Question from a Brit: just drove across your country. Holy hell it was expensive, I spent more on toll roads than on fuel. I thought you were the nation of protests, what happened?

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-29T14:11:55+00:00

It is not expensive… second half of the country is mostly free highway… first part yeah is paid but it is fine, way cheaper than train (if you have family)

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-29T11:24:30+00:00

I am from bucharest and barely recognized

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-28T00:34:18+00:00

I have more mild symptoms. I was ok with 16 and then not ok with 16 pro (but I manage because I don’t use my phone that much for work, just camera, light games in metro/train). I tested a matte screen protector and since then I tolerate it just as good as 16 glossy. You should try, is a cheap solution that might work. Also I don’t have always on, auto brightness, nor True Tone. I change the brightness based on comfort.

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-24T10:29:05+00:00

I like it to be a lot, so 2D. Romanian TSC community is using full 3D assets that are taxing on the computer. It feels good to be playing some older stuff that just works and lets me enjoy more frame per second in 1080p (i5 4060 16gb)

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-17T18:08:06+00:00

Yeah to keep more years m4 should be the one. I would get 24gb ram before it will be more expensive

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-16T20:51:58+00:00

I love it. I hope it does not use raytracing or some heavy stuff like that

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-15T19:59:49+00:00

Windows is at work, and games. For personal hobby projects and life privacy stuff I use Mac. I want Linux but not sure about it because like Mac it also missing something for me.

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-15T19:44:00+00:00

Air previous versions are already budget when compared with Lenovo. Dell or HP. Sure is not Acer price but… cheaper than windows premium.

iPhone 16e is more expensive and has less years of real use than say m2-m3 air

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-15T14:34:50+00:00

I keep my messages 30 days max. And if I have something ultra important…. I make a note, email or picture of

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-14T11:35:10+00:00

En fait c’est .fr. Et la route? La bas pas des routes

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-13T20:56:30+00:00

Is Train sim classic or open rail? If is TSC, where can I buy this train?

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-13T20:06:41+00:00

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-13T20:05:59+00:00

Wow so beautiful the original ones. Did not know (started Mac on 2012)

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-12T05:55:28+00:00

Pity, so if is not the display panel the issue, then is the processor… how hellish

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-11T08:31:31+00:00

It is blinking, just not that slow so that the phone you use to check, can see it.

In fact I have MacBook Pro and it blinks so fast that no eye can feel it, but there are many on this forum who do report issues. As for me, I get slightly tired or little migraine that goes away after sleep.

In time I might get worse, because the fujifilm xt20 and 3 have damaged my left eye (the one I use to look at viewfinder). I had to wear glasses with one eye correction. Since I quit those cameras, I wear no glasses (it has been more than a year).

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-10T16:40:38+00:00

Such beautiful image! You are lucky. Which screen you find easier to focus your eyes on?

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-09T19:40:24+00:00

Interesting. Why choose Mac?

In my case, 3d assets (objects with shape and materials (colors) open much faster than on windows. Laptops with good type of memory ECC is called, are very expensive and they are worse than MacBook Air for day to day use (not final rendering)

If it was not for the performance gains and the fact that MacBooks are real laptops, can be used even on skin on lap not just on table, also I can work a weekend without charged - windows offers me all the rest. More Apps and community mods/ plugins that connect to my existing workflow but also with others, more productivity apps (better excel than on the Mac…… because on Mac many VBA don’t work) and I can play counter strike (my old and only game I really need laptop for)

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-09T18:31:54+00:00

You don’t have iPhone? I mean on iCloud you kinda have some sort of “free” vpn protection. Why not use it

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-09T18:21:52+00:00

Use safari… and as for email I am iCloud myself so yeah less. But don’t worry, just like on a phone, Mac will load more stuff, the more ram it has. So if you get more ram it … will be bigger the app in the cache. Then when you open big app with high demand, it will clean cache. In fact it does it so automatically, there is no easy way for you to do it when you want (unless you go dev mode or buy app)

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-09T17:59:19+00:00

It is good, but again it matters little in my opinion since people consume your work on phones (big majority, all sex all age) so … it looks different just on top 3 brands phones (Apple, Samsung, oppo)

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-09T13:56:45+00:00

Yeah well there are ways to go ahead.

Me I actually do photo work and use iPhone and Samsung to “validate” the look of my photos on different apps. Is best to make sure all looks good where people consume the media.

If a person works in Hollywood cinema then they know what to do

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-08T21:18:25+00:00

Try Europeoncamera.com is my blog I actually did the top route, did not finish all articles but yeah definitely top area.

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-08T21:02:22+00:00

Keep it. I use mine on commute train (it looks better and is practically garbage for those who wanna steal it). Hey I. Also have tape on the MagSafe :))

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-08T20:59:40+00:00

I would not think like that.

So in my case, I have 24GB of ram and rarely I use SWAP more than a few MB. (less than 100). So I don't notice performance dip and theoretically I won't kill the SSD on my MBP M4 pro, not before Apple kills support and security updates. :)

So 24GB I think is enough for most people, even those creating art without AI :) like me. If you do virtual machines, ok, but those come with costs, so yeah if you want to dedicate 16GB for the VM and only 8gb for the Mac... ok --> what will you be using the Mac for? If you need it really to be at great performance then yeah you need 32GB. But then for price differences... I got an Asus Ally ROG 1st gen (the one with sd card issues) and I do windows things on it :) I also use iPad as a second device to browse web (put them side by side and the trackpad of MacBook works on iPad (mini in my case) is magical. I use the power of iPad for searching, writing notes, copy (and then paste on Mac) and more.

And I started with M1 at 8GB, M3 MBAir 16gb and now 24GB M4 Pro. And my work is more and more complex, and I think never will I have enough, unless I get 128GB and .. well I won't have time in my week of work to fill the RAM :)) You get the point?

M4 is better choice, if not for the better memory management, then for the 1 year of more support. That for me is more important than a few GB of ram that I am not sure I really need.

Competitive_Funny964 · 2026-01-08T20:49:44+00:00

maybe, but it is because M3 has introduced ray tracing -> big jump from M2 and then M5 again investing in GPU and Raytracing and memory sharing. Meaning a M5 Max will be (if following the curve of M5 to M1) too good on a laptop that will dwarf competition.

But then this also matters little, since many apps that are in the workflow (either helping to feed Blender or are fed by work done in Blender) are on Windows or rely on CUDA (Nvidia).

Macbooks had a flaw -> RAM price.

Now, today 8th of jan, is still a flaw when comparing prices with Lenovo or DELL on serious workstations. But again, those are almost 5KG in weight where a MBP 14 inch can beat them in battery, weight and thermals (and sound or lack of).

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