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> For developers, going with Intel only (no Nvidia discrete card) is the most sensible choice. Absolutely not. Even the latest gen Intel ThinkPads are power-hu
by Avamander 5y ago
> For developers, going with Intel only (no Nvidia discrete card) is the most sensible choice.
Absolutely not. Even the latest gen Intel ThinkPads are power-hungry and wasteful. They either throttle to shit, run way too hot or run way too loud and you have increasingly terrible battery life in all three cases.
AMD resolves a few of those problems, you get more with the same power consumption, but still a good few steps behind a M1 Mac things combined.
- e12e 5y agoAs I don't think Linux on an m1 Mac is going to be viable in the near term - I don't think it's all that relevant as a Linux workstation?
- Avamander 5y agoIt does seem fairly usable already. I'd say it's going to be viable as a primary workstation sooner than later, but things like polished GPU drivers will take more time. There are other ARM machines as well, that run Linux more easily, but those aren't as high-performance yet.
- kaladin-jasnah 5y agoI don't think something is usable without GPU acceleration.
- e12e 5y agoI imagine this is even more true for a device with a "retina" display.
- Avamander 5y agoSome acceleration for sure is necessary, though things like video acceleration (that belong in the set "polished GPU drivers") are quite secondary. Linux is a good example of that, accelerated video decode is still quite rare and finicky.
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- e12e 5y agoI hope you're right, but I think you're wrong...