I have an aging, but fully functional #MacBook, which I bought for #syslog_ng testing. @homebrew no more fully supports old, #Intel-based Macs. This blog helps to compile the latest syslog-ng release on these old, but otherwise functional machines.

https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/compiling-syslog-ng-on-an-old-mac

Apple just released a MacBook for €699.
For context: it’s cheaper than an iPhone 17e.
It has no fan, an iPhone chip inside, and a real aluminum body.

I tested it. Here’s who should buy it (and who definitely shouldn’t) 👇

https://medium.com/macoclock/i-tested-apples-699-macbook-neo-here-s-who-should-actually-buy-it-and-who-shouldn-t-eabbc0a17e4b

#MacBookNeo #Apple #MacBook #AppleSilicon #A18Pro #macOS #TechReview #StudentLaptop #AppleEvent #MacBookReview #TechWriting #AppleEcosystem

Alex Cheema (@alexocheema)

RDMA 기반으로 MacBook 최대 4대를 체인처럼 연결해 1조 파라미터 모델을 선형 스케일링으로 구동할 수 있다는 흥미로운 기술 아이디어를 소개한다. 분산 추론/학습을 위한 새로운 로컬 클러스터 방식으로, 소형 장비를 활용한 초대형 모델 운용 가능성을 보여준다.

https://x.com/alexocheema/status/2035901590314406206

#rdma #distributedcomputing #llm #macbook #scaling

10万円切りの新MacBookが気になる／コスパ最強スマホ、全部まとめ「週刊アスキー」電子版 2026年3月24日発行
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAla7Z2yFo8

#youtube_wamweb #ascii #アスキー #習慣アスキー #週間アスキー #macbook #スマホ #小栗有以

I'm having a #tech quandary today. I don't know how else to describe it.

I just got back my 2020 #MacBook Air #M1, the one that I maxed out with a terabyte of storage and 16 GB of memory.

It'd been precariously on loan to my mother for quite a while. She's a filth wizard and she is super hard on laptops. There's no other way to describe it. I'm lucky she didn't spill a coffee into this one. There was definitely coffee gunk in the edges of the the outer protective case!

I just spent 20 minutes cleaning all the gunk out of crevices and corners and putting a new protective case on, wearing gloves so I didn't get fingerprints all over it.

It's gorgeous. There's no other way of saying that. They really overengineered the M1 Airs.

In looking at the storage on my current 2025 13.3 inch M4 Air (also 16GB), I only have 103GB of storage left because I'm storing all my photos locally because it's my main machine (I really never use my Mac mini desktop).

I had been planning to give the 2020 M1 to my sister, who's a very lightweight and casual user, because she has been crawling along with an out-of date 2014 MacBook Air that I gave her lord knows how many years ago.

I remembered why I got a terabyte of memory on the 2020 when I got it -- which is why it cost double what my 2025 did.

For photos!

Six years ago I was doing amateur bug and flower photography with my digital camera. That is an activity that has fallen by the wayside, but I still have all those photos.

Now I'm torn.

I can't of course upgrade the storage on my 2025 machine, and I'm not going to spend $2000 just to upgrade to a terabyte or two with a new machine. That would be silly; I just got the 2025 a few months ago.

That is one thing I hate about the direction that Mac went: not being able to customize storage anymore.

Now I'm wondering if I shouldn't give the 2025 to my sister and keep the 2020? Or, give the 2025 to my niece, get the 2022 I gave her back from her, and then give the 2022 to my sister?

I'm now only interested in keeping my 2020 because of the storage potential.

BUT! I can get a 20 TB external drive for under $500, so that just might be the answer to my storage quandary.

Sis et al are all out of town for another week, so I guess I'll mess around with both computers for a week and decide which one will be my daily driver.

I like them both. The 2025 is lighter weight, and it's black like my soul, but the 2020 is a workhorse. It is, however "rose gold". Not really my color, even though I did actively choose it in 2020.

The other option would be get off my butt to finally fix the other 2020 M1 that I have out on the workbench.

That one doesn't have as much memory or storage, so it would be more appropriate for my sister as a lightweight user. It was my mom's old machine before she borked it, and she's moved onto her Neo now.

I guess l'll have to decide soon!

It would mean fiddling around with the guts of the other 2020 and installing the new daughter board and the new trackpad cable, but it's already opened up and has been sitting on the bench for... an absurdly long time. (So long that I might not be able to fix it, and the Mac guy in town is totally not into fixing machine machines of that age.)

If I fixed up that machine instead of my old machine, I could keep my old 2020 machine, keep the 2025, and then.... I would have way too many laptops again, because I've already put a citrus Neo on order.

Then again, my sister truly deserves a NICE machine, finally, and the pink 2020 *is* a really nice machine.

Maybe she would get into creating and doing photography again? Who knows. That would actually be really cool!!!

Shit, I may have just answered my own question!!! I love giving nice stuff to people who can use it.

I'm updating its OS now to Tahoe 26.3.1, so I will see how it functions with that glitchy operating system.

Fingers crossed. 🤞

No No, just playing…

#linux #mint #cinnamon #macbook #woodstock #jellyfin #handbrake

Apple’s 2025 MacBook Air Drops to $949 in a Solid Upgrade Deal for Apple Fans

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://cordcuttersnews.com/apples-2025-macbook-air-drops-to-949-in-a-solid-upgrade-deal-for-apple-fans/

Best Laptops (2026): My Honest Advice Having Tested Hundreds

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/best-laptops/