There are different notions of "reproducible". Nix does not automatically make builds reproducible in the way that matters here:

https://reproducible.nixos.org

It is still good at that but the difference to other distros is rather small:

https://reproducible-builds.org/citests/

How would "bit-identical" or "free of side effects" make an actual difference in practice?

Rollback is already very easy with filesystem snapshots. Configs are already tracked by etckeeper. New laptop: either copy the whole drive or the package list and dotfiles. Also, how often do you have to get new laptops for this to be relevant ?

That reads like blatant nonsense.

For a 5 (five) document library you added 3 (three) documents just to override a single response. Nothing at all is hidden and all three documents are in clear human understandable language.

This is not an "attack" or "poisoning" but just everything working as intended.

Because AI needs so much more power and in particular RAM.

The apple pricing ladder is all about the confusingly named overlap.

The Air with more ram costs just a bit less than the pro non-pro. But then maybe you want the pro pro? Or do you need the pro max? Oh, and the ultra will come later but not for laptops. Also it will then be a smaller number M but ultra.

Oh, and the iPad air is, of course, heavier than the pro because "air".

Heavier than competing 14in laptops. Just okay res display. Low refresh rate. No oled or mini led. Basically unrepairable.

There are reasons the MacBook pro exists. The air is a nice machine but there are definitely trade-off.

Wrong question. If you sell a 6k€ machine "for AI", then you are judged on your own merits.

Replies like "but, but other laptops" are very weak attempts at deflection.

at 6k you can get 128 gb RAM so you can use bigger models

Under local deployment:

> Local backend server with full API Local model integration (vLLM, Ollama, LM Studio, etc.) Complete isolation from cloud services Zero external dependencies

Seems open source/open weight to me. They additionally offer some cloud hosted version.

Because they are a fire hazard:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62vk0p5dn5o

Trash compactors break the batteries in these things. A deposit could help to ensure that the vapes are disposed responsibly.

Other option: Add an "electronics" bin everywhere. Though that would be more expensive and less clear how effective it would be.

Companies often have flex offices with docking stations.

So previously you would have a screen, mouse and keyboard at every desk and people would move a laptop (ignoring its low res screen and bad keyboard).

Here you would have just a screen at every desk and people move their mouse and keyboard.

Also, this does have a battery.

> Also, this does have a battery.

It has an “Optional...internal battery” that “lets you go between workspaces without rebooting”.

So instead of carrying a slightly larger but perfectly useful computer (a laptop) I have to carry a smaller but useless keyboard and mouse for the benefit of not having a keyboard and mouse sitting on a desk when the desk isn't being used? I still don't get it.

I could see the benefit if this thing dropped the keyboard entirely to make it as small as possible but still I'd rather just carry a small laptop.