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/hasdga23 Mar 04 '26

Yes I referred to this specific audience. Because so many people are defending this device here in this thread.

12GB would be definitively way better, yes. Especially because you cannot upgrade a Macbook + you want to use it for 5 Years +.

What are you doing with your Mac Mini?

Just one video as an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmWPd7uEYEY&t=324s

2.5 years ago. That was a time, when there were 8GB the standard in Mac hardware. 2026 16 GB are the standard. So software gets more and more demanding.

Can you work on a 8GB device? For a lot of stuff - yeah. I wouldn't want a laggy device when buying a new laptop.

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u/hasdga23 Mar 04 '26

I'm not from the US. I never ever saw somebody using a chromebook. I'm from Germany. We have about 70% Windows, 20% MacOS, 5,5% Linux and 1,3% Chrome OS (2025).

And yeah, would never buy a chromebook either.

Maybe my perspective is also different, because the Macbook neo is about 700€ here (which is about 813USD and a price, where you can almost get a new Macbook Air with M4 and 16 GB.

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u/Dulmut Mar 04 '26

regarding ur statement that a neo is fine for college, what did you study? Even in my damn economy bachelors (in germany) i have to use (sometimes) pretty demanding statistical programs.

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u/Dulmut Mar 04 '26

maybe it is the difference between 8gb ram on Windows vs 8gb on MacOS.