Comment on Apple Accidentally Leaks 'MacBook Neo'

• artyom@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m positive, thanks. 2x8GB CL16 DDR5 RAM currently sells for ~$250.

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  • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a celery with a 128GB emmc. Even with 16GB of ram it’ll be so slow.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So pull it out and replace it.

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      • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Emmc is not nvme. They’re not compatible or interchangeable. You’ll be limited by the max emmc speeds for storage. It’s probably why it comes with an external drive, because they know just how slow the drive is.

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  • rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Intel celeron N150?

    I mean, yeah, technically it’s got more ram, but that’s literally the only thing going for it. I’ve got a mini-pc server with that exact CPU. It’s good enough for what I need it for, by my wife’s 5 generation old M1 Air from 2020 trounces it several times over in terms of speed, even with 8GB.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      An N150 w/16GB RAM is gonna be way more useful than a A16 or whatever with 8GB. Most people will never touch the potential power of their processor but they certainly will be doing a bunch of shit simultaneously.

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      • encelado748@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        As an owner of both an n150 minipc with 16gb of ram and an m1 8g air I can assure you this statement is false. The first is a toy compared to the latter. You can use it as inexpensive home server, but not as a work machine.

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      • rabidhamster@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I mean, if that fits your use-case, I’m not gonna tell you not to get it. Plenty of folks just need a machine for scrolling a social media feed, documents, and Youtube.

        But anyone who wants more than what amounts to a Chromebook can get it pretty affordably with the low-end macbooks. Effectively tripling your speed for another $200 is definitely worth it for lots of folks, and memory paging is a lot faster than it used to be.

        Benchmarks can be hit or miss, but aren’t totally useless:

        N150: www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+N150

        Low-end M1 from 2020: www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Apple+M1+8+Core+…

        And finally, the A19 they’re talking about using: www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Apple+A19+Pro

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      • cv_octavio@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Categorically: nope.

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  • blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    here’s a whole ass laptop for $360

    You’re absolutely right, that is an ass laptop.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Almost as ass as a an irreparable, unupgradeable $700 Macbook with a phone processor and 8GB of RAM.

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      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That Celeron ain’t got nothing on any phone processor Apple’s made in at least the last half decade lol

        I’m not sure the Macbook Neo will make sense, but I know for sure that docked tablet doesn’t. They’re also ass to repair, performance doesn’t exist and the screen belongs in 2008.

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      • blitzen@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Now that the neo has been announced at $499 for students with twice the storage of your example, care to reevaluate the overall value differences?

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      • flying_sheep@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’re not wrong shut the rest, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the processor benchmarks really well.

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  • Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is already less powerful than an old iPad. My SO is looking for a cheap laptop and this one is one I would tell her to avoid like the plague.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Power is meaningless without RAM.

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      • Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The bottleneck of that laptop is CPU and drive, and with 8 gigs of RAM it would still be. 16GB RAM is the only thing that laptop has going for it.

        Honestly, as a Certified Apple Hater I still have no doubts that the laptop with the A18Pro will run circles around the one you showed and will be a better bang for the buck.

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  • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Better to get a used Thinkpad with how well those hold up being over thousand dollars, but get discounted steeply to hundreds with companies offloading them once warranty is up. Can get actual nice Ryzen CPUs and have a proper storage.

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    • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      True, but now you’re talking about used PCs.

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      • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yep, and used in this case is much better than the new cheap laptops with crappy specs.

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