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Written by gullevek ☢️ on 2024-12-18 at 23:41

Caved in. Can’t work on an iPad. Bought a second hand MacBook Air m1. Looks like new. Just 8gb but anything bigger would have been like crazy more expensive. It is just a bridge device until I can afford a proper Mac mini. And then it will be a family computer

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Written by Christopher Keener, pHd :ddg: on 2024-12-19 at 00:41

@gullevek old Macs usually have a lot of life left in them that their old owners no longer value because of the ruthless MacOS enshittification “upgrade” cycle ♻️

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Written by gullevek ☢️ on 2024-12-19 at 02:09

@RoboticistDuck Yeah, my wife has a MacBook Air that is 11 years old. Still works.

This MacBook Air M1 looks like new. keys like zero usage. Even with just 8GB memory this will be more than good enough for a family computer for many many many years

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Written by 中山 on 2024-12-19 at 02:35

@gullevek @RoboticistDuck for normal stuff it really will be fine, just the local AI stuff will have some trouble. But that isn't needed for day to day working anyways.

My M1 has 16gb, I have not encountered anything so far that made me think I need more power.

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Written by gullevek ☢️ on 2024-12-19 at 03:26

@fripi @RoboticistDuck I am avoiding anything “AI” anyway. All I do is some web and a bit photo. We will see how C1 does with just 8GB.

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Written by Christopher Keener, pHd :ddg: on 2024-12-19 at 03:41

@gullevek @fripi I’m with you on the avoidance of AI, local or remote! 🤖

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