macbook neo is $1 more than the base ipad + magic keyboard yikes
the macbook neo is gonna be an insane machine once asahi linux runs on it. macos is such a RAM hog even with memory compression
what I've learned from the macbook neo announcement is:

programmers apparently spend most of their time plugging their laptops into walls and then doing wind sprints back and forth over the power cable, so magsafe is the most important possible feature for any computer
@[email protected] this is actually the main way I get my exercise in at the desk job!

so many broken cables, good thing I never pay for any of the company machines, oh well

back to jump roping the power cables yipee!!!
@[email protected] @bnys

That's why I had to get an after-market, high power USB-C mag connector for my Lenovo.
@khm Apple marketing technique: take away some arbitrary feature, then begrudgingly bring it back after people complain. (See also: the shitty keyboard switches from a few years ago that Apple had to be bullied into removing.)
@khm @bnys I'm trying to see how many reps I can get in before webpack finishes reloading my react app

@khm @bnys Also like, these exist, and are great. I have so many bazillions of these magnetic nubs plugged into every USB-C host port I own (except on the phone nowadays; Qi2/MagSafe charging eliminated the need to care and also metal shavings when welding taught me to stop using them on phones in pockets).

Sure, the laptop looks a bit worse having a magnetic nub sticking out the USB-C port, but these things even carry data lines. I can one-port magnetic dock my laptop FFS, that's way cooler than MagSafe offers.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WRC7KK8

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