Worthwhile to note that the author of this PR, Matteo Collina , is the lead maintainer of fastify and Chair of the Node.js Technical Steering Committee.
Segmentation is about product fit. I think it’s amazing and an amazing price and I expect and hope it will be very successful. Yet I feel like this is where the Air used to be, but the Air has crept more towards Pro.
I don’t dislike it! Just, confused how three models all fit together.
MacBook Neo: for students (some primary school, probably more geared to post-secondary) and people who want a lightweight (form factor, price, performance) laptop that still feels premium.
MacBook Air: people who frequently move around, have an actual need performance but in a highly portable form factor.
MacBook Pro: professionals who highly prefer performance over ergonomics, basically a portable PC, as they likely keep it plugged in more than not, and it spends more time on a desk than being used as a laptop.
Basically the Pro is like a PC that also happens to have a screen and a keyboard and foldable, the Air is their laptop that intends to be a laptop, and the Neo is their Air on a budget.
I wish they'd had some name other than Neo ('new') because I think it won't age well. Even plain 'MacBook' might have been better. But, I get what you're saying re segmentation, I think you're right.
That's used RAM, it doesn't include things like caches.
Even with macOS deep into swap space during development (about 6-8GB of swap), macOS internals will happily keep 2GiB of memory reserved for window management and spotlight.
Apple's fast SSD is the only reason this laptop doesn't get bogged down under load, and with it being irreplaceable I wonder how long the disk last being used like this.
Obviously you're not going to use Apple's new netbook to do heavy development, but I don't expect the base model to remain usable for long with only 8GB. I don't exactly get the impression macOS has gotten lighter to run over the years.
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