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What about buying from officeworks? Or is this only coles purchases?

so, according to tests, the AMD Ryzen 8845HS performs on par with the M3…

Agreed, would never but a 8gb mac, just not enough, unless you just browsing, but then you can get a tablet for 300 to do that 😆

Here's a good article https://www.zdnet.com/article/m3-macbook-air-vs-m2-macbook-air/ Just looks like the main improvements are wifi and…

I'm deciding either between the yoga pro 7 with 8845hs amd chip or the mb air or pro with 16gb/512gb, but the mac is literally twice the…

this issue still a thing with windows laptops? OMG every windows laptop I ever owned has this issue.…

mmmm, nice, back to apple then it is I reckon :P

yeah very hard to find

even just minecraft? heats up?

I use a mac for work and it's great, i just can't get myself to spend mac prices, it's a conundrum

this does really well for ~$1400 Yoga Pro 7 (14", Gen 9) AMD Processor AMD Ryzen™ 7 8845HS Processor (3.80 GHz up to 5.10 GHz) Operating…

Amd sounds like the go, i like the idea of the used m2 pro but it's only 8gb and God knows what you getting when you buy second hand. Love…

Checking out the ryzen 8845hs, seems really efficient, it's worth a look

Haha, that's why they want to sell you the applecare insurance thing

Good to hear, i did consider the m3 air, but heard it gets a bit overheated running a simple game? Can you give it a go? but they must know…

I'll try for a latest gen amd and compare power efficiencies, this might be the way, lenovo have some great amd options and really good…

This may be the answer, ryzen kicks ass, and you right, they much more efficient than the intels

Also true, i got some electronics experience, is it possible to open it up and put in a new ssd? I'll see if there's a YouTube for that.

That is true

Nothing crazy to be honest, general computing with the odd bit of software dev learning and maybe a game now and again. My main gripes with…

Haha, i need one now lol, can always sell it and upgrade later. I'm thinking even an m1 pro, can get one for about 1k. Internet is still…

There are some m1/m2 airs around, but i really like that the pro has the cooling, else i see you can just buy a new m3 air from education…

Right, good to know, i didn't know they had those variants in the m2. This must be the macbook pro with m2 yes

Good point's

I like Windows or Mac, no preference, comfortable with both. I have license for stuff already that can run on either Mac or Windows

Yeah, true, just can't afford a new m3 pro with 16gb though, they over 3k for that sweet spot 18gb m3 pro. I'll keep trawling for s second…

There's a pro m2 pro? I think it's just the 8gb macbook pro m2. Im thinking the same. I've had 3 windows laptops now and they are awful…

Hi all, what you guys think? I can get a m2 pro with 8gb ram 512gb SSD for around 1400 bucks second hand. Or... Go for a brand new Lenovo…

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