Macbook Neo tracking finally updated. At least I know it's in Europe now.
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Still excited for the Neo and to see how hard it chokes if I try to put a VM on it or something.
istg if they refresh it with the A19 Pro /w 12GB I might just buy another one. Only thing that'd make it even cooler was if it was available in cosmic orange.
istg if they refresh it with the A19 Pro /w 12GB I might just buy another one. Only thing that'd make it even cooler was if it was available in cosmic orange.
God I am still so excited for the Macbook Neo. AAAAAAA
God I hate scrolling on macOS.
What kind of obscene idea was "scroll acceleration", mouse acceleration is bad enough, but accelerating my scroll wheel? fuck off.
macOS also won't differentiate between a mouse and a trackpad, so if you have natural scrolling enabled on one, it's enabled on both.
What kind of obscene idea was "scroll acceleration", mouse acceleration is bad enough, but accelerating my scroll wheel? fuck off.
macOS also won't differentiate between a mouse and a trackpad, so if you have natural scrolling enabled on one, it's enabled on both.
At least there seems to be an open source app to fix scrolling now.
I used to have a thing called "Smooze" because there was no good free way to fix such a basic feature as scrolling on macOS back then (like 2015-ish i think). But Smooze seems to not have been updated for Tahoe, only Sequoia.
Luckily there's an open source thing called "Mos" now, seems slightly sketch and chinese (but what isn't this day), however it works fine.
I still find it insane than I need a piece of software constantly running in the background to "unfuck" simple scrolling on macOS though.
I used to have a thing called "Smooze" because there was no good free way to fix such a basic feature as scrolling on macOS back then (like 2015-ish i think). But Smooze seems to not have been updated for Tahoe, only Sequoia.
Luckily there's an open source thing called "Mos" now, seems slightly sketch and chinese (but what isn't this day), however it works fine.
I still find it insane than I need a piece of software constantly running in the background to "unfuck" simple scrolling on macOS though.
Man I'm really excited for the Macbook Neo and for once it feels like waiting a week for the release is actually going to be rough. Haven't been this excited about an Apple announcement since they first announced they were going ARM.
Just like how apple going ARM hopefully meant others were going to copy them and make more ARM computers (although so far laptop manufacturers and windows have utterly failed on that front), I hope the Macbook Neo is going to force budget laptops to actually be decent.
I want a world where finding a cheaper laptop where productivity basics like the screen and keyboard aren't horrible isn't difficult anymore.
Just like how apple going ARM hopefully meant others were going to copy them and make more ARM computers (although so far laptop manufacturers and windows have utterly failed on that front), I hope the Macbook Neo is going to force budget laptops to actually be decent.
I want a world where finding a cheaper laptop where productivity basics like the screen and keyboard aren't horrible isn't difficult anymore.
For example, over in x86 land, most laptops around $600 will still ship with cruddy 16:9, 1080p 15.6" screens which have at best mediocre colors and brightness, if you want anything better have fun deal hunting for ages or looking at much older models. Most won't stick a decent 16:10 display in a laptop until the $1000-ish mark, because then they have to compete with Apple.
It would be a dream come true if the Neo forces competition so your typical stutent-priced Lenovo laptop is also expected to have a nice and bright 1440p screen, aluminium build and a keyboard that doesn't suck ass.
It would be a dream come true if the Neo forces competition so your typical stutent-priced Lenovo laptop is also expected to have a nice and bright 1440p screen, aluminium build and a keyboard that doesn't suck ass.
@halva oh so THAT'S what the headphone jack to USB-A cables are for. I finally get it.
God damn. 8GB on the Macbook Neo is going to be ROUGH if it's anything like my 2019 16" Macbook Pro.
On Sequoia my 2019 MBP used about 6GB when idle on the desktop. However after updating to Tahoe it uses ~8GB just chilling on the desktop, ~10GB once I open safari.
And my MPB has a dedicated AMD GPU, so it doesn't even need to use any of the RAM as VRAM, the Neo does use shared memory.
Unless the copy of Tahoe that ships on the Neo is tweaked in some way, that thing is going to have like 25% of its memory pool in swap while doing literally nothing.
On Sequoia my 2019 MBP used about 6GB when idle on the desktop. However after updating to Tahoe it uses ~8GB just chilling on the desktop, ~10GB once I open safari.
And my MPB has a dedicated AMD GPU, so it doesn't even need to use any of the RAM as VRAM, the Neo does use shared memory.
Unless the copy of Tahoe that ships on the Neo is tweaked in some way, that thing is going to have like 25% of its memory pool in swap while doing literally nothing.
I had heard Tahoe was worse for RAM, but I didn't know it was this bad.
If the OS update is this rough on RAM and they're shipping an 8GB machine, this journey is going to be bumpy af.
If the OS update is this rough on RAM and they're shipping an 8GB machine, this journey is going to be bumpy af.
Actually tempted to pre-order a macbook neo, and that's fucking wild.
I dunno how macOS' ram usage is though, because 8GB of RAM is rough. On Linux it'd be no problem, on Windows it would be a catastrophe, but I haven't used macOS actively for quite some time.
I dunno how macOS' ram usage is though, because 8GB of RAM is rough. On Linux it'd be no problem, on Windows it would be a catastrophe, but I haven't used macOS actively for quite some time.
Honestly think I will pre-order one, even if using macOS with 8GB ends up being rough, it seems like the kind of machine that's going to get amazing asahi linux support if i need to squeeze more out of it
@mischievoustomato @sun *laughs in norwegian oil money*
apple announcing a macbook with a reasonable price was NOT on my bingo card in any timeline tbh
i was planning to build a new NAS in 2026. but obviously those plans went out the window.
Then I thought I'd buy an external drive cabinet from TerraMaster or something and upgrade the compute part later.
But of course hard drives had to get more expensive as well
Then I thought I'd buy an external drive cabinet from TerraMaster or something and upgrade the compute part later.
But of course hard drives had to get more expensive as well
this probably wouldn't have happened if only i'd paid for mastodon® premium™
I have succeeded at cooking weeb curry today
what a sad state pokemon is in.
pokemon xd being available as a gamecube classic is the only interesting news from the 30 year anniversary's pokemon presents. and honestly we really didn't need an anniversary for that to happen.
pokemon xd being available as a gamecube classic is the only interesting news from the 30 year anniversary's pokemon presents. and honestly we really didn't need an anniversary for that to happen.
i went to the electronics store today because i needed a toslink cable for my speakers which was a bit longer than the included one.
the fuckers actually tried to upsell me on a gold-plated OPTICAL cable
the fuckers actually tried to upsell me on a gold-plated OPTICAL cable