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Entire Mac Lineup Now Finally Starts With at Least 16GB RAM, Ending 8GB Era (www.macrumors.com)
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About time. This also applies to their older models such as M2 and M3 laptops.

In the U.S., the MacBook Air lineup continues to start at $999, so there is no price increase associated with the boost in RAM.

The M2 macbook air now starts at $1000 for 16GB RAM and 256GB storage. Limited storage aside, that's surprisingly competitive with most modern Windows laptops.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

build quality on most $1000 laptops

You're not kidding.

I have a couple of laptops from various vendors, and they're all built like shit.

ASUS is especially eyerolly: the case is literally crumbling into pieces. Like seriously? You couldn't have picked a material that's not literally going to disintegrate in two years on a $1200 laptop?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, a lot of manufacturers are just bad. I knew people who had Dell and MSI laptops and those things feel like toys. Cheap plastic and very wobbly hinges. The only manufacturer I genuinely trust is Lenovo. My Legion is a bit thick but I can at least rest easy that it's built well.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Lenovo is, outside of their really cheap consumer options - like, the $500-and-under options - are pretty solid.

But yeah build quality is one reason when I roll my eyes at the 'haha stupid buying apple! apple tax! lol ripped off!' crowd: I mean maybe, but as soon as you pick up a Macbook whatever it's immediately obvious that you're getting something for what you're paying, and not some bendy flexy piece of plastic crap that will maybe physically survive the warranty period, but not much more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

I saw someone’s Samsung laptop last year and the screen was wobbling all over the fucking place. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I commented on it, and the owner just gave me a blank look.