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Apple Announces New MacBook Air Models With M3 Chip

aknabi

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k1121j said:
Still can’t be leave 8/256 is still the base model, I mean 8 GM of memory and that shared with the graphics. Well I can believe it but I’ll pass again.

Bravo on the multi monitors tho.
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If you don't believe, then be leave (ing), right? ;)
 
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PlayUltimate said:
sigh. . . old man here, remember using a TRS80 with a cassette tape deck for storage. If you stored anything, you had to remember the number on the tape recorder to find it again. And then keep a running log to make sure that you didn't overwrite something. View attachment 2356356
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That's modern tech for my old self... I started with paper tape and a tty with a surplus PDP-11/05 (note picture isn't what I had, that's a PDP-8)... cassettes were a huge leap compared to cards and rolls of paper!

Oh, and given the noise of the TTY and PDP fans was not allowed to use it after 10pm... Mom's house, her rules.

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PlayUltimate said:
sigh. . . old man here, remember using a TRS80 with a cassette tape deck for storage. If you stored anything, you had to remember the number on the tape recorder to find it again. And then keep a running log to make sure that you didn't overwrite something. View attachment 2356356
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Just a little before my time. But not by much :) Good thing as I would never have had the patience for tape :) Bad enough a 5.25 inch floppy :)
 
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ric22 said:
I recall how futuristic the 3.5 inch floppy disks felt after moving away from the 5.25s. I still remember the noises they made. 🥲
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I remember how hot that 1541 drive used to get. We actually mounted a fan on the outside because we were worried it would catch on fire. Playing the file “1541 Sings” probably didn’t help!
 
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ric22 said:
I recall how futuristic the 3.5 inch floppy disks felt after moving away from the 5.25s. I still remember the noises they made. 🥲
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Then there was a repeated arguments I had with multiple people that you could not just take an 8” Wang floppy disk and cut it down to be used in a 5 1/4 inch drive. It was kind of frightening how the same foolish idea kept on coming up over and over again.
 
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aknabi said:
That's modern tech for my old self... I started with paper tape and a tty with a surplus PDP-11/05 (note picture isn't what I had, that's a PDP-8)... cassettes were a huge leap compared to cards and rolls of paper!

Oh, and given the noise of the TTY and PDP fans was not allowed to use it after 10pm... Mom's house, her rules.

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Then there was the huge technology breakthrough, where we went from paper tape to polyester/mylar tape.
 
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Lioness~ said:
There's been rumors of a 12" too. I had forgotten that.
But of course Apple release the 13" first.

Ah well, I'm gonna clean out my old MBA, which could take some time.
See if anything about the 12" will surface during that time.
Otherwise a new 13" it will be.
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There has been speculation about a smaller MacBook but no solid rumors that Apple is even considering anything like that now.
 
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PlayUltimate said:
sigh. . . old man here, remember using a TRS80 with a cassette tape deck for storage. If you stored anything, you had to remember the number on the tape recorder to find it again. And then keep a running log to make sure that you didn't overwrite something. View attachment 2356356
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I had the same tape storage on a Commodore 64. you had to be very careful not to overnight your files with tape as you are essentially a carbon-based version of a data access controller.
 
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Tagbert said:
There has been speculation about a smaller MacBook but no solid rumors that Apple is even considering anything like that now.
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I know, not really expecting it either, but as I wont buy the new MBA M3 immidiately anyway, I can let the thought flourish a bit while I sort out my old machine.
I also found the 'presentation of new products' very short. It must be more coming, or is this the new 'Apple way' - one product at a time?
 
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There’s just something wrong when they’re comparing the M3 to the first generation M1, and not the second generation M2. Is the difference between M3 and the M2 really that small?
 
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I like how many predicted that the M3 will have 16GB of ram as a base model :)
Still 8GB.
 
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Rookbird¥ said:
There’s just something wrong when they’re comparing the M3 to the first generation M1, and not the second generation M2. Is the difference between M3 and the M2 really that small?
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I feel it's more that the messaging is targeted at the more likely group of upgraders. The M1 MBA was released in end 2020, more than 3 years ago. This group of users (like me) would be in the market for a new laptop (ie: the M3 MBA), so it would be more meaningful to let them know exactly how they get to benefit from getting a new device.

In contrast, the owners of an M2 MBA probably aren't thinking of upgrading anytime soon, so no point marketing to them right now.
 
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Chuckeee said:
Then there was a repeated arguments I had with multiple people that you could not just take an 8” Wang floppy disk and cut it down to be used in a 5 1/4 inch drive. It was kind of frightening how the same foolish idea kept on coming up over and over again.
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I'll never forget reading about the tech support call where he told her to put the disk into the slot. After 20 minutes she finally said OK. Turns out, she had taken it out of the wrapper! And, lo and behold, it worked!
 
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Abazigal said:
I feel it's more that the messaging is targeted at the more likely group of upgraders. The M1 MBA was released in end 2020, more than 3 years ago. This group of users (like me) would be in the market for a new laptop (ie: the M3 MBA), so it would be more meaningful to let them know exactly how they get to benefit from getting a new device.

In contrast, the owners of an M2 MBA probably aren't thinking of upgrading anytime soon, so no point marketing to them right now.
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Nevertheless, I AM thinking about it. Normally I would not, but I am strangely attracted to this beast :)
 
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