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"Upgrading from an 8 year old intel model to an M1/M2 model is going to feel like strapping on a jetpack." i did just that, and it simply felt "normal" again a
by bsaul 4y ago
"Upgrading from an 8 year old intel model to an M1/M2 model is going to feel like strapping on a jetpack."
i did just that, and it simply felt "normal" again after years of increased slowdowns on every macOS update without any noticeable big improvement to the UX.
The bloat is real.
- smoldesu 4y agoThis is my conjecture, too. M1 is fast, but only because MacOS is ludicrously slow. Apple has their hardware figured out right now, but their software experience keeps me away from using MacOS
- memsom 4y agoNo. My MacBook Pro is a 2012 pre retina with a decent Samsung evo SSD and 16GB RAM. It has a OCLP’d Monterey install and it is smooth and functional.I dev on this machine and honestly, same hardware runs MacOS better than Windows 10 (212H iirc) in Bootcamp. This is VS Mac building Mac Catalyst, Android and iOS apps. Building my pet PSP tool chain for .Net and Retro68 GCC port for BeOS PowerPC. Nothing trivial.
- runjake 4y agoI think you're just getting used to the M1. There's only been 1-2 major macOS releases since the M1 launch and benchmarks have gotten faster during that time. There's simply been no "years of increased slowdowns".
- pessimizer 4y ago> There's only been 1-2 major macOS releases since the M1 launch Consider that the "years of increased slowdowns" probably referred to the years before the M1 was released a year or two ago. Which would make sense, as the comparison was pre-M1 vs post-M1.
- runjake 4y agoAgain, the benchmarks for M1 have gotten faster by macOS release, so my comment is entirely within the scope of what OP was saying. The rest is irrelevant to the point.