Podge
Member
Kindle, watching videos, writing occasionally, video calls/FaceTime, school work, browsing, Netflix. My wife will use it for most of the same.
Apple |OT| TV/Arcade/iPad/mac/iPhone
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RoboFu
One of the green rats
Yeah you would probably want the more storage then.
ValiantTraveler
Member
Both are excellent for your usage. I have a preference for the Air. If you can afford the price for it then it's better to go with the option that has more storage. The amount of data on a device can build up a lot after a couple of years.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I'm thinking about switching out my Chromecast with google tv because of the bugs. Damn thing as no audio on startup half of the time. Doesn't turn on sometimes. Buffers more than it should on occasion. How's the apple tv 4k? Relatively bug free? Good wifi?
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Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Never had an issue here.
Cyberpunkd
Member
Painless all the time I had it since August 2021.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Had it for two years, no issues.
Minor complaint: I wish I could customize the time before the wallpaper shows up tho, anytime I pause i comeback to it.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
Celcius
°Temp. member
The 15" MacBook Air seems like it will be super popular. No fan for complete silence and a large screen will be nice for web browsing and video watching.
The Mac Pro seems super disappointing. Going from 1.5tb ECC mem to 192gb (non-ECC?) and I bet the cpu will be less powerful than the previous top end option as well. It also seems wildly overpriced compared to the Mac Studio with the same m2 ultra chip. A very confusing product.
The vision pro looks amazing. The base price doesn't bother me but I want to know how expensive the Zeiss glasses lens inserts will be and how loud will the internal fans get since it has 2 internal processors. Also, is it bad for vision to wear screens that close to your eyes for long periods of time every day? I almost laughed when they were like "your eyes will be visible on the exterior… we call this, EYESIGHT." lol I'm looking forward to reviews next year though.
The Mac Pro seems super disappointing. Going from 1.5tb ECC mem to 192gb (non-ECC?) and I bet the cpu will be less powerful than the previous top end option as well. It also seems wildly overpriced compared to the Mac Studio with the same m2 ultra chip. A very confusing product.
The vision pro looks amazing. The base price doesn't bother me but I want to know how expensive the Zeiss glasses lens inserts will be and how loud will the internal fans get since it has 2 internal processors. Also, is it bad for vision to wear screens that close to your eyes for long periods of time every day? I almost laughed when they were like "your eyes will be visible on the exterior… we call this, EYESIGHT." lol I'm looking forward to reviews next year though.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Celcius
°Temp. member
Meh, I think I'm going to hold onto my iPhone 12 Pro for another year instead of upgrading this fall. Apple just made the phone too good - it still does everything I need it to do flawlessly. Plus I like this pacific blue color as well. I just wish Apple still made silicon cases for older phones in more colors. There's only like 3 colors to chose from with my phone for example and two of those are white and black. Hopefully this cloud blue case holds up another year. I'm also still at 88% battery health which is fine. I think the first two years when I was mostly wireless charging is what brought it down that much. Once I started doing wired only charging over a year ago then the health hasn't budged.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
I'm on the fence. I've got the 12 base model. I love it and have no complaints but I do want to bump up to the Pro.
As someone who had never owned an iPhone prior to picking up a used 8, then upgrading shortly after to iPhone 12, I am amazed at the lifespan of these things. My Androids would practically be paperweights by year 2.
Celcius
°Temp. member
I'm considering selling my remaining blu rays and just buying and renting movies through Apple instead. Do any of you do this? I know it locks you into Apple's eco system but I already own and use Apple hardware anyway. No changing disks, hearing UHD's spin, etc...
Also, does Apple ever have sales on movies?
Also, does Apple ever have sales on movies?
dottme
Member
It's really weird considering swiping doesn't look to do anything.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
I do .. lots of early releases on there as well. Buy a couple of apple TVs and a iPhone hdmi cable if you travel a lot .
diffusionx
Gold Member
Anyone using iOS 17? It's an odd number so I'm wary.
dottme
Member
For the moment all good. It doesn't change a lot my day to day life but I like it.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Same as dottme. No issues so far but I'm no power user or anything.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
I'm guessing you mean something like this…
Headphone Adapter Lightning to 3.5mm AUX Audio Jack and Charger Extender Dongle Earphone Headset Splitter Compatible with iPhone 12 Mini 11 pro max xs xr x se2 7 8 Plus for Ipad Air Cable Converter https://a.co/d/cFjnAUr
Trunx81
Member
Skipping for now on my trusted XS Max. Waiting for more results.
Celcius
°Temp. member
ios17 has got my iPhone 12 Pro feeling like a new device. It's fantastic and now I'm glad I kept my old phone.
GeekyDad
Member
Hmm...I...don't think so. I need an adapter that will take the male end of the EarPods wire that can then go into my PC (I assume via USB). The one in that link looks like it just has an input for a regular 1/8 inch male output.
dottme
Member
I'm hearing everything about iPhone 15. Some Apple did say they are going to do software update for overheating issues.
but its definitively not the smoothest released they've done.
sainraja
Member
I have mostly switched over to Apple now, if, and when, I do buy movies. They do have sales as well.
Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Same. Quality is amazing and they upgraded a few of my HD movies to 4K for free.
Celcius
°Temp. member
If I own a movie in 1080p because the digital code was free with a blu ray I bought years ago, how do I upgrade it to 4K? I don't see an option to pay for the upgrade and support didn't seem to be helpful either... (asking if my device could handle 4K and if I was using the correct cable lol)
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You can technically purchase a movie via gifting, and basically send the redemption code to yourself.
Faust
Perpetually Tired
Looks are always subjective. Personally I think the old All-In-Ones from the early 2000s looked the best out of all the Apple Products, but we are stuck with silvers, grays, and blacks for the foreseeable future
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
It was finally time to retire my xps laptop.
Blue screens, random requests on boot to input windows secret pass which required trips to ms website, etc.
Between my disappointment with the quality of the universally acclaimed as the best windows laptop, the awful 2024 revamp of the xps line and the aggresiviness of windows into pushing you microsoft stuff I decided to daily drive macos again after 14 years.
I purchased a base model 16 max. Sheet man i don't know how's the actual build quality of the components inside, but from the outside it screams luxury. The fit and finish is impeccable, the screen is even better than the legendary igzo panels on the xps and the sound is fantastic.
Blue screens, random requests on boot to input windows secret pass which required trips to ms website, etc.
Between my disappointment with the quality of the universally acclaimed as the best windows laptop, the awful 2024 revamp of the xps line and the aggresiviness of windows into pushing you microsoft stuff I decided to daily drive macos again after 14 years.
I purchased a base model 16 max. Sheet man i don't know how's the actual build quality of the components inside, but from the outside it screams luxury. The fit and finish is impeccable, the screen is even better than the legendary igzo panels on the xps and the sound is fantastic.
Topher
Identifies as young
Nothing beats Apple build quality, imo. I mean.....you pay for it, but damn if they don't make it feel like you got what you paid for.
Sleepwalker
Member
Realistically how bad is the 8gb ram in the apple macbook air line?
My 4 year old 3060 laptop is literally falling apart, pieces of plastic coming off, random iGPU amd errors, now the speakers won't work and it says audio device not installed. I'm about done with this old mule. I have a steam deck, a PS5, 2 gaming PCs (one mine one for my wife) and I might get a windows handheld. I've only used this particular laptop to game like 2 times in 3 years. It sounds nice in paper but I just never used it.
So I was looking at either a macbook or a galaxy book from samsung, the galaxy books are about the same price as the m2 line but they have 16gb ram, amoled display and a 4050 dgpu. Only problem is its out of stock currently.
If I go apple I probably don't want to go super expensive, I'm not in the ecosystem at all, have a samsung phone, windows PC, and a samsung tablet lol.
My 4 year old 3060 laptop is literally falling apart, pieces of plastic coming off, random iGPU amd errors, now the speakers won't work and it says audio device not installed. I'm about done with this old mule. I have a steam deck, a PS5, 2 gaming PCs (one mine one for my wife) and I might get a windows handheld. I've only used this particular laptop to game like 2 times in 3 years. It sounds nice in paper but I just never used it.
So I was looking at either a macbook or a galaxy book from samsung, the galaxy books are about the same price as the m2 line but they have 16gb ram, amoled display and a 4050 dgpu. Only problem is its out of stock currently.
If I go apple I probably don't want to go super expensive, I'm not in the ecosystem at all, have a samsung phone, windows PC, and a samsung tablet lol.
Topher
Identifies as young
I've owned Mac minis and Macbooks and I regretted getting the ones that were 8GB. If I ever get another Mac then I'm definitely getting 16GB at the very least.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
if all you do is look at YouTube and websites with some photo editing every now and then 8gb is fine. but a 16gig with 500gig ssd is only about $400 more.
Sleepwalker
Member
Cheers guys, aside from the RAM issue, how do you rate the air lineup? I would get the 16gb one with m2 chip, unless there's an m3 version coming soon?
Topher
Identifies as young
I've never owned an Air so can't really speak to that personally, but I've heard/read good things.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
There is M3 coming sooner than later for sure. MacBook airs are surprisingly powerful. For everyday things there really isn't much difference between a m2 and a m2 pro. my wife has a m2 air with 16gigs and it doesn't bog down like one might think it would. She does a lot of photo editing and stuff like that.
The main trade off is the screen isn't as good as pro nor is the sound. but both are better than cheap windows lap tops.
https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#mac. is usually what I look at.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Worth waiting for the m3 coming in march or april at the latest. Apple only allows you one external screen on the air, but there are workarounds I hear.
Trogdor1123
Member
Anyone else play Kingoms: merge? I enjoy it as a diversion but I'm wondering if I have a bug. I'm stuck at level 48 and keep cycling through the piggy bank event. I can't get the game to progress