rkomorn
Born on April 20, 2025•1739 Karma
Sure, I can blame Chrome and JS, but ultimately, the core 2 duo and 8GB RAM did not keep up very long.
It still works, but a few specific apps started to really drag on it.
Conversely if you bought an i7 macbook in 2019 it would have felt out of date in just 2-4 years, when everyone has an m1 or better and things are starting to slow down from OS changes that expect apple silicon.
If you bought an m1 just a year later in 2020, i’d guess you’re feeling fine 6 years on.
I didn't wait years to buy the max spec model of a previous generation or something.
I'm well aware CPUs got better and whatever arguments people want to make.
None of this changes the fact that the initial 11" MBA was borderline obsolete from launch.
Edit: oh, boo, you fixed it.
I've not met any vegetarians in at least twenty years that eat fish.
Eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
I guess "other forces were worse" can certainly be true, but then how low are we holding the bar?