product for the poors.

>>108340742
I want an /ai/ board.

>>108342325
that chip is only in the iphone 16 pro/pro max

>>108342343
Still a macbook for poors.
Real rich people use a Dell XPS

>>108340444
Depends. Can I install a different OS on it? If not, it has literally no value to me.

>>108340557
>webp
proprietary googleslop

>>108342370
It's a locked down piece of shit apple, what do you think?

>>108342359
I use one at work.
Worst computer I ever had.

>>108342370
Yes, but Apple doesn't provide much documentation of their hardware so everything has to be reverse engineered.

>>108342377
You have unrealistic standards, Dell XPS is much better than any Macbook

>>108342374
>>108342383
I can install a different operating system on any M class macbook (asahi) but I can't on an iPhone 16 with the same A18 chip in it. So which one is it?

>>108342384
in what metric? The 3 hours of battery life? The loud fan noises? The shittier OS? The worse build quality? Dell's bloated garbage software? ACPI bugs plagueing every single device they sell? The fact that Dell "SafeBIOS" is so safe that it needs a critical security update every week?

>>108342451
Panther Lake intel has better battery life than Apple
Windows is better than locked down macos
You can uninstall bloat easily or do a fresh install of windows or linux
ACPI hasn't been an issue for over 6 years now.
Having more updates for the BIOS is a good thing. I'm sure you're coping with that shitty liquid ass update and pretending it's good

>>108342535
What are you talking about? ACPI is still a problem. All of the new laptops got rid of S3 sleep, so the fucking things never go to sleep and cook themselves to death in backpacks until they die.

>>108342535
you literally can't put any non-apple device in a bag because it will explode being in S0

>>108341199
This is the correct answer. Even modern Shitnovo will have a better keyboard than any Fagbook. Though I bet the Fagbook's screen is better.

>>108342541
>>108342560
I never had this issue with any of my Windows laptops. Sounds like a skill issue to me.

>>108342568
you don't go anywhere anon

>>108341199
You're not getting cheap thinkpads with 16GB RAM anymore. E-cyclers are removing the RAM sticks and selling the sticks for more than the entire laptop.

S0 is the shittiest sleep state, especially when MicroSlop is constantly pushing out pajeet updates to all of their garbage apps and Windows every other day, so the laptops NEVER go to sleep. The spyware in windows also keeps the system awake. That's why Microsoft wanted to get rid of deep sleep so bad.

>>108342570
If I didn't go anywhere I wouldn't have a laptop.
I need this shit daily for work and travel.

>>108340444
>can't install Linux
DOA

>>108342295
what is this retardation? they bumped the RAM because of local AI models.

>>108340444

Only /g/ can be presented with a $500 computer that's inherently superior to whatever they find on aliexpress and still have an aspie moment over it. Just buy a Mac and be happy. Good lord.

I don't really like Apple shit, but I kinda want to get one for travel. I hate using touch-based OSes because I'm a 35 year old boomer, but the weight and battery life of a full laptop make it a pain to bring while traveling.

>>108342572
I got one with 16gb of ram like a month ago for $200. I took out 8gb and put in 16gb instead for $70

>>108343279
To clarify it has 8 soldered 8 slotted and I put in 16 slotted for a total of 24gb of 3200mhz.

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>50 FPS performance running cyberpunk
can other laptops do this at this price range?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h26FlWu7aDc

>>108340466
>used
Opinion discarded

>>108340766
>ongoing bidding
You fucking idiot

>>108343417
>minimum settings
>maximum AI upscaling from 320x240
Even a $150 N100 netbook could do that

>>108340444
>Is there a better value for $500?
ThinkPad L14 Gen 5 on eBay

>used
>used
>used

I only buy new

>>108340444
Yes so long as you have the bare minimum of tech literacy.
For the 80% of retards out there it's a super good deal though.

>>108340557
>4mb limit
>no sound videos on most boards
>no emoji support

Its fatal flaw is that it has the worst IO of any relevant laptop on the market. Other than that, it's a value.

Used old intel macbook pro for $500 you can find on ebay and that's a good deal!

>>108344710
the intel macbooks suck ass and the a18 pro is probably 4x as fast

>>108340444
it's agood computer but
>8gb ram, in 2026
naaah

>>108343552
ok show proof

>>108344766
its a paid indian shill
been seeing these n100 posts in every macbook neo thread since the announcement

>>108343417
>can't multitask
>"it's ok if you want have one or two apps open."
>"can't have a big excel spreadsheet and the browser open, for example"
lmao DOA

>>108340444
Yes you can nowadays buy Zen 2 APU laptops for 100-150 €
>>108340466
Exactly get a desktop for cheap performance and a lowweight APU laptop for portability
>>108340564
Thats what I have, the Vivobook 14, you can upgrade one RAM and SSD
Of course the build is plastic and the keyboard not illuminated, but its not highend. If you write a lot get a cheap Keychron and use it wirelessly like I do.
>>108342295
Soldered shit alone is what I avoid, at least one slot must be changeable.
>>108343417
Who would care about running AAA games on a mobile device, although my laptop actually ran Darktide: 1124 x 600, FSR ultra performance + FG, actually hits about 60 FPS (with drops). But clearly no joy or meant to be. But AOEII and old games run flawlessly. Stuff like BF3/4 even in medium settings over 60.

>>108340444
im not an applefag but these do seem kinda decent as websurfing/note taking machines

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think id rather have a chuwi minibook

>>108344910
>2.5-3 hours battery life
That's the biggest drawback of the minibook. I don't know how the fuck they got so little battery life out of it compared to other N150 laptops.
Acer makes a dogshit cheap 14 inch N150 laptop that gets 12 hours from a tiny 38Wh battery.

>>108344910
is that pic supposed to sell me on it ?
that screen looks so bad

>>108344932
damn that sucks ive been eyeing one for like a year plus

>>108344935
It sucks that GPD seems to be the only half-competent company that makes mini laptops.

>>108344971
yeah but they dont really do mini laptops they do handhelds, always just too small to be a nice machine the minibook seems like the perfect mini size imo its like a netbook i use to love those

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>>108340444
Yes

>>108345155
Isn't this guy straight up wrong about Macbook being durable despite the fact that he's replacing broken Macbook panels all the time due to design flaw?

>no notch
only thing making me want this over the air

>>108340868
im almost 100% sure my 2015 11" macbook air has a faster ssd than that...

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>>108344935
Mini laptop sound neat but I think premium business laptop manufacturer has the much practical idea of just selling lighter laptop with the same 13-14" form factor.

>>108340557
There's no need to have an AI board because it's part of g instead of that some threads should be culled

>>108345250
13/14 inch is okay but having something even smaller would be cool, dont get why laptop manufacturers dont try different things anymore hardly any of them make things outside of a few shapes/sizes in the 90s/2000s you got so many different shapes and sizes of loptop it was nice

>>108340564
>multicore benchmark
Literally useless after 2 cores desu

>>108345306
hardware guys went through the experimentation/discovery phase in the early 2000s, what we have now is the battle-tested lineup of "try as we might, this is what customers actually buy."

another line of discourse i see like this is around cars. everybody trips over themselves saying how they would totally buy a classic car with simple controls, but thats not what people actually buy.

you often hear "stated preference vs. revealed preference", but i think thats oversimplifying. people largely don't think, until theres risk involved. lots of people like the abstract idea of having something cool and unique, but when it comes to actually make a financial decision, *thats* when you start thinking "wait... how am i gonna look in this? can i take this with me to work? to the grocery store? will i attract unwanted attention? what options would i have to potentially re-sell it?" - and now, what originally felt exciting now feels like a bad idea and inappropriate.

but it wasn't until the very moment the person opened their wallet, that they actually switched their brain on for the first time.

>>108345306
Bigger screen is better for actual use. A mini would only be useful if it had good IO with a 10gb nic for network technicians. For a normal person who has to do work for hours on a laptop they should be getting the largest screen and keyboard that will still fit in their laptop bag.

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>>108340444
>Is there a better value for $500?

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>>108345921
>refurbished
gee fucking golly a fucking second hand neo will be $300

>>108345921
this is a meme but there are probably some people who think this unironically

>>108345980
Sir it has 4x the ram and 2x the storage

>>108345963
8/256 m1 mba was $999 at release ~5.5 years ago. now in 2026 it sells for ~$300-400 used depending on condition

so neo would be like $150-200 in ~5 years, if we assume the same depreciation.

>>108345921
you've basically lost the minute you start shopping on ebay to win your argument against a new product.

>>108346000
in about 5 years the neo will be obsolete, these computers have a limited shelf life
the neo itself is already a stand-in replacement for that 5 year old m1 air

the reason why the m1 air has deprecated so
much is because it hasnt been discontinued until now that the neo replaced it
it was still being sold brand new for $600

>>108346038
Still better than the macshit neo if you know anything about computers.
No self respecting tech enthusiast/professional would ever get a locked down pile of shit macbook.

>>108346218
Actually plenty would. Most linux terminal commands work on mac because mac is just unix with a windows visa style shiny front end

>>108341031
>w-well you don't NEED more than a terminal and a web browser.
>Just SSH into a headless desktop for everything!
>Just spend a couple weeks procuring and building a shit desktop, finding a functional and non-cum stained chromebook, setting everything up, and troubleshooting!
Holy shit this is an unbelievable amount of cope. You idiots will spend a dollar to save a dime.

>>108340444
Yeah, anything that lets me run whatever operating system I want.

>>108340564
that's the comparison for the chip in the iPhone, not the same implementation.
>8W vs 28W
The Asus probably gets 5-6 hours of battery life, it's a LAPTOP. The A18 obliterates it in the capacity.

>>108340763
whoever invents a bluetooth 6.0 storage drive will make a billion dollars off apple fans

>>108346339
what does bluetooth 6 offer that 5.2 doesn't? challenge: don't look it up. do you actually need the new features?

>>108346429
address randomization for a storage drive is mandatory

>>108345501
>everybody trips over themselves saying how they would totally buy a classic car with simple controls, but thats not what people actually buy.
personally i buy all my cars from late 80s/early 90s after like early 2000s all cars suck ass really dislike the newer ones too much electronic trash in them. for example m my has a 2013 bmw they have a sensor in the seat to detect when a passenger is in it for the passenger airbag, this sensor breaks and is stupid expensive to replace. it throws a light on the dash when this is broken and iit makes the car fail the yearly inspection. also my mums friend has a much newer car a mazda cx-80 she says how amazing and easy it is to drive but we were in it one time and she pulls up behind another car about to park but the car itself slammed on the breaks violently even though we weren't even that close to the car in front. i dont trust these newer cars at all so many things that can go wrong and they do half the driving from them ie never had many problems with older cars they just drive and let you do the driving as they should

then you got stuff like this which happened recently surviving passenger said the cars lane change assist system kicked in and the drier wasn't able to move out off the way
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2016481535025610885#m

>>108340444
>$500
none of you are students.

>>108340444
Fanless is great. I don't know if I'd go that low powered. I'd easily get one for any family or non techie friends. I like the Airs. I like the Airs even more than Pros desu.

>>108346650
You don't need to be

>>108342568
>needing skill for something that should just work
ngmi

>1 USB 2.0 port
lmao

why are laptops all so shit in 2026

>>108347635
cause Apple made theirs shit and everyone has to copy it

>>108347635
Soldered RAM.

>>108340444
can I game on it?

>>108347650
>>108343417

>>108342561
>Though I bet the Fagbook's screen is better.
Apple put glossy screens on their laptops. They look better but also have more glare just by nature of being glossy. Resolution is whatever because the x1s and p1s have hi res options.

170 replies and still no one posted a windows laptop alternative

>>108347802
>>108340564
>>108345921

>>108347802
there isn't on. apple controls the hardware and software so they will simply always be better executed products. ditto for phones and tablets

>>108347802
There is none

>>108345963
>>108346038
>>108345921
Its insane to charge so much for what I assume to be the 8550U, when you get Ryzen laptops for under 200. Get Zen 2 minimum or 11th gen Intel anything before that is trash unless far under 100. I had the 6500U too and that thing struggles even at 4K playback, seems it has no decoder and its constantly hot while being so weak, but its also old as fuck now. Going from 2 core to 8 core on the AMD platform also tripled my battery lifetime which I didn't expect to be possible on a budget laptop.

>>108347836

The fact that Apple consciously tries to keep their OS compatible with weaker hardware (like tablets) is a big deal. Means your stronger laptop can last much longer with it. And that's all an OS needs to do, run lightly and do basic operations, not turn into a bloatmaxxed surveillance device. Almost nothing has demonstrably improved feature wise with Windows since 2006 and yet the footprint has increased by 100x.

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>>108347828
>16 vs 13
>3 hours battery vs 18 hours
>slow cpu vs fast cpu
>plastic chassis vs metal
absolute garbage

>8th gen intel
lmao

>>108340564
now divide by tdp. or do you still live at your mommys home and dont have to pay for yourself?

>>108347802
There literally is none. Apple BTFO'd both windows laptops and chrome books in one fowl swoop

>>108345921
>t480
>in 2k26
lol. lmao.

dont get me wrong the t480 is a fun tinker tranny machine, but nowhere near competition vs the neo that lasts 5 times as long on a charge AND has warranty

>>108340763
>calling storage "rom"
Are you Chinese or Brazilian?

689.00 € = $ 800
in Eurocuckistan

how is tahoe compared to sonoma?
always super wary of upgrading

>>108348114
Tahoe is shit. Upgrade to Sequoia at most if you have to

>>108340444
It it was 16 gb of ram and 512gb ssd I will be goat, even it it 100$ more. 8 gb will age like milk. 256 ssd is less than my phone from 4 years ago.

>>108348820
>16gb
>meanwhile it runs:
>davinci with 4k streams
>final cut with 4k streams
>lightroom
>chrome
>all simultaneously
>nooo i need my heccin 16gb!!!
>b-because the internet says so!!

>>108340466
At this point just rent a vps. Can even spin it up and down as needed

>>108348834
It does not matter when the websites are pig fat. This be gassed out with 10-12 tabs. 8gb no matter how optimized the OS is for the hardware will be e-waste in year or two. The only thing I can find an use for is as music pc because 1) it is cheap 2) it is mac 3) most people use external ssd anyway, the probelm is neo lacks thunderbolt so you are better off with refubed macbook air.

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>>108348834
16gb should be the bare minimum for any new computer in the year 2026.

RAMlets are subhuman and should be eradicated.

>>108348834
>it runs
cool story. now show that it runs "well"

>>108348820
it's offered with 512GB+touchID for $100 more, so $599 after edu discount.

8GB seems to be just fine based on all of the reviews, even in tasks beyond what anybody buying this will normally use it for. like editing 4k video etc

>>108348904
just watch the reviews and they show that lol

>>108348902
windows and linux computer should have 16gb minimum yes, because they're so woefully inefficient

macs run fine with 8gb

>>108348904
cope

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>>108348834
didn't technigger show the thing running a handful of safari tabs and the os already swapped out like 2gb to disk?

>>108348917
>>108348916
good morning saars

>>108340444
Yes, the Asus Vivobook S 14 226V
Better GPU, multithread, 512GB storage, OLED screen, better battery life, WiFi 7, works with most linux out of the box. Has been as low as $400 without a student discount
But you missed it probably, looks like Asus discontinued it

>>108349061
yes
it should be called the MacBook Swap

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>>108348902
fact
if we killed everyone buying new 8gb laptops in 2026 the world would be a better place

>>108347802
I'd rather just buy a Macbook Air

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>>108340444
I got this on sale for $550ish a few months ago. As somebody else pointed out the Mac Neo is $600 if you're not a student.

>>108350805
They don't check

>>108340444
>Is there a better value for $500?
yeah not getting hooked on the predatory ecosystem. they're clearly becoming desperate, so much so they're willing to do this pricing to get it. if anything you should be afraid. you cannot pay me to get one lol

>>108340444
Not if Asahi gets ported

>>108349231
nah, ram prices would go even higher.

>apple gives people what they want
>/g/ hates it
very expected

>>108345301
Theres ai posting all over 4chan. Filtering it all to a board would genuinely be nice.

I'm actually surprised at how much performance Apple is getting out of 8W
>b-b-but mu-
nigger, you weren't doing 3d modeling or gaming on a 13inch laptop anyway

>>108340444
stop posting the homoneo now. Thanks

>>108340557
>Webp
google cancer

>>108340666
What the fuck do you mean, anon? Elaborate. I've seen people use RDP into their home PC quite often.

actual apple fags, what is your usecase for more ram? Are you just choosing to spend a bit more money? Does your professional work require it? What is it and how much does it require?