I'm not sure that the author's perspective that the I/O limits were a direct commercial decision is one I'd agree with.
> Apple could have shipped two 10Gbps ports at no meaningful cost increase and chose not to.
AFAIK, the A18 Pro has limited USB bandwidth as it's designed for a single high-speed port in a phone. So you are always limited by that fact if you use the A18 Pro chip.
The real question will be whether the A19 Pro already has better USB hardware in it with a view to going into a newer Neo. Or whether it actually matters for their price point.
I can't imagine most of the average users, exactly who this laptop targets, are going to remember or even care which port they're plugged into. Most people don't even need to plug in external drives anymore because most of what they are working on fits on their system.
It's essentially a low-end laptop made from iPad/iPhone parts. Supply chain for RAMs must be crazy that they had to navigate another tier below Macbook Air.
I'm not sure that the author's perspective that the I/O limits were a direct commercial decision is one I'd agree with.
> Apple could have shipped two 10Gbps ports at no meaningful cost increase and chose not to.
AFAIK, the A18 Pro has limited USB bandwidth as it's designed for a single high-speed port in a phone. So you are always limited by that fact if you use the A18 Pro chip.
The real question will be whether the A19 Pro already has better USB hardware in it with a view to going into a newer Neo. Or whether it actually matters for their price point.
I can't imagine most of the average users, exactly who this laptop targets, are going to remember or even care which port they're plugged into. Most people don't even need to plug in external drives anymore because most of what they are working on fits on their system.
It's essentially a low-end laptop made from iPad/iPhone parts. Supply chain for RAMs must be crazy that they had to navigate another tier below Macbook Air.
I think the writer got the prices wrong, unless these are Canadian prices or something. It’s $599 and $699, not $599 and $799.
It competes with Google Chromebooks and low-end Windows 11 laptops.
It competes in the same price bracket, although annihilates effectively anything in that price range.
And a lot above it.
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