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pros:
• oh my god i'd finally have enough disk space again
• compiling things might not take forever
• hell yeah aarch64

cons:
• oh god am i ready to take the plunge into a non-x86 world
• digging myself even deeper into apple's ecosystem oh no

thing is, I'll outgrow the storage again and then I'll need an even more obscenely expensive upgrade at some point down the road, so maybe I need a better storage strategy

also, man, as fast as the M1 is, it's probably not faster than my Ryzen box…

it would be nice if I could have just a single computer that does all the computer things but unfortunately I like this thing called video games

does anyone have the scoop on whether Apple will stop selling the M1 MacBook Air this evening

@hikari unlikely, they keep selling things until they run out of inventory;
i would wait to see if they have same kinda specs on M2

@dym I think if you choose to customise the specs, it's made to order, but there must be some kind of inventory behind that too

@hikari anyways, its too late now,

«We’re making updates to the Apple Store. Check back soon.»
gotta wait 10 hours

@dym rip

@hikari FYI: Be aware that the M1 (non Pro/Max) just has a single display output. No dual monitor support.

@hikari depends on the video games and your portability requirements.

If you don't need portability, one can do a single thicc tower or rackmount machine...

@kkarhan I'm kinda attached to portability unfortunately

@hikari and I know from experience that #RDP & #VNC are too laggy to consider #gaming on them...

@hikari Have you considered an external SSD over USB? I've thought a little about it myself recently

@JosJuice external storage is so krångligt and I'd need two external drives, the other being a backup ;_;

@hikari The OWC Thunderbolt M.2 SSD adapter works pretty well for me with my 356GB Mac mini; I have my home directory on it and it has only fallen over at two OS upgrades.

More flexible and upgradable (and cheaper than Apple storage), but admittedly less practical for a portable configuration unless you can neatly partition your data into “stuff I need with me all the time” and “stuff I will only need when I can carry separate storage with me”.

@hikari@social.noyu.me i’ve been thinking about getting something similar (maybe m2 air) and just supplementing the internal storage with a usb c ssd, since i probably won’t need all the data unless i’m at my desk or something

@hikari IMHO, unless size/weight are the most important thing to you, I’d recommend a base 14” MacBook Pro over a loaded M2 MacBook Air…more cores (cpu and gpu), bigger and better display, and more ports…)

In the USA right now you can get a brand new M1 14” with 512 GB for $1600 USD and 1 TB for $1999…

And use an external USB4/TB4 SSD for projects, etc..

@hikari I’ve seen a photo of someone velcroing an external M.2 drive to the laptop lid. Which hurts, but is possibly the most practical MacBook upgrade I’ve ever seen.

@hikari don’t worry about the non-x86 part unless your entire life hinges on an incredibly specific 32-bit intel binary, the emulation layer works fine

@0xabad1dea @hikari IME Rosetta is good enough that it's possible to accidentally use the wrong arch for some binaries for months.
I used to have trouble with running Microsoft SQL Server for Linux under Docker, but that got fixed a few months back.

@0xabad1dea @hikari 32-bit binaries haven't worked on x86 macOS for a long time anyways, right?

@dylanchapell @0xabad1dea that's right

@dylanchapell @hikari not if you allowed the OS update, which I didn’t on my old x86 for this specific reason. Fortunately the app itself got an update

@hikari I just got a M1 air 16gb 1tb used, and I am quite happy with my decision. I have dualbooted macOS and Asahi linux. Under MacOS, Rosetta works great. After a target disk migration, my old x86 applications mostly ran without having to think about the architecture.