Pisses me off that they charge 200 dollars for an extra 8gb of ram but I want a laptop with a good screen and processing power

  • LibsEatPoop [any]
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    8 hours ago

    It depends on your use case. I got my mom the cheapest M1 Air and she loves it more than any other laptop she’s ever had. It’s good for browsing the web, watching videos, making documents, Zoom etc. And the battery life is incredible. 8GB ram is more than enough to do all this and more at the same time (at least on a MacBook).

    The more expensive Air and Pro models with more powerful M chips will obviously be better at more demanding tasks - processing, editing, coding etc.

    And none will be good for games, unless you shell out $4k to get 40 fps on medium settings.