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....it doesn't though. If you think it does, then I invite you to post an example please, for instance of anything that can compete against an M1 MacBook Air or Pro at half price - and by compete I mean anything that offers the same performance, same battery life, all in an aluminum body.

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And not a 1080p screen

I see IPS 1080p (or the equivalent in 16:10) as a feature. What's the point of a 4K OLED if it doubles the power consumption?

Sure, but Macbooks have retina(their stupid resolution) screens and yet still work 12 hours+ on battery. So it's not like your only options are 1080p(which is very low nowadays, I'd argue it actually limits productivity) and 4K power hungry high-brightness OLED panel. There are options in between those two.

High DPI screens are a godsend when you are reading text on them all day, I’ll never go back to a 1080p screen. And I’d hardly say a MacBook Pro is suffering in the battery life department for the choice.

Besides, the claim was comparable at half the cost. We’re not now going to shift the goal posts by playing “not comparable but I like it better”. It’s comparable or it isn’t.

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