@firecat which macbook is available for 850 EUR?
@mntmn @firecat
Apple wants to sell only their shiny new products on their own website of course but M1 can still be bought new from a lot of stores in the web or probably some retailers in the US too.
But I'd rather think about what I could need a Pocket Reform for (given the limited amount of time I have available for tinkering atm)... Too bad!
@kine
The average span of support timeline for Apple hardware is 5 years (from personal experience, but according to this article it didn't change much in the recent years: https://www.macworld.com/article/673939/this-is-how-long-macs-and-macbooks-last.html )
In about two more years you would stop receiving security updates which would make your system vulnerable.
@mntmn @firecat@mstdn.social
@kine
Of course, maybe with some hacks you would be able to get newer OS running on your hardware, it didn't always work so well, but was generally possible with Intel Macs, with Apple Silicagel — who knows? 🤷
By that time maybe Asahi Linux would mature enough, so it can become a daily driver — but it might also not, we all know that it's just a best reverse-engineer effort by a rather small team.
@mntmn @firecat@mstdn.social
@kine
M1-based MacBook Air was released late in 2020. All in all, getting one now doesn't look like such a great idea even from the pure cost-efficiency perspective.
@mntmn @firecat@mstdn.social