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I grew up poor. I was raised to use things until they break. Even then, I'll fix them if I can. I'm still rocking a 2007 custom built desktop w/ an overclocked

I grew up poor. I was raised to use things until they break. Even then, I'll fix them if I can. I'm still rocking a 2007 custom built desktop w/ an overclocked Intel E8500 Core2Duo. In 2012, I upgraded the hd to an SSD and the GPU with an Nvidia GT640, and converted it into a rock solid Hackintosh. My other computer is a 2013 15" Macbook Pro with maxed-out specs that was purchased for me by my company. Both systems are stable and fast to me. My main applications are Firefox, Sublime Text, Xcode, and Iterm2. I don't do gaming or video editing. I dabble with ML via Colab Pro. The only thing I'm unpleased about is the Macbook is about 64°C when it's connected to my Apple Thunderbolt monitor and 2 other monitors, so a laptop cooler is a necessary part of my set up. I wouldn't get rid of this notebook unless I had to, which I will be forced to real soon because Apple won't update the OS (stuck on Big Sur), so Xcode is forever stuck on 13.2. I'm in California, btw. I haven't used the M1. Besides running cooler, I can't imagine an M1/M2 feeling very much different.

tuyenhx 4y ago
I used to have the same thought, and had the same setup with you. Coding with sublime text, training ML via Colab Pro. But one day, when I had to render 1.7 GB photoshop file for my work. It was just too different. My 2015 Mac Pro took me 2h15m to render, and Mac Air M1 just 17m.
- grupthink 4y ago
  It's amazing to me that the passively-cooled Macbook Air can do that. Makes me wonder if M1 iPhone/iPad can handle long-running jobs as well. I'm in the process of converting a torch model to Core ML for fun and I'm curious to know whether the ANE on the M1 iPhone/iPad will handle long-running jobs without thermal throttling.
justin66 4y ago
> I'm still rocking a 2007 custom built desktop w/ an overclocked Intel E8500 Core2Duo. I applaud keeping an old machine going, my main desktop is still a ten year old i7-3770. Still, if we're being honest about it, with an E8500 and the concomitant 8GB memory limit, you're engaged in easy listening at best, not rocking.

tuyenhx 4y ago

I used to have the same thought, and had the same setup with you. Coding with sublime text, training ML via Colab Pro. But one day, when I had to render 1.7 GB photoshop file for my work. It was just too different. My 2015 Mac Pro took me 2h15m to render, and Mac Air M1 just 17m.

grupthink 4y ago
It's amazing to me that the passively-cooled Macbook Air can do that. Makes me wonder if M1 iPhone/iPad can handle long-running jobs as well. I'm in the process of converting a torch model to Core ML for fun and I'm curious to know whether the ANE on the M1 iPhone/iPad will handle long-running jobs without thermal throttling.

justin66 4y ago

> I'm still rocking a 2007 custom built desktop w/ an overclocked Intel E8500 Core2Duo. I applaud keeping an old machine going, my main desktop is still a ten year old i7-3770. Still, if we're being honest about it, with an E8500 and the concomitant 8GB memory limit, you're engaged in easy listening at best, not rocking.