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I have learned to stop trusting people who say their old computer is “super fast”. No, your computer from 2013 isn’t super fast. You’ve gotten used to the slown

I have learned to stop trusting people who say their old computer is “super fast”. No, your computer from 2013 isn’t super fast. You’ve gotten used to the slowness.

wasdfff 6y ago
I think there is something to be said about snappiness during basic tasks like web browsing. I had a 2012 macbook pro that had an ssd and memory upgrades, and functionally tooling around Mojave felt no different than a new computer; just as snappy and performant. You don’t always hit a point of strain with your device just doing basic tasks. Now if that 2012 macbook of mine connected to a zoom call on the other hand, then the computer would overheat to the point where the battery would swell and disable the keyboard until it cooled down.
Klonoar 6y ago
What? I daily a 2015 MBP. I own other newer hardware as well (dev kit; Linux box; wife has a modern MacBook I’ve used extensively). It’s not slow. I just don’t run any Chrome junk at all. I still hit 8 hours of battery life and never experience slowdowns - even with Xcode running 24/7. If you avoid modern bloat, we’ve had fast computers for quite some time. I’m sure the M1 is still another league, and I’ll likely buy one just to come forward a few years, but otherwise any Mac from the past 5-7 years is still very, very usable IME. Short of that keyboard issue, that is.
tekstar 6y ago
Nah. I mean, part of it is that I don't work at a big company that requires I transpile 100k LOC every time I want to see my work on screen any more while attending to 100 slack channels at the same time, but I'm typically running Goland, VSCode, Safari (what I use personally), and Firefox (better for testing my web code) at the same time and it's snappy. Maybe 2-second compile typescript or go compile times, no noticeable slowdowns switching apps etc. My laptop: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 From what I understand, USB-C Macbooks that came after this magsafe generation had to CPU throttle earlier to deal with thermal issues, so despite better specs they couldn't get pushed without overheating. As well as heat/throttle issues if you try to charge it from the wrong USB-C port.

I have learned to stop trusting people who say their old computer is “super fast”. No, your computer from 2013 isn’t super fast. You’ve gotten used to the slowness.

wasdfff 6y ago

I think there is something to be said about snappiness during basic tasks like web browsing. I had a 2012 macbook pro that had an ssd and memory upgrades, and functionally tooling around Mojave felt no different than a new computer; just as snappy and performant. You don’t always hit a point of strain with your device just doing basic tasks. Now if that 2012 macbook of mine connected to a zoom call on the other hand, then the computer would overheat to the point where the battery would swell and disable the keyboard until it cooled down.

Klonoar 6y ago

What? I daily a 2015 MBP. I own other newer hardware as well (dev kit; Linux box; wife has a modern MacBook I’ve used extensively). It’s not slow. I just don’t run any Chrome junk at all. I still hit 8 hours of battery life and never experience slowdowns - even with Xcode running 24/7. If you avoid modern bloat, we’ve had fast computers for quite some time. I’m sure the M1 is still another league, and I’ll likely buy one just to come forward a few years, but otherwise any Mac from the past 5-7 years is still very, very usable IME. Short of that keyboard issue, that is.

tekstar 6y ago

Nah. I mean, part of it is that I don't work at a big company that requires I transpile 100k LOC every time I want to see my work on screen any more while attending to 100 slack channels at the same time, but I'm typically running Goland, VSCode, Safari (what I use personally), and Firefox (better for testing my web code) at the same time and it's snappy. Maybe 2-second compile typescript or go compile times, no noticeable slowdowns switching apps etc. My laptop: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013) 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 From what I understand, USB-C Macbooks that came after this magsafe generation had to CPU throttle earlier to deal with thermal issues, so despite better specs they couldn't get pushed without overheating. As well as heat/throttle issues if you try to charge it from the wrong USB-C port.