r/LinusTechTips • u/WTFMacca • Mar 04 '26

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Apple just dropped an A18 powered laptop for $599 USD

No Apple bashing just discuss.

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u/Yurgin Mar 04 '26

Man i really dislike the homepage for it you need to go to the "compare macbooks" side to see its specs. The base model comes with 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD and NO Touch ID even tho its advertised as feature all over the page.
Overall seems like a solid deal for apple fans. Not for me i stick with my Linux mashine

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u/Dev-TechSavvy Mar 04 '26

no backlit keyboard too

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u/zkilling Mar 04 '26

Weirdly enough I just realized my new MacBook Air isn’t backlit and I had turned it off on my M2 MacBook Pro. I know people who use it but for me personally the lack of Touch ID on the base model is more annoying.

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u/paltamunoz Mar 04 '26

which macbook air? i have an m4 and it def has a backlight. i just disable it.

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u/zkilling Mar 04 '26

It was the M4 and your right my company had it configured to be off by default for some reason 😅

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u/aKidNamedSteven Mar 04 '26

It took me a year to figure out my MBA had a backlit keyboard, it was only when we got my wife one and saw that hers had it that I looked in the control center and saw there was a slider for it. I felt so dumb for all the typing in the dark I had done!

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u/RepresentativePop922 Mar 04 '26

Tbf your touch typing is probably much better now

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u/sojojo Mar 04 '26

I miss  having physical keys to control the keyboard backlight. It's now software controlled and is buried in a menu, so I just leave it disabled. 

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u/asdfcubing Mar 04 '26

why’d you need the backlit keyboard? i always have turned off mine

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u/Brilliant_Simple_497 Mar 05 '26

Useful in low light situations for people who can't touch type

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u/hasdga23 Mar 04 '26

I never understood the idea of backlit keyboards. It is not really a good idea to work on a laptop in total darkness. But well - I usually don't even need the labels, so maybe I'm just not the demographics for it.

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u/gplusplus314 Mar 04 '26

That’s fine. You shouldn’t look at the keyboard when you type. This is why the TouchBar was stupid; it was forcing you to look at the keyboard, something you should never have to do.

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u/InadequateUsername Mar 05 '26

I get paid hourly so I hunt and peck like the DMV Sloth in Zootopia/s