[Oddskar]

> People said the M1 Pros were overpriced

Yeah but most people aren't paying for those: their employers are.

I don't think many employers are going to buy such an expensive tool.

[ajkjk]

What? Millions of people have personal laptops that are M1+ Macbooks. For people who can afford it and aren't Linux people, why would you buy anything else?

(well some people have issues with buying things from Apple and I don't blame them but Microsoft is busy making Windows as unappealing as possible so Apple wins for me)

[Oddskar]

Do you really need me to spell it out for you?

  * Can't afford it
  * Don't like MacOS
  * Don't like the hardware
  * Want a repairable device
  * Want a upgradeable device

Etc, etc. Plenty of reasons.

[sportslife]

I can't get over how badly MacOS works with external monitors; I have a fiddly 5ish minute Mac boot cycle process somedays because there it just refuses to output anything.

[zebnyc]

The pace of renewal / refurbishment for work related and personal may not have the same frequency for most folks. Work laptops updated every 3 years approximately (at least in tech). Personal use may be 5-12 years. I bought a Macbook Pro in 2012 for myself. The next personal purchase I made was 2022 when I bought the mac mini. For everything else I used the computer which was given to me at work.

[ris58h]

> Millions of people have personal laptops that are M1+ Macbooks

Yeah, but we are talking about Pros, not Airs.