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If I go and buy an Apple M1 (speaking as a Linux guy who never owned a Mac...), will you guys promise to stop posting benchmarks here? Pinky promise?

throwaway888abc 6y ago
Yes, but first you need to post your own benchmark PS: That benchmark is impressive!
- alphadevx 6y ago
  LOL it's a deal!
wayneftw 6y ago
Hehe, same. Along the same lines - I don't care how fast my toaster makes toast because I need a machine that does way more. Unfortunately, this loud minority of people living in toaster bubble land won't stop going on and on about their limited-purpose devices. Glad to know that my preferred desktop setup can still serve me faster than they can make toast though!
- girvo 6y ago
  I must be missing something but it’s a general purpose computer lol
  - woah 6y ago
    No led case lighting on the M1
  - wayneftw 6y ago
    Pfft okay - if you only consider Apple's purposes I guess lol. On an M1 you can run exactly one OS - macOS. And in that OS you have to get permission from Apple to do all sorts of simple things, from running programs to blocking network calls that go back to Apple. I can run any OS I want on my hardware and I can run my OS on any truly general purpose hardware. Every time I run a program, my OS doesn't go ask the manufacturer if it's okay to run it. That's a general purpose computer.
    - spacedcowboy 6y ago
      This comment aged well. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25771022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25771022 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25772462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25772462
      - wayneftw 6y ago
        You mean it proved my point? Mac users had to wait for Apple's permission to do it :) You generally can't do things on a Mac unless Apple allows it. You certainly can't do them the way you want to unless it coincides with the Apple way. If you don't think so, try writing an app and giving it to your friends without jumping through all of Apple's hoops :) Next year they'll tell you "Jump higher son!"
akmarinov 6y ago
No, the M1X is coming soon

throwaway888abc 6y ago

Yes, but first you need to post your own benchmark PS: That benchmark is impressive!

alphadevx 6y ago
LOL it's a deal!

wayneftw 6y ago

Hehe, same. Along the same lines - I don't care how fast my toaster makes toast because I need a machine that does way more. Unfortunately, this loud minority of people living in toaster bubble land won't stop going on and on about their limited-purpose devices. Glad to know that my preferred desktop setup can still serve me faster than they can make toast though!

girvo 6y ago
I must be missing something but it’s a general purpose computer lol
- woah 6y ago
  No led case lighting on the M1
- wayneftw 6y ago
  Pfft okay - if you only consider Apple's purposes I guess lol. On an M1 you can run exactly one OS - macOS. And in that OS you have to get permission from Apple to do all sorts of simple things, from running programs to blocking network calls that go back to Apple. I can run any OS I want on my hardware and I can run my OS on any truly general purpose hardware. Every time I run a program, my OS doesn't go ask the manufacturer if it's okay to run it. That's a general purpose computer.
  - spacedcowboy 6y ago
    This comment aged well. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25771022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25771022 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25772462 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25772462
    - wayneftw 6y ago
      You mean it proved my point? Mac users had to wait for Apple's permission to do it :) You generally can't do things on a Mac unless Apple allows it. You certainly can't do them the way you want to unless it coincides with the Apple way. If you don't think so, try writing an app and giving it to your friends without jumping through all of Apple's hoops :) Next year they'll tell you "Jump higher son!"

akmarinov 6y ago

No, the M1X is coming soon