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Even the top-of the line 16” MBPs have perceptively slower UI compared to M1 or my Linux workstation

• user-the-name 5y ago
  Seriously? I haven't had a macOS machine where the UI wasn't perfectly smooth for, like, a decade?
  • BoxOfRain 5y ago
    My early 2015 Macbook Pro can be a little sluggish when I have lots of stuff open on my 4K monitor, but I think it'd be a little harsh to judge a six year old machine for that! This laptop's done very well really, it's definitely going to have an afterlife as a media server or something after it stops getting macOS updates because I'm loathe to get rid of hardware that's still doing a fantastic job.
  • still_grokking 5y ago
    I've seen a lot of beach-balls on macOS over the years, no matter the HW.
  • x3sphere 5y ago
    I guess it depends on how fussy you are about these things - I definitely noticed my 16" MBP lag at times. When the system was under a lot of load in particular the Chrome dev tools started to get quite laggy. However I got an M1 and can say this is no longer an issue. (despite having only 16GB RAM compared to the 32 on my 16" also). When using native apps the M1 laptop runs amazingly well, it is one of the best performing machines I have ever used for day to day use, even compared to my 5950X desktop system. Of course the 5950X will run circles around it with highly parallel workloads but on single thread the M1 is basically just as good.