• boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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    6 hours ago

    Grossly over priced compared to what though? I can’t find a comparable ARM SoC on any non-Apple laptops to even compare to and the first gen Apple chips are still trading blows with modern Intel and AMD Chips depending on use case. We’re now talking about the release of the 6th generation this year (though likely no Pro or Max chips this time).

    A Macbook Air isn’t really more expensive than a Thinkpad with similar performance.

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      4 hours ago

      I think they’re overpriced compared to most laptops. Being ARM doesn’t inherently make it more valuable. The newest cheap model is the first that I feel has been relatively fairly priced, but it still comes with less RAM than it should. “Grossly” may not be the best word, but I think they are overpriced based entirely on name recognition.

      Like I said, I think their fine computers, just more expensive than they should be.