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* Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air modelsAlan Browne
+* Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air modelsAlan
|+- Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air modelsJörg Lorenz
|`* Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air modelsAlan Browne
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|   `* Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air modelsBud Frede
|    `* Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air modelsAlan Browne
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|     `* Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air modelsAlan
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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air models
From: Alan
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From: nuh-uh@nope.com (Alan)
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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air models
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:38:34 -0700
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On 2024-03-11 16:29, Alan Browne wrote:
> On 2024-03-11 18:50, Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-03-11 14:53, Alan Browne wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-11 12:24, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2024-03-09 07:27, Alan Browne wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-03-09 07:49, Bud Frede wrote:
>>>>>> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2024-03-06 17:24, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 2024-03-06 14:14, Alan Browne wrote:
>>>>>>> claimed with a (large) grain of salt.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Imagine my consternation.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Fact is I have an Apple Silicon iMac and the numbers are plain
>>>>>>>>> to see.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The numbers are what you CLAIM to have seen...
>>>>>>>> ...but won't show screenshots to corroborate.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have no obligation to do so.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What you can do is go get your self an Apple Si Mac and see for
>>>>>>> yourself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I myself would not find 8GB RAM to be enough. However, my wife
>>>>>> finds it
>>>>>> to be quite usable on her M1 Macbook Air.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do prefer more storage than 256GB, but my work MBPs have only
>>>>>> had that
>>>>>> much the past several iterations and it's been fine. (I store most
>>>>>> things for work in cloud storage that my workplace provides.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Theoretically, the tight coupling of CPU, GPU, RAM, and SSD on Apple
>>>>>> Silicon makes it less sensitive to limited amounts of RAM, but
>>>>>> we're not
>>>>>
>>>>> It's not all that fantastic as my experience in same setup v.
>>>>> memory allocation shows.
>>>>>
>>>>> Past architectures (lower end intel) already had GPU using main
>>>>> memory on the order of 1 - 2 GB.  Other devices used memory mapped
>>>>> IO to some extent.  Of course the current memory bandwidth is very
>>>>> high, so that is good.
>>>>>
>>>>> Apple Si "upped the ante" - but the hype from Apple hasn't stood
>>>>> testing.
>>>>
>>>> Testing you won't actually show...
>>>
>>> Yes or no: Do you have an Apple Si Mac?
>>>
>>
>> Yes or no: could you post screenshots of what you claim you have seen?
>
> I guess you don't.
>
> I could post the screen shots.  Certainly.  Am I obliged?
>
> No.  Because: Get over yourself.

"Obliged"? Where did I ever suggest you were "obliged", sunshine?

But you are JUDGED on what you do.

Subject: Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air models
From: Alan Browne
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On 2024-03-11 20:38, Alan wrote:
> On 2024-03-11 16:29, Alan Browne wrote:
>> On 2024-03-11 18:50, Alan wrote:
>>> On 2024-03-11 14:53, Alan Browne wrote:
>>>> On 2024-03-11 12:24, Alan wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-03-09 07:27, Alan Browne wrote:
>>>>>> On 2024-03-09 07:49, Bud Frede wrote:
>>>>>>> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> writes:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2024-03-06 17:24, Alan wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2024-03-06 14:14, Alan Browne wrote:
>>>>>>>> claimed with a (large) grain of salt.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Imagine my consternation.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Fact is I have an Apple Silicon iMac and the numbers are plain
>>>>>>>>>> to see.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The numbers are what you CLAIM to have seen...
>>>>>>>>> ...but won't show screenshots to corroborate.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have no obligation to do so.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What you can do is go get your self an Apple Si Mac and see for
>>>>>>>> yourself.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I myself would not find 8GB RAM to be enough. However, my wife
>>>>>>> finds it
>>>>>>> to be quite usable on her M1 Macbook Air.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I do prefer more storage than 256GB, but my work MBPs have only
>>>>>>> had that
>>>>>>> much the past several iterations and it's been fine. (I store most
>>>>>>> things for work in cloud storage that my workplace provides.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Theoretically, the tight coupling of CPU, GPU, RAM, and SSD on Apple
>>>>>>> Silicon makes it less sensitive to limited amounts of RAM, but
>>>>>>> we're not
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's not all that fantastic as my experience in same setup v.
>>>>>> memory allocation shows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Past architectures (lower end intel) already had GPU using main
>>>>>> memory on the order of 1 - 2 GB.  Other devices used memory mapped
>>>>>> IO to some extent.  Of course the current memory bandwidth is very
>>>>>> high, so that is good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Apple Si "upped the ante" - but the hype from Apple hasn't stood
>>>>>> testing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Testing you won't actually show...
>>>>
>>>> Yes or no: Do you have an Apple Si Mac?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes or no: could you post screenshots of what you claim you have seen?
>>
>> I guess you don't.
>>
>> I could post the screen shots.  Certainly.  Am I obliged?
>>
>> No.  Because: Get over yourself.
>
> "Obliged"? Where did I ever suggest you were "obliged", sunshine?
>
> But you are JUDGED on what you do.

You're not qualified.

--
“Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.”
- John Maynard Keynes.

Subject: Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air models
From: Alan
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From: nuh-uh@nope.com (Alan)
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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Apple releases M3 MacBook Air models
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On 2024-03-12 15:33, Alan Browne wrote:
>>>>>>> Apple Si "upped the ante" - but the hype from Apple hasn't stood
>>>>>>> testing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Testing you won't actually show...
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes or no: Do you have an Apple Si Mac?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes or no: could you post screenshots of what you claim you have seen?
>>>
>>> I guess you don't.
>>>
>>> I could post the screen shots.  Certainly.  Am I obliged?
>>>
>>> No.  Because: Get over yourself.
>>
>> "Obliged"? Where did I ever suggest you were "obliged", sunshine?
>>
>> But you are JUDGED on what you do.
>
> You're not qualified.

I thought you were "done".

:-)

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