I am by no means a major creator in any form but I really like it. I like the sound of the butterfly keyboard, I like how light and small it is, I like the speakers and screen. I just love it. The intel core’s are not fantastic no and it does slow down, and yes I am constantly worried the heat will eventually be the demise of my logic board but I really would buy it again. (I got this one for $100). I use it more than my M1. I use tableau and excel pretty well on it. The battery is not horrible, especially since my M1 battery really does not last 6 hours or over anymore(idk what happened to it). This little machine was fantastic for the time. If it came out again with Apple silicon I would buy 10.

  • dannybakersman@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I love my 2017 12 inch also. It’s been totally problem free…just needed a new battery after 5 years. For travel and basic use it’s incredible. Apple just has to reissue the body of it with modern internals. It will sell like crazy.

    • Business-Parsnip-939@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      it’s hard to find a reasonably priced prebuilt nowadays though, going to best buy everything that is usable is in the thousands of dollars

      • dhrandy@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Depends on what you are buying. I have a mini PC that’s AMD, 16 gigs of RAM and paid under $300.

  • NFWI@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’m with you. I would get rid of my M1 MBA in a heartbeat if a 12” came back on the market. I still take my 12” whenever I travel.

  • matt_hipntechy@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    A great laptop that was ahead of its time. I traveled the world with that thing. It would make so much more sense today, though. Hopefully they will bring it back.