Odoo Representative (9:53)

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Micah Sargent (11:24)

If you had the 14 inch Lenovo Yoga and you liked that, might I interest you in the MacBook Air? So Apple sells a 13 inch MacBook Air and I just so happen to have an older version of this right in front of me. And this is hands down the best Mac I have ever used and held in my hands. I love this thing so much. This is the best computer that I've ever had. And it's not an overwrought, super powerful machine or anything like that, but because it has Apple silicon, it just zips, it zooms, it flies, it flows, it's incredible. And it's only gotten better since this one. This is an M2 version. We're now on the M4 chip, so you don't need to worry about going all out with, you know, a whole bunch of customizations to make it run faster. Because I guarantee you're going to be happy with just the base model except for the one update. So I'm going through and I'm configuring a 13 inch MacBook Air. We're keeping the processor with the 10 core CPU, the 8 core GPU, the 16 core neural engine. We're keeping the memory at 16 gigabytes. That's what I have on this. It still zooms. You can choose to make that upgrade if you want, but I just have not had that. I've not needed to. And then for storage, we're going with the 1 terabyte SSD as you've asked for. You said, I believe at least 1 TB, so that will add $400 to the price and then it has nothing else added to it. You're looking at $1400, so 1399 for this MacBook Air. So no other customizations except for the, the 1 TB SSD. Now interestingly, it looks like yes. So when you do the 1 TB SSD, it automatically bumps you up to the more powerful M4 chip. So you can only get a 1 TB SSD by going with the 10 core CPU, 10 core GPU, 16 core neural engine. So you're just going to automatically get that processor Jump anyway for $400 more with that 1 TB SSD. I 1000% recommend internal storage being the thing that you spend the money on. There's one regret that I have had in the past. Whenever it came to one of these Apple silicon Macs, it was not getting as much storage space as possible internal. And so needing to use external drives to manage it, it Just becomes a hassle. It's not fun. And when you do that, then you sort of, even if it's just the slightest difference in speed because you've got this great, you know, Thunderbolt 4 option, it's still, it's still slower by plugging something in. Now this Mac Again, this, this 13 inch MacBook Air has two Thunderbolt 4 ports. And so you can plug into the side a, you can plug a monitor into the side of it and use it, you know, directly or in clamshell mode or however you're, you know, wanting to do that. It's all a possibility for you. So any of these is going to give you that functionality of being able to work with an external display. I'm trying to look here at the number of displays. So you can have up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution and that is in addition to the built in display. So yeah, this will definitely work for you. In terms of that. I find the keyboard to be fine. I don't know what keyboard you like, so I can't speak to what you've asked. As far as a great keyboard, I think it's a good keyboard. I don't really have a definition for what I would call a great keyboard. So that's always up to you. There are some folks in the, in the chat who are suggesting that if you can, it is worth stepping up the RAM to the next level. But again, that look, you're looking at this as an investment your computer for the next X amount of years. You know, 2017 was the last time that you made this upgrade. So look at 2017 to now 2025 and sort of look at the cost factor based on that. Now do the same with this and possibly even add a couple years to it. These things run and run and run and run and run and oftentimes later you can get the, if the battery starts going out, you can get the battery replaced and it'll run and run and run and run and run again. So I think you would be happy with a Mac Book Air if we're still trying to rock that kind of small form factor. If you instead decide to move to a stationary device, then I would recommend the Mac Mini to you. And the same thing applies. I won't go into all of the details for the Mac Mini, but the same thing applies in terms of how you would go for your Mac Mini purchase with making sure you upgrade for the storage and potentially get an upgrade on ram. But if the most CPU slash GPU intensive thing that you do is photo editing. It may not be necessary to do that, but just know that once you've got it, you've got it, you're stuck with it. So it may be worth making that change. But yeah, the reason I bring up the Mac Mini in particular is because you do talk about a great keyboard, the ability to plug in a large monitor. All of that suggests that maybe this is a thing that you use almost entirely stationary. And that's where a Mac Mini I think shines, especially the new one. It's so little and you can plug so much into it. So Jim, of course feel free to write back in with further questions that you might have. I look forward to hearing what you decide to do and I can't wait to find out how things have turned out for you. We do have one more little question that we'll get to, but I want to take a quick break to tell you about Club twit at Twit TV. Club Twit Club Twit is our awesome membership service. $7 a month, $84 a year and when you join the club you gain access to some awesome things. First and foremost, every single one of our shows ad free. Just the content, none of the ads. You gain access to the Twit plus bonus feed that has extra content you won't find anywhere else behind the scenes before the show, after the show, special club Twitter events get published there and access to the Members Only Server. A fun place to go to chat with your fellow Club Twit members and those of us here at TWiT. The members only Discord server often has some events going on like being able to watch my Micah's Crafting Corner, a monthly event where we gather together and in sort of a Bob Ross style we work on our crafts. I have been building Lego succulents in this most recent series. We will be working on miniatures again at some point. I've just talked about how I am getting back into learning calligraphy as a left handed person, so we might see some of that as well. And you bring your crafts, I bring mine. We end up talking about all sorts of stuff. People are talking about the food that they're making, the things that they are sewing, but we also just have fun conversations about the stuff we're watching and it's a great time, a great cozy chill time. So that is available to you as a member of Club Twit where I'm able to see your your questions and your conversation and share the crafts that you choose to share with everybody. Who's watching. And also if you miss Leo laporte and I joining together for witty banter, you will be happy to hear that. Exclusive, completely exclusive to our club members. We are going to be doing our commentary of different news events. So WWDC will be coming up in June and Leo and I will be bright eyed and bushy tailed talking about what gets announced at the event available to you in the club. So be sure to join the club. We've got a two week free trial so you can check it out. Twit TV Club Twit and we would love to see you there. All right, I wanted to quickly answer a question Lance has written in and I think Lance may have watched my recent episode of Hands on Mac where I talked about using a UPS an uninterruptible power supply with macOS. And in it I talked about sort of setting up a UPS plugging in the usb, running it to your Mac and then your Mac recognizes that you have a UPS plugged in and can work with it with your your system settings so it can automatically power on and power or shut down and do all these sorts of things based on whether there's power running to it. And there are of course the first party tools that are available from whatever UPS company you from what you purchase. But then there are also the tools again that the macOS has built in. And so Lance wrote in and said what do we do if the UPS has no DVD or USB key in the package and or has no way to talk to the computer? You know, no UPS software? See my UPS has no software and no way to report back to the computer. It's the kind that simply plugs into the wall. So here's the thing. Unless you have a very fancy UPS that has network support, if you don't see a USB plug some USB port somewhere on that device for it to run to your to run to your computer? You you probably don't have a UPS that can actually sort of interface and communicate with your Mac. So in that case your Mac isn't going to recognize that it's plugged into a UPS and can't talk with the UPS to learn what's necessary to know. Okay, I need to do a shutdown soon. Scooter X in the chat says if the UPS has a USB cable or port, including a special USB that's a modular phone jack looking cable to connect to a computer, then you of course can use that built in support as I talk about in that episode of Hands on Mac. But yes, if you don't have a USB USB port or some other thing to connect between the two. Then it's just a basic ups and that is just this box that is going to keep things running long enough for you to shut them down gracefully and that's what you're meant to do in that situation. So power goes out, you do what you need to do and you shut it down gracefully. I have a non interfaceable, I guess I don't know what the official term is for one that doesn't have connectivity, but I have one of those upstairs that is connected to everything necessary for my fiber connection and the Internet in the home because there aren't any computers or anything connected to it. So it's just there to keep that stuff running. And then I have my smart one down here in my studio for all of the stuff that I have here that needs to keep running. So yeah, you have one Lance that doesn't let you talk to it. You have to find one that does let you talk to it if that's something that you want to be able to do and configure. Thank you Lance and Jim for writing in with your excellent questions. Of course you out there listening can write in with your questions. Hotwit TV love to hear from you and thank you so much for your patronage and for tuning in. And we'll be back again next week. It'll be a new month with Hands On Tech. Bye bye.

TWiT Representative (24:44)

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LinkedIn Representative (25:25)

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