| ▲ | zitterbewegung 10 hours ago | |||||||
It's interesting that to get to the price point of $499 (edu) or $599 that what Apple did was - No touchID on the base model - 8GB of RAM - USB 3 and the second port is USB 2 - No MagSafe. But, you can still get a 512 gb of SSD and it adds the TouchID sensor back. For education the upgrade may actually make sense. | ||||||||
| ▲ | SirMaster 9 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
Feels like a refurb M1 Air is a much better deal. 8/256, TouchID, Magsafe, USB3 all for $300-350 currently. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | ulfw 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
The RAM and USB limitation likely has little to do with price point and all to do with the limitations of the A18pro SoC. It's really not a chip designed to be put into PCs | ||||||||
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