Speaking as someone who doesn’t have a Mac (not by choice), I will say I’m tired of windows. It’s not fun to hunt down drivers, diagnose hardware problems, Google error codes, and download apps from all over the internet. I prefer to have everything right there, all in one place, operating my devices harmoniously. Having an iPhone with Windows just feels clumsy to me.
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Bye, Bye for now Apple, it has been fun!
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I definitely am not a fan of Apples lock-in tactics. But I feel like they're the best option we have out of the choices available for a variety of reasons.
Hardware:
They're killing it in the hardware department. There is a reason Apple won't put an OLED screen on an iPad or a MacBook Pro yet: the lack of full-screen brightness and the risk of burn-in caused by static content. I bring this up because, in your initial post, you mentioned the new laptop you're buying has a superior OLED display.
But these OLED displays have some serious trade-offs. I own a PC OLED screen and it requires me to do pixel cleaning for every 8 hours of power-on time, that's 15 minutes a day I cannot physically use the screen because it's performing maintenance and even the latest models coming out next month (31.5" 4K 240Hz) still have this pixel cleaning feature to mitigate burn-in (which they do by making the entire display dimmer over time by the way).
Trust/Privacy:
If I want to be able to use the same messaging platform on my Windows PC, my Android phone or my iPad for example I have to use WhatsApp. That's what all my friends and family use if they don't use iMessage. I do not trust Meta and I certainly do not trust WhatsApp, their messaging software. I do not want to give them access to my data.
When it comes to Windows, just yesterday the search bar inside the taskbar of Windows 11 (which is there by default) had changed itself to show an Oscars-branded banner background. I do not want Microsoft advertising the Oscars on my taskbar and yet they did that yesterday. I do not trust Microsoft and I don't want to feel like I'm the product to be sold.
Many Android devices and Windows notebooks (and even plain Windows installed by yourself directly from a .iso from Microsoft.com) contain built-in apps from third-party developers. Things like Candy Crush, Instagram and Snapchat etc - I don't want this software on my devices and I certainly don't want those apps to have access to my data. We've seen in the past how the Facebook app on iPhones was serendipitously accessing people's contact lists to remarket to their friends and family, that's not a good thing.
When I buy a Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Homepod I know that I won't have apps preinstalled from third-party developers, I won't be seeing advertisements in the operating system and the telemetry data is opt-in instead of opt-out.
Apple isn't perfect
I would much prefer Apple to be more open. I wish they were more affordable so other people in lower-income households could enjoy them. I'm not a gatekeeper by any stretch. If iMessage came to Windows and Android, I'd be happy about it as it would be a great alternative to WhatsApp which is very dominant in my country.
But when I look at the alternative products from Meta, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and Amazon I'm just not impressed. They feel like plastic imitations with software that has been compromised purposefully to fulfil marketing agendas.
I use a PC all the time in fact I'm using one to write this because I don't feel like Apple's desktop systems are as compelling as their notebooks. I feel that the self-building experience you can get with a desktop PC results in a better system tailored to more generalised tasks (including importantly for me, Gaming) than a Mac Pro, Mac Studio or Mac Mini. But their Laptops especially right now with the M series chips are just untouchable in my opinion.
The last thing I'll say, for me, NVIDIA is really important. Their GPUs are just on a whole other level, they are as big for desktops and servers as Apples M series chips are for Apples notebooks. I cannot buy a desktop without an NVIDIA GPU. It's just that simple, I need the AI inferencing power, I need that graphics performance and perhaps most importantly I need the compatability. CUDA which is NVIDIA's architecture for writing programs for their GPU's is so ingrained in all facets of GPU-based acceleration that to not have one of these for AI (as an example) is like having a computer without an input device.
NVIDIA's technology is so fundamental to this area that Apple's hubris in specifically not allowing NVIDIA to author drivers for macOS has lost them probably more than half the sales of the Mac Pro since 2019 when the first Intel ones were released if not more than that, I really cannot overstate this enough. Apple thought they could do AI alone with the M series chips, they don't even come close to what you can do with an NVIDIA accelerator and I'm not just talking hardware and flops here I'm talking software and the ecosystem. It's no good having a 500 MPH car if you don't have any roads to drive it on.
I know this is long so I'll stop here just my generalised thoughts.
TL;DR Apple could do better, they're doing well in some areas, not so good in others, I still prefer them overall to the competition but I'll keep building Windows-based desktops for the foreseeable.
Hardware:
They're killing it in the hardware department. There is a reason Apple won't put an OLED screen on an iPad or a MacBook Pro yet: the lack of full-screen brightness and the risk of burn-in caused by static content. I bring this up because, in your initial post, you mentioned the new laptop you're buying has a superior OLED display.
But these OLED displays have some serious trade-offs. I own a PC OLED screen and it requires me to do pixel cleaning for every 8 hours of power-on time, that's 15 minutes a day I cannot physically use the screen because it's performing maintenance and even the latest models coming out next month (31.5" 4K 240Hz) still have this pixel cleaning feature to mitigate burn-in (which they do by making the entire display dimmer over time by the way).
Trust/Privacy:
If I want to be able to use the same messaging platform on my Windows PC, my Android phone or my iPad for example I have to use WhatsApp. That's what all my friends and family use if they don't use iMessage. I do not trust Meta and I certainly do not trust WhatsApp, their messaging software. I do not want to give them access to my data.
When it comes to Windows, just yesterday the search bar inside the taskbar of Windows 11 (which is there by default) had changed itself to show an Oscars-branded banner background. I do not want Microsoft advertising the Oscars on my taskbar and yet they did that yesterday. I do not trust Microsoft and I don't want to feel like I'm the product to be sold.
Many Android devices and Windows notebooks (and even plain Windows installed by yourself directly from a .iso from Microsoft.com) contain built-in apps from third-party developers. Things like Candy Crush, Instagram and Snapchat etc - I don't want this software on my devices and I certainly don't want those apps to have access to my data. We've seen in the past how the Facebook app on iPhones was serendipitously accessing people's contact lists to remarket to their friends and family, that's not a good thing.
When I buy a Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch or Homepod I know that I won't have apps preinstalled from third-party developers, I won't be seeing advertisements in the operating system and the telemetry data is opt-in instead of opt-out.
Apple isn't perfect
I would much prefer Apple to be more open. I wish they were more affordable so other people in lower-income households could enjoy them. I'm not a gatekeeper by any stretch. If iMessage came to Windows and Android, I'd be happy about it as it would be a great alternative to WhatsApp which is very dominant in my country.
But when I look at the alternative products from Meta, Google, Samsung, Microsoft and Amazon I'm just not impressed. They feel like plastic imitations with software that has been compromised purposefully to fulfil marketing agendas.
I use a PC all the time in fact I'm using one to write this because I don't feel like Apple's desktop systems are as compelling as their notebooks. I feel that the self-building experience you can get with a desktop PC results in a better system tailored to more generalised tasks (including importantly for me, Gaming) than a Mac Pro, Mac Studio or Mac Mini. But their Laptops especially right now with the M series chips are just untouchable in my opinion.
The last thing I'll say, for me, NVIDIA is really important. Their GPUs are just on a whole other level, they are as big for desktops and servers as Apples M series chips are for Apples notebooks. I cannot buy a desktop without an NVIDIA GPU. It's just that simple, I need the AI inferencing power, I need that graphics performance and perhaps most importantly I need the compatability. CUDA which is NVIDIA's architecture for writing programs for their GPU's is so ingrained in all facets of GPU-based acceleration that to not have one of these for AI (as an example) is like having a computer without an input device.
NVIDIA's technology is so fundamental to this area that Apple's hubris in specifically not allowing NVIDIA to author drivers for macOS has lost them probably more than half the sales of the Mac Pro since 2019 when the first Intel ones were released if not more than that, I really cannot overstate this enough. Apple thought they could do AI alone with the M series chips, they don't even come close to what you can do with an NVIDIA accelerator and I'm not just talking hardware and flops here I'm talking software and the ecosystem. It's no good having a 500 MPH car if you don't have any roads to drive it on.
I know this is long so I'll stop here just my generalised thoughts.
TL;DR Apple could do better, they're doing well in some areas, not so good in others, I still prefer them overall to the competition but I'll keep building Windows-based desktops for the foreseeable.
I remember doing the same going from Windows to Apple 20 years ago, never looked back!😂
Interesting responses and thank you to those who honestly responded with varied opinions. I appreciate the consideration and reading most of what I wrote. I write a lot because I find on the internet that without a proper explanation people will misconstrue your words.
I am not a novice user as I tried to explain at the start. I am not switching for the first time. I used to run 3 separate or 4 platforms if you count ChromeOS on different devices for years. I am proficient in Linux (many distros including slackware, debian, etc) BSD, Windows since Dos, Android since Donut or before, MacOS before OSX, iOS since iPhone X, iPad OS since a10 or before on iPads, Android tablets since they were first released on a Tegra SOC.
It is through much deliberation and thought as well as my experience over the years with multiple platforms that I am deciding to leave Apple until or if the changes I listed at least modify to a point it is acceptable to me.
I also understand that Apple has every right to do what they do that makes them a profit but there is also a way they can potentially make even more profit if they changed at least a couple of the big issues. I also understand that Apple is a premium brand and so prices both hardware and upgrades accordingly and I have no problem with it. I just think as a consumer it is unfair and I don't like it.
People have said many times if you don't like it then just leave. I did. That is sort of the point of the post.
People have said I am just posting to complain. Or that my post is a useless attempt to change things. I disagree. A thought expressed by one person can be useless-agreed, but a thought when shared and amplified by many and those many then share their opinions it can spark a change. All change starts with an idea or opinion that something is wrong. How do unjust laws get rectified? Someone has to stand up and say this is wrong and I will not stand for it.
I find a lot of the comments about Windows with driver issues and reboots, etc very interesting. In my experience as a IT tech support agent a lot of times people who are not tech knowledgeable have a lot of problems with Windows and user error can destroy a Windows system a lot easier than on a Mac. I will say that. Windows does require more maintenance and an understanding of the control panel and Terminal. But it offers a lot more control and configurability.
Just to update a lot of people on here Modern Windows 11 is not prone to random reboots, crashes, driver issues, etc. Any large update will require a reboot on a Mac or PC so this is a bit of exaggeration as well. In terms of drivers Windows now has a security feature to check driver signatures before install no matter the brand. Windows is extremely stable and fast and it is a lot more secure than people seem to understand. I haven't a clue the last time I dealt with Malware on a PC? I don't even need antivirus from a 3rd party because Windows defender works really well and with a little knowledge about the firewall and defender you can really lock everything down with no impact to your system and it is free. People say you don't need AV on a Mac and I agree but I really would like to see granular control of the firewall and an Apple AV software like Defender. You can't just rely on passive defense even with MacOS and I would really love to see some built in malware protection I can actually have a GUI and use myself. I know MacOS has Malware detection built in but you have no access or control over it and can't scan files, a drive or manual scan. I don't like 3rd party AV software as I feel it is Malware itself!
I am not a novice user as I tried to explain at the start. I am not switching for the first time. I used to run 3 separate or 4 platforms if you count ChromeOS on different devices for years. I am proficient in Linux (many distros including slackware, debian, etc) BSD, Windows since Dos, Android since Donut or before, MacOS before OSX, iOS since iPhone X, iPad OS since a10 or before on iPads, Android tablets since they were first released on a Tegra SOC.
It is through much deliberation and thought as well as my experience over the years with multiple platforms that I am deciding to leave Apple until or if the changes I listed at least modify to a point it is acceptable to me.
I also understand that Apple has every right to do what they do that makes them a profit but there is also a way they can potentially make even more profit if they changed at least a couple of the big issues. I also understand that Apple is a premium brand and so prices both hardware and upgrades accordingly and I have no problem with it. I just think as a consumer it is unfair and I don't like it.
People have said many times if you don't like it then just leave. I did. That is sort of the point of the post.
People have said I am just posting to complain. Or that my post is a useless attempt to change things. I disagree. A thought expressed by one person can be useless-agreed, but a thought when shared and amplified by many and those many then share their opinions it can spark a change. All change starts with an idea or opinion that something is wrong. How do unjust laws get rectified? Someone has to stand up and say this is wrong and I will not stand for it.
I find a lot of the comments about Windows with driver issues and reboots, etc very interesting. In my experience as a IT tech support agent a lot of times people who are not tech knowledgeable have a lot of problems with Windows and user error can destroy a Windows system a lot easier than on a Mac. I will say that. Windows does require more maintenance and an understanding of the control panel and Terminal. But it offers a lot more control and configurability.
Just to update a lot of people on here Modern Windows 11 is not prone to random reboots, crashes, driver issues, etc. Any large update will require a reboot on a Mac or PC so this is a bit of exaggeration as well. In terms of drivers Windows now has a security feature to check driver signatures before install no matter the brand. Windows is extremely stable and fast and it is a lot more secure than people seem to understand. I haven't a clue the last time I dealt with Malware on a PC? I don't even need antivirus from a 3rd party because Windows defender works really well and with a little knowledge about the firewall and defender you can really lock everything down with no impact to your system and it is free. People say you don't need AV on a Mac and I agree but I really would like to see granular control of the firewall and an Apple AV software like Defender. You can't just rely on passive defense even with MacOS and I would really love to see some built in malware protection I can actually have a GUI and use myself. I know MacOS has Malware detection built in but you have no access or control over it and can't scan files, a drive or manual scan. I don't like 3rd party AV software as I feel it is Malware itself!
I am trying to remember the last driver I actually sought out and installed. I think I only did the one for my graphics card, and that was it? Other than that? I haven't had to do any of those things in years. So mileage may vary, I guess.
Also, and this is probably due to my age (since I preceded the smartphone), but I use each device as only that device. So I use my iPhone as a phone and my Windows machines for everything else. As long as my stuff is cross platform (and it is) then I am good to go. So not clumsy for me?
New Oled screens are a lot better. Brightness can be an issue outdoors where 400 nits SDR is not enough but otherwise they are superior to anything else in terms of color accuracy, contrast, blacks, and new ones have a variable refresh rate up to 120hz.
There is no cleaning process. You just use the screen. Burn in happens after 5 or more years on older units and these are even better so the old pixel burn issues are not as much a problem anymore. The trade offs are worth it for basically a perfect image and no grey blacks. MiniLed Apple uses have a higher brightness and deep blacks but still suffer from blooming and poor screen response time-like 20ms vs 1ms on the OLED. Some people are not affected by blooming but it bothered me a lot so I prefer OLED or a really good IPS panel.
I agree M chips are the best on the market for Mobile laptops. But Intel and AMD and Qualcomm are competitive enough it wasn't like when M series first came out and Intel laptops could barely go 4 hours let alone 8 or 10. This is a big deal that now starting with MeteorLake and AMD 7th and 8th gen we are getting performance in the ballpark of M chips single core but often times are better in multi core and yet still get 8-10 hours of battery life without a performance hit on battery. Now we don't have to compromise and worry about battery or performance which was the Achilles heal of Windows laptops since M1. So yes, M3 is the best but Intel and AMD are good enough and with the difference in cost it is generally an acceptable trade off.
This is false. Just look at the new monitors coming out next month, they all include full-screen brightness reduction (open a large white window on an OLED and watch as the brightness of the display dims noticeably to compensate for the panel's power consumption).
And all the desktop OLED displays include pixel cleaning and other OLED mitigation techniques including moving the image around the display 1 pixel at a time (called pixel-shifting) to try and wear the pixels more evenly. All these technologies are applied on the latest models.
EDIT: One last thing, the brightness on the latest OLED's for desktops is 250 nits in SDR, not 400. By contrast, the 5K Studio display reaches 600 nits for SDR content. It's just not a technology ready for such large computer displays that show a lot of static content. Maybe the gap is bridged a bit more on laptop-sized panels but I doubt it.
I agree OLED looks better and I have witnessed the blooming. But ya know, my OLED is only a year old, it got image retention on the first day I owned it (which pixel cleaning corrected but it gave me pause). That wasn't burn-in, but it was something that I had never experienced with an IPS display before and within the first 24 hours of ownership, shocking. That was a generation 2 OLED, the ones launching next month are generation 3.
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Windows 11 is much more stable, but I did have trackpad driver issues, Edge required restarting about twice a week, escaping their Copilot AI is hard, Microsoft put ads on their default email program (which is rubbish anyway) and almost every minor update to Windows required a reboot. Once, Skype updated automatically and it ended my call in the middle of a meeting and restarted without asking me.
No problem, though. Enjoy your Windows life... I didn't...
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You should check specs. Standard SDR 400 nits, 500 nits HDR. What you are saying is FALSE! Never had a screen dim on me unless it happens due to extreme load on the cpu and that will affect any screen? Regardless never seen it happen on OLED or OLED only.
Samsung GalaxyBook 4 Pro has a brightness booster for outdoors up to 600 nits SDR!
I owned the very first 15.6" HP laptop with an OLED screen and had it for a couple years and never had any screen retention issues? It could be related to a brand or defective unit?
"Brightness does not match the Mini LED displays of the top MacBook Pro models, though, but the figures are still above average. And, oddly enough, better than Samsung's own claims of 400 nits, or 500 when displaying HDR. I measured 400 nits with normal content, sure, but a fraction under 600 nits with HDR. Nice." Taken from this article,
Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Pro (16-inch) review: big-screen Windows wonderment
An exec-style laptop that delivers so much more, complete with Intel's latest graphics and processing power
So I am not sure what you are referring too? This was always a discussion of laptops and mobile devices around them not desktops or desktop monitors which are a very different beast.
Try DuckDuckGo Search (they have private browser also). I have not been able to do any network testing on this search/browser, but they claim privacy is a major priority!! It works great with all Apple's devices/OS.
SO you don't have to reboot with MacOS updates? Frequency of updates or rather a higher frequency of updates would be a good thing wouldn't it? You can adjust the setting in Windows update so it won't restart until a specified time or unless it asks you first. It is a setting you can easily adjust??
Again, a lot of complaints seem to center around I didn't have a good experience because this happened but why did it happen? Could you have done something different that once you changed a setting would make sure it would never happen again? The answer is yes. I am not minimizing your experience because those thing suck but if you have used Windows for any amount of time you know they have changed the way updates work to address people's complaints and you would have proactively changed settings to your liking. But that is how I think and not everyone.
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You should check specs. Standard SDR 400 nits, 500 nits HDR. What you are saying is FALSE! Never had a screen dim on me unless it happens due to extreme load on the cpu and that will affect any screen? Regardless never seen it happen on OLED or OLED only.
Samsung GalaxyBook 4 Pro has a brightness booster for outdoors up to 600 nits SDR!
I owned the very first 15.6" HP laptop with an OLED screen and had it for a couple years and never had any screen retention issues? It could be related to a brand or defective unit?
"Brightness does not match the Mini LED displays of the top MacBook Pro models, though, but the figures are still above average. And, oddly enough, better than Samsung's own claims of 400 nits, or 500 when displaying HDR. I measured 400 nits with normal content, sure, but a fraction under 600 nits with HDR. Nice." Taken from this article,
Samsung Galaxy Book 4 Pro (16-inch) review: big-screen Windows wonderment
An exec-style laptop that delivers so much more, complete with Intel's latest graphics and processing powerwww.t3.com
So I am not sure what you are referring too? This was always a discussion of laptops and mobile devices around them not desktops or desktop monitors which are a very different beast.
The desktop ones dim because the pixels consume too much power (OLED is self-emissive, so when you show all white it uses the most energy). Seems the ones they're using on phones, tablets and notebooks don't suffer from this problem.
Yes, Super Amoled x 2 120hz dynamic refresh rate with hardened glass and anti reflective coating at 3k resolution. 400 nits SDR, 500 nits HDR, and 600 nits outdoor-only for Samsung notebooks latest gen 4.
So mini led gets a lot brighter but only again in HDR. SDR is 500 nits for MBP and I think the new ones are brighter at 600 nits SDR which is very good but in day to day not a huge difference between the two. I don't use HDR but if you do then it is a huge difference for sure.
I just wanted to correct some of the things I knew were not correct about your statement and it is big of you to admit when you are wrong.
These Amoled screens are amazing for what they are. Until micro led. When Apple uses micro led then I may say that is a better solution. You get the brightness and nice whites of IPS type display with the blacks and contrast similar to OLED and no chance of screen burn in. So I think OLED is good but it does have limitations. For now these are the best laptop screens on the Market for everything but brightness.
Realistically, if Apple gets to that point we’re probably looking at a major decline, like mid-90s kind of decline.
I agree that the ladder seems to be getting enforced harder and harder… it’s almost like there’s no point in buying a 16” MBP unless you get the $3.5k config. But by then, you’ve also way overbought a lot of other stuff you don’t need. I really don’t like what they’re doing here.
I have explored leaving them behind back in 2019/2020, and it didn’t work out. I couldn’t move to windows, I’d hate life. Only options for me are FreeBSD or Linux (probably Ubuntu). The problem was that I just don’t have enough time to fiddle with things.
Ubuntu was great until I hit some of those snags and relegated my custom built PC to being a home/plex server.
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I grew up using Mainframes/Unix/Linux, but also was pretty good with Windoze. Now that I am in the Apple camp, I hate their pricing ladder also. But, one thing that I've hardly ever seen talked about is the software available for Apple OS vs Windows vs Linux. I liked the available software for Windows and Linux, but not so much for Apple OS. Seems like this is changing, but the software for Apple is more expensive (especially for MacOS)! I truly hate the subscription pricing!!
No insult intended. It just feels that way to me because it’s the last major chunk of the ecosystem that I’m missing (don’t care for iPads).
Well said OP. Ultimately, it's your money and you have to choose what works best for you. That's what I did -- I'm happily on Windows after having been on macOS (and Boot Camp, RIP) for just over a decade. I have my myriad of reasons -- one of which being that I genuinely think Windows is just the better OS for getting work done -- but, in many respects, you can say that Apple lost me as a customer, and not the other way around.
I currently have an Android phone, as well -- the Pixel 8. It's a very fine device and, truthfully, warrants nothing to complain about. The device just works. I'm considering another iPhone because of personal taste (I like switching between platforms each phone upgrade), but I see no future where I'd own another MacBook as of right now.
I currently have an Android phone, as well -- the Pixel 8. It's a very fine device and, truthfully, warrants nothing to complain about. The device just works. I'm considering another iPhone because of personal taste (I like switching between platforms each phone upgrade), but I see no future where I'd own another MacBook as of right now.
Wanted to add my two cents on this -- I agree. I remember when you had to pull out CD's or download drivers from the internet. Nowadays, Windows Update handles everything for you. I honestly can't believe it works as well as it does. I recently installed a new SSD into my laptop. That meant ALL existing drivers were gone (side note: 2TB, $155 pre-tax, take that Apple). After the first Windows bootup, Windows update downloaded all the drivers for me and I was on my merry way. Just like that. "It just works."*
*Big ol' asterisk here, though. I understand this undermines my point completely. This particular laptop did have an issue with the display driver -- manufacturer-installed software would often, abruptly, install an incorrect driver over the top of the display driver from Windows Update. I eventually found the solution to the issue and simply uninstalled the software. Separately, I also had to download the latest Nvidia driver from their website since the Windows Update driver was old. But for me, stuff like that is no big deal. I reckon that is true for many of the readers of this site. But for your average user, I could see them hauling the computer off to Best Buy for help. Windows isn't at the same level macOS is -- it's nearly impossible due to the lack of vertical integration. But it's close.
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I prefer having the best of both. Mac for my air as the portability and battery life is on another level, no fans and how well it integrates into my other apple devices. But when it comes to desktop, windows all day for me because i game. I also love windows 11, had no issues with it, its been very stable and easy to keep up to date.
I get the ladder point. But thats just a simple upselling most of the companies do.
Have you ever ordered a german car?
You can buy the base model for $30.000 and have to spend tens of thousands for extras. When you order the high end sport version of the same series with all extras $100.000 is not unrealistic.
You as a customer have to be aware what you really need.
And often we get in the trap of future proofing.
When you need it for a job it soon pays back.
for personal use a year old model for half the price is doing just fine.
Have you ever ordered a german car?
You can buy the base model for $30.000 and have to spend tens of thousands for extras. When you order the high end sport version of the same series with all extras $100.000 is not unrealistic.
You as a customer have to be aware what you really need.
And often we get in the trap of future proofing.
When you need it for a job it soon pays back.
for personal use a year old model for half the price is doing just fine.
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Wasn't that long ago the OP was the guardian of the MacBook Air. You couldn't say a bad word about it without getting jumped on by them lol
Been in the alternatives forum too much.
Wait till something goes wrong with one their Samsung products, service = 0
Been in the alternatives forum too much.
Wait till something goes wrong with one their Samsung products, service = 0
Pay more (pixel book) and you can get (i7 Intel) 16gb ram and 512gb nvme ssd storage.