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It may be obvious for readers of HN, but when talking with non-tech (or casual tech) friends, there's a large swathe of them who don't seem to realize how far a
by drchiu 5y ago
It may be obvious for readers of HN, but when talking with non-tech (or casual tech) friends, there's a large swathe of them who don't seem to realize how far ahead the M1 chip is and still believe Wintel is what folks in tech (ie. developers, etc) primarily use. And when one points out that times have changed, they nod but will still believe in what they have always believed. These articles seem to be targeted to that demographic.
- smoldesu 5y agoProbably because it's not a like comparison anymore. One is an ARM chip. One is x86. They don't run the same software, they don't work the same, and they sure as hell aren't built on the same silicon. I don't really think Apple is very "far ahead" in that respect. They're just doing what Apple does best: changing lanes and catering to the people who already use their machines.
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago> who don't seem to realize how far ahead the M1 chip is If they don't use macOS, it's irrelevant for them. For what is worth, I don't feel that much of a difference in gradle builds time in Android Studio between M1 and 5600U (although I use 32 GB RAM with the latter).
- dispat0r 5y agoThere are also people who forget Apple is using TSMCs best node exclusively. Don't get me wrong, it's impressive stuff, but nothing AMD or Intel cant do in the future.