![]() ![]() I hope one day the Dells and HPs of the world can make machines that feel as solid as the Macs, but over the years I’ve always regretted buying XPSs and Omens because they just didn’t quite make the bar. Of course, if you depend on Windows software, it’s not going to be for you, and I feel like the world lost its best windows laptop when bootcamp died, but thats only my opinion. ![]() For Apple’s part, they seem to have made a very solid machine for people who just want a good computer to do work on. If I had any issues, its that running a Windows VM feels like a dodgy trick when I need to, as they still don’t license it legitimately. The only thing you need to do is visit the Download page of LibreOffice, choose an appropriate OS for 32-bit and 64-bit systems, LibreOffice version, and download the. The minor imperfections with the notch and such fade into the background when using it, same as they do on my pro. LibreOffice also officially provides the Debian package for Ubuntu, which we can use to directly install the latest version of LibreOffice without any third-party tool. Its fast, weighs nothing, and feels really solid. I was similarly impressed with the M2 air I’ve bought my partner. The thing is still build like a tank, the screen is amazing, the speakers sound great when I use it for music in various hotel rooms, I really do love it as a tool. Most of my work can be done from native Apple silicon apps which feel refreshingly snappy and result in just incredible battery life, and even when I’m running x86 apps in rosetta, it feels faster than my old i7 machine. Having swapped from my beloved 15” 2013 MBP to a slightly tarted up M1 14”, I have to say how impressed I’ve been with just about everything. It’s best, in my opinion, to consider the $1,500 configuration as the true base model (10 GPUs, full-speed SSD performance, and the new 35-watt charger), and to consider the $1,200 configuration something more like the “discount” configuration. None of these are dealbreakers to me, just minor details to be aware of if you’re eying the $1,200 base model. It costs $200 to upgrade the base model to 512 GB storage. ![]() Lastly, there’s the kerfuffle over the fact that SSD read and write performance is slower with the 256 GB configuration, because it uses just a single NAND chip, whereas all other storage configurations use multiple NAND chips. Although we have duly followed the instructions, when users launch LibreOffice 6.3.x which has been notarized. Mac apps, installer packages and kernel extensions that are signed with a Developer ID must be notarized by Apple to run on macOS Catalina. Why? Because the M2 is a lot more expensive to be similarly fast. I’m talking about tutorials / discussions / support and development of Serial port communication in LibreOffice Calc. Apple has released macOS 10.15 Catalina on October 7, 2019. I actually think that, to this day, the M1 MacBook Air is a better choice than the M2. To be honest, I usually work in Word and Excel (I think Pages is a joke for serious writing) and I don't do anything very strenuous, but then again, neither do they. While I see other working on big old and clunky laptops (usually Dell or Thinkpad) that basically need to be hooked up to a power cord, my laptop will nicely purr away for two days before it needs a recharge. My daily driver is a MacBook Air M1, with 16 GB RAM and 512 GB NVME. ![]()
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