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It's not though is it. It's a full laptop capable of running all consumer and prosumer apps which is little bigger than an iPad. Computing isn't about counting ghz, it's not the 00's.
But I wouldn't spend near 1.5k on one either, second cheapest will do.
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the old Air is more capable, and costs less.
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I'm not convinced it's a full laptop with the lack of ports, a mobile processor and if it slows down when running multiple browser tabs. I don't care about ghz either and agree it's not about counting them. The very reason I'm looking at the new Macbook v. the Pixel 2 is that I get the way computing is moving: towards thinner, lighter thin client devices with great screens and battery life where the heavy lifting is done elsewhere and things are stored in the cloud. I'm fine with all that, but I do care about real world performance.
@ExTra I hadn't clocked that the obvious thing is to upgrade the base model. I wouldn't need the extra storage. I can actually get edu discount too I think. But inclined to agree with @haveo that the price is just bonkers really.
I'm swinging towards the Pixel because £799 is plenty to spend on a laptop anyway and I can buy it sooner. Also @7Üp it is squarer and thicker than the new Macbook so will make a better chopping board.
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£1419 for what's basically a glorified netbook though. Oof.