Corporate laptops is the biggest space where they don’t have the market share that’s held by Lenovo, HP, and Dell and considering major corps will likely never exit Windows and Microsoft ecosystem they’re in a pretty good place.

The only way they’re going to get a lot more laptop share IMO would be a MacBook Air at a much lower price point (maybe they’ll keep selling M1s until they’re only $500?) and for their MacBook Pro to start being a competitive gaming machine - which may end up happening in the next decade

I have a couple metal bands I use for nice events sometimes.

I also have a nice watch I wear sometimes just because I love the watch

no

good luck with your toilet cam

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If you value a slight boost to portability and no fans/noise the air. If you value some extra ports and a higher refresh rate the pro.

I use my MacBook more heavily than you and I chose the m2 air, for what it’s worth

Who cares it’s a box lmao

They sell for $5-10 second hand market

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253817936

See here

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253817936

See here

If you want

I would get a dell XPS but with 16GB of RAM. If you’re paying the difference and buying it yourself or can request they buy that one for you it’s worth it.

You will want a nice light portable option for WFH. Hauling the Alienware or larger laptop will suck.

Since it’s a work laptop I would rule out the Alienware regardless.

The dell docking station is great as well along with it. I have one for my work machine - though I recently moved to using a Personal device to connect to a virtual desktop using VMware horizon.

Don’t you get a $200 gift card buying at Apple though?

It is permanently damaged and must be disposed of immediately at a local recycling facility, sorry. /s

Don’t worry about the battery. Charge it when it needs charged.