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Apple Air Tags: regularly four for $100; occasionally go on sale, four for $79. Currently on sale at the Amazon website. I ordered four yesterday; arrived today.
Elsewhere:
Checking Amazon now.
Wow.
At this price, these are being "given" away.
Now, the MacBook Air.
The MacBook Air I'm using is a 2018 model with half the storage cited below, and an Intel chip, not an Apple M1 chip. Probably cost $1099 when I bought it.
My 2020 MacBook Air that stays in the original box under my bed as backup is, as noted, a 2020 model, but with the Apple M1 chip and 256 GB SSD storage, identical to that pictured below. That one I bought back in 2021 or thereabouts when it was on sale for a short period of time, for $750, if I remember correctly.
Dumb question: Why not use the 2020 MacBook as your primary and the "old 2018" model as a backup? Beats Carbonite and still gives you peace of mind. I do this with a couple of Lenovo Thinkpads. Older one won''t run Windows 10 but backs up beautifully. Newer one will actually qualify for a "free" upgrade to Windows 11 when it is available. Just a thought...
ReplyDeleteI was going to just say it was one of my quirks -- which is true -- but this is the deal: I can carry my "old" laptop in my backpack when and wherever I want and not worry about dings and scratches and I can have it in front of me while eating at McDonald's and not worry about an occasional crumb getting on the keyboard. The new one will remain in pristine condition for a long, long time. For me, it's really a piece of art -- sculpture -- not a computer.
DeleteBut, on the notion that one should "never love something that can't love you back", I'm thinking for a few dollars more you would enjoy this backup machine (running Windows 11 Pro).
ReplyDeleteDevice name Thinkpad-P15
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.8 GB usable)
Device ID 69A79877-232B-4A1C-B5ED-F40A5123EA56
Product ID 00330-54111-92354-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display
A google search suggests that the Intel processor above was launched in April, 2020. My Apple M1 processor was launched in November, 2020. Probably can't tell the difference between the two with what I use the computer for; no gaming. And I bet the Thinkpad was probably half the cost of my M1.
DeleteBuilt like a tank (and weighing nearly as much), I'm embarrassed to admit the Thinkpad probably cost a fair more shekels more than your M1. However, its predecessor (actually back when IBM still owned it) served me well and made me a believer. Probably the last two laptop/servers I'll ever own. It could be worse... (still and all, if I actually took the time to figure it out, I think my wife's MacPro may just be the equal if not more). Who knows about this stuff with more power than I'll even need/use.
ReplyDeleteIt's really funny: when it comes to computers these days, it comes down to emotional preferences, I suppose, in many cases. A lot of my readers have a visceral reaction to Apple, Inc. I think I talked about this decades ago: when I was at work, I used an IBM or some such non-Apple computer and "it" felt like work. I couldn't wait to get home to spend time with my Apple computer -- on my Apple computer it never, never, never felt like work. At the time I considered Apple "fun" and non-Apple computers "work." There's a new word I associate with Apple products now: "elegant."
DeleteThere is "no thing" or "no person" with whom I spend more time than my computer and it's been that way for decades. If I'm going to spend that time with anyone or anything, it has to be "fun" and it has to be "elegant."
I very seldom ever say a bad thing about Apple -- in fact, I would like to say I've never said a bad thing about Apple but I assume someone could find something I've said that I've forgotten. But now, for the first time -- to my knowledge -- I feel Apple made a huge mistake not working with Epic / Fortnite.
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