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Really love the pace of Apple innovations. Nowadays, I am biased towards battery and weight (MacBook Air) if it is for portability and the other line of notebooks are converted into desktops via TB exactly because of weight and battery life. I feel the difference in battery use from one to the other. The Air seems like it has "infinite battery" evn when the others use Mx processors.

Also waiting for a great Linux port battery/weight wise.

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i’ve had the 16gb ram macbook air for 3 years now and it’s still an incredible machine considering lightness, battery, and passive cooling.

Ah! Thanks! I forgot to mention passive cooling. I am old enough to receive the heat of a new notebook. This is when "mechanic physics" tend to zero.

I would add that my MacBook Air received an smoothie of strawberry, mango, and orange over its keyboard and also fell off a few times from more than a meter.

BTW, I don't consider myself an Apple fan but really appreciate different form factors and real innovations. Hope others to follow. I think using several operating systems opens your mind.

I was seriously considering an m3 pro for the space black color until I confirmed it wasn't passively cooled. An extra monitor would be nice at work but the air is just too great as a laptop.

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