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Apple keeps flogging 8GB of RAM for its Mac computers but it's still a dead horse (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

How long is the average laptop usable, though? I still have a 2012 MacBook Air with 4GB of ram that gets daily use with no visible issues. I don’t feel like it’s slow. I don’t feel like there’s much (the only issue is usually flash) daily business it can’t do (mostly web/email/pdfs/virtual meetings or classes/excel/word). I’ve never had it repaired or upgraded. I’ve also had about 4 windows laptops since about 2011. My primary desktop is a windows gaming PC and I complain more about its quirks than I do about the Mac.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    If your use case doesn't require a lot, it's not really going to matter mac or windows... If you're spending the same amount of money. I have a 2010 Dell m11x that's just fine for productivity. It was $900ish then.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    My 2009 Macbook became slow as heck after installing Mountain Lion on it 4 years after I got it, taking half an hour to even boot up. Ironically, Windows on it was a lot more usable. I agree that yea, there are cheap Windows laptops that are pretty bad but all the laptops I've had after that which I paid similar or slightly less for, have been far more reliable and longer lasting than my Macbook ever had.

    And as for complaints, doesn't that really depend on what you're used to? Every time I have to use a Mac, I find a quirk that I can complain about every other minute but that's just because I'm used to the Windows workflow or Linux where I can modify it to work the way I want it to.

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