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I couldn't transition to a Linux laptop as I don't think it has optimal battery life nor does the trackpad feel as Mac-like as I need it to be. But I could see

I couldn't transition to a Linux laptop as I don't think it has optimal battery life nor does the trackpad feel as Mac-like as I need it to be. But I could see ARM Mac laptops being used by a lot of people for connecting to real systems that are still x86. In other words, the Mac laptop is a browser machine or a display to a real work VM. I think ARM is the nail in the coffin of the non-laptop Mac brand though.

john_alan 6y ago
Why you don’t think arm can function on iMac scale? https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/02/apple-smaller-mac-pro-apple-silicon/ https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/02/apple-smaller-mac-pro-a...
socialdemocrat 6y ago
You say that because you think ARM gives toy performance when everything actually points to Apple Silicon will be a performance beast. It may not beat the big x86 gaming rigs but I am quite confident that the highest performance laptops of any kind in the next few year will all be ARM based. iMac and Mac Mini are also small enclosures which will benefit from ARM performance wise. All that matters is really watt per performance and dollars relative to performance and there ARM already beats intel. To beat an x86 intel is just a matter of throwing in enough cores. AMD will be harder as their performance relative to cost is better than ARM and intel. But there is nothing special about beating intel at this point.