New 12.9-Inch MacBook Could Launch This Year Starting at $599 (www.macrumors.com)
from cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world to apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 08:31
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marius@feddit.org on 12 Aug 09:05 next collapse

Let me guess: with really low specs and once you configure it to be decent it costs twice as much?

WereCat@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 10:19 collapse

Yes. But if the lowest configuration will be 16GB RAM and 256GB storage like base M4 Mini then it will sell like hotcakes and will make way more sense than M4 Mini at that price.

Alexstarfire@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 11:05 next collapse

Narrator: It wasn’t.

[deleted] on 12 Aug 15:35 collapse

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WereCat@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 16:00 next collapse

I wish I gave a particular example where that’s the case right now… Oh well… Let’s wait till 2030 then.

CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml on 12 Aug 16:25 collapse

The latest macbook air starts at 16 already tho

[deleted] on 12 Aug 18:22 collapse

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[deleted] on 12 Aug 09:08 next collapse

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MurrayL@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 13:37 next collapse

The base Mac Mini has 16GB, not 8 (storage complaints are fair but also trivial to address with external drives)

QuarterSwede@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 15:14 collapse

Yep. Storage on a minipc form factor is definitely a non-issue. Bought my son a $100 2TB crucial external drive and it’s literally 2”x2” (5cmx5cm). Storage is SUPER small these days and cheap. Not slow either.

paraphrand@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 14:26 collapse

Why does everyone forget their aborted launch of Apple Intelligence involved setting the baseline at 16GB for all their macs? (Except for the M1 Walmart special?)

magnetosphere@fedia.io on 12 Aug 14:15 next collapse

“Low cost” and “Apple” go together like oil and water.

paraphrand@lemmy.world on 12 Aug 14:24 next collapse

Like the Mac Mini?

magnetosphere@fedia.io on 12 Aug 14:34 collapse

A welcome exception!

bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works on 12 Aug 16:38 collapse

iPads are pretty affordable.

sbeak@sopuli.xyz on 12 Aug 16:09 collapse

But what should it be called? “MacBook”? “MacBook SE”? “MacBookE”? “MacBook AirE” (airy!)? “MacBook Mini”?

lime@feddit.nu on 12 Aug 16:21 collapse

MacBook Shuffle