The Power PC Thread [f*ck off consoles]

[Ray Gin]

I’ll be ordering a MacBook Air 13” with M4 chip in at some point in the next few weeks.

Anything better around this price? £1000 ish. It’ll be used for mostly text output via Claude and some short form media generation. Mega battery and being light helps.

Also, what options do I have for an additional screen on a MacBook?

 

[jenic]

I opted for a 13" M4 air for my latest work laptop, I regret this choice tbh.

Overheats and throttles very easily, takes me back to the old i7 days.

The M1 pro it replaced and my own M2 pro are both far better machines, just because they have a fan.

 

[Ray Gin]

I opted for a 13" M4 air for my latest work laptop, I regret this choice tbh.

Overheats and throttles very easily, takes me back to the old i7 days.

The M1 pro it replaced and my own M2 pro are both far better machines, just because they have a fan.

What sort of stuff are you doing on it, if you don't mind me asking? I won't need heavy video rendering etc.

I am now looking at a 15" M5 air in next couple months.

 

[Beauvais Motorsport]

I'm looking at laptops again after a year or so, spec I'm after going for 4k as a refurbished unit now🙄

 

[jenic]

What sort of stuff are you doing on it, if you don't mind me asking? I won't need heavy video rendering etc.

I am now looking at a 15" M5 air in next couple months.

Zoom and slack mainly lol, hence thinking an air would do 🤣 Really nothing stressful at all, but zoom client is resource heavy ime.

 

[Ray Gin]

Zoom and slack mainly lol, hence thinking an air would do 🤣 Really nothing stressful at all, but zoom client is resource heavy ime.

Ah fair enough good to know, it seems highly rated online. Maybe the M5 chip will be a noticeable step up. For the bulk part, it will just be for generating text outputs, hopefully it'll be sufficient for this. I can pickup a 15" M5 chip model for £1150.

Just don't want to buy something that's slow, struggles with multiple programs running, overheats etc.