Here's a Look Inside the New M4 MacBook Air

so let me get this straight, in computers one year apart, that look identical, that have mostly the same parts except for the CPU and camera, have the same screen, the same chassis ... you open it up and inside , no major differences? wow. who would have guessed.

Parts pairing continues to be the biggest bunch of BS from a company already famous for its consumer unfriendly proprietary BS.
Imagine if car makers did this. You can buy a battery or an oil filter through a third party that are every bit as good if not better than OEM, but if you dare install either without paying the Apple tax, your entire vehicle is bricked.
Now defend Apple’s parts policies.

If the car is specifically tuned for a a certain air filter, I would want to purchase that filter from the manufacturer to make sure that it was calibrated properly for the best performance.

If the car is specifically tuned for a a certain air filter, I would want to purchase that filter from the manufacturer to make sure that it was calibrated properly for the best performance.

… it’s a sedan, Spock, not a formula one race car or Mars One.

Parts pairing continues to be the biggest bunch of BS from a company already famous for its consumer unfriendly proprietary BS.
Imagine if car makers did this. You can buy a battery or an oil filter through a third party that are every bit as good if not better than OEM, but if you dare install either without paying the Apple tax, your entire vehicle is bricked.
Now defend Apple’s parts policies.

Playing devil’s advocate: If car theft was easy and rampant, and the cars were being parted out, it would be a good way to cut down on thefts if those parts were tied to the original car and couldn’t be resold, and the entire car was bricked when it was stolen

Parts pairing continues to be the biggest bunch of BS from a company already famous for its consumer unfriendly proprietary BS.
Imagine if car makers did this. You can buy a battery or an oil filter through a third party that are every bit as good if not better than OEM, but if you dare install either without paying the Apple tax, your entire vehicle is bricked.
Now defend Apple’s parts policies.

If anyone's curious about M4 MacBook Air 256GB read/write speeds ('https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/what-are-the-read-and-write-speeds-of-m4-air-with-256-512-and-1tb-ssd.2452792/') vs prior M-series MacBook Air 256GB ('https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/base-model-m3-macbook-air-has-faster-ssd-speeds-after-controversy-with-previous-model.2421496/')

M1 write = 2221 MB/s
M2 write = 1584.3 MB/s
M3 write = 2108.9 MB/s
M4 write = between 1919 MB/s and 1966 MB/s (based on 2 people)


M1 read = 2910 MB/s
M2 read = 1576.4 MB/s
M3 read = 2880.2 MB/s
M4 read = between 2882 MB/s and 2891 MB/s (based on 2 people)