Copping a new laptop with my stim check, need advice

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My laptop shyt the bed awhile ago and I'm looking to get a new one

Using it mainly for web browsing, streaming movies/tv and possibly getting into video editing. I want to be able to have bout 15 tabs open without the shyt getting sluggish.

Should I just get the new Macbook Air with the M1 chip? :lupe: Never had a macbook before. if any coli brehs have it let me know how its working for you so far.

also looking at the Dell XPS 13 and the Acer Swift 3. Looking to spend $1000 or less.
 
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I got the Acer Swift 3 in 2017. Solid laptop. My shyt crapped out on me cause I kept dropping it.
 

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I got the 13” Pro with the M1 Chip in December.

I like it so far. They’ve also seem to solve the issue where previous MacBooks would overheat with it sounding like a jet engine. My only complaint is that I wish it had more than 2 thunderbolt USB 4 ports.
 
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Whatever you get make sure it has USB ports and SD card slots. The bullshyt mac i got for work doesn't have any of those. How tf im sposed to transfer files onto that bytch? fukking piece of shyt apple and their "community" bullshyt which is just an excuse to be forced to buy more of their products just to do basic essentials.
fukk Mac dont get one of these pieces of shyts
 

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Whatever you get make sure it has USB ports and SD card slots. The bullshyt mac i got for work doesn't have any of those. How tf im sposed to transfer files onto that bytch? fukking piece of shyt apple and their "community" bullshyt which is just an excuse to be forced to buy more of their products just to do basic essentials.
fukk Mac dont get one of these pieces of shyts

Yeah i heard you got to get thunderbolt adapters if u want to hook an hdmi cord to your tv :mjtf:

They only bout 10 bucks but still. apple be on some weird shyt
 
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My laptop shyt the bed awhile ago and I'm looking to get a new one

Using it mainly for web browsing, streaming movies/tv and possibly getting into video editing. I want to be able to have bout 15 tabs open without the shyt getting sluggish.

Should I just get the new Macbook Air with the M1 chip? :lupe: Never had a macbook before. if any coli brehs have it let me know how its working for you so far.

also looking at the Dell XPS 13 and the Acer Swift 3. Looking to spend $1000 or less.

The M1 MacBook Air is the best laptop for the money right now and it’s not close.

will take you less than a week to get used to macOS and when you do you won’t miss bloated, resource hogging windows. Try it. If I’m wrong, return it.
 

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Whatever you get make sure it has USB ports and SD card slots. The bullshyt mac i got for work doesn't have any of those. How tf im sposed to transfer files onto that bytch? fukking piece of shyt apple and their "community" bullshyt which is just an excuse to be forced to buy more of their products just to do basic essentials.
fukk Mac dont get one of these pieces of shyts

you can get a hub something like this if you have basic needs.
 
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Whatever you get make sure it has USB ports and SD card slots. The bullshyt mac i got for work doesn't have any of those. How tf im sposed to transfer files onto that bytch? fukking piece of shyt apple and their "community" bullshyt which is just an excuse to be forced to buy more of their products just to do basic essentials.
fukk Mac dont get one of these pieces of shyts

I mean yeah having to use a dongle for SD cards is annoying but I damn sure wouldn’t be bothered with windows because of that :heh:
 

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I got the 13” Pro with the M1 Chip in December.

I like it so far. They’ve also seem to solve the issue where previous MacBooks would overheat with it sounding like a jet engine. My only complaint is that I wish it had more than 2 thunderbolt USB 4 ports.

Maybe because the ARM processor means it doesn't need a fan :troll: ?

Review: Apple's M1 MacBook Air and M1 MacBook Pro [Video] - 9to5Mac

I don't have one but ... that's supposed to be an advantage of ARM over x86.

Also doesn't it talk too much to apple?

MacOS Big Sur is spying on everything you do and sending the data to Apple

I need a new laptop soon but am holding off from buying a mac because of their creep-ware.

So it's either the Dell, a prism/pure or a linux laptop.

Maybe google's move to stop tracking and iOS 14 are signs that privacy issues will start being taken seriously so I am basically waiting to see what happens for the time being.

How to Get Google to Quit Tracking You

Apple’s Stunning iOS 14 Privacy Move: A Game-Changer For All iPhone Users

Big Tech’s Shift to Privacy
 

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The M1 MacBook Air is the best laptop for the money right now and it’s not close.

will take you less than a week to get used to macOS and when you do you won’t miss bloated, resource hogging windows. Try it. If I’m wrong, return it.


Yeah I believe you. Its between this and the Acer Swift 3 right now

That $300+ I can save by copping the Acer tho :sadcam:
 
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