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No, it’s not true. Most people buy their computers because of the price, style, and easily observable features (not necessarily performance, certainly not the t
by freeAgent 6y ago
No, it’s not true. Most people buy their computers because of the price, style, and easily observable features (not necessarily performance, certainly not the type of difference that only shows up in benchmarks). Hacker News commenters are far from your average PC buyer. I’m sure the M1 and future desktop Apple silicon will have an impact, but it’s far from a killing stroke. If people only cared about maximum performance, budget machines wouldn’t sell at all. In reality, they sell in much higher volumes than high end devices.
- thayne 6y agoAnd not all HN readers are won over either. I for one am not willing to switch to Apple's closed ecosystem for a chip that is a little faster. Or even a lot faster.
- jessaustin 6y agoEventually someone will build a laptop using chips like this and an acceptable OS.
- war1025 6y agoUp until two days ago, I was using a 6 year old laptop with a Celeron processor as my main home computer. I think the whole Apple Silicon thing seems really interesting, but honestly, the only thing I do that is remotely taxing on decade-old hardware is load Facebook.
- pjmlp 6y agoSame here, I do use Macs at work, but at home is all Windows and a surviving Linux laptop.
- sliken 6y agoNor I, so I contributed to the patreon for a linux port to the M1.
- ntsplnkv2 6y agoThe biggest game changer is the battery life, it's so good that feature alone will put it ahead of most of the competition.
- jtbayly 6y agoNot getting hot or loud while lasting forever on battery are easily observeable selling points I’d say.
- freeAgent 6y agoThere are plenty of other laptops out there that don't get hot or loud and have all day battery life, though the M1 has multi-day battery life so fair point there.