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I have older XPS 13. I bought a M1 PRO recently, because I was tired of issues with my XPS 15 (which eventually died - won't power on). I wish I didn't have the
by varispeed 4y ago
I have older XPS 13. I bought a M1 PRO recently, because I was tired of issues with my XPS 15 (which eventually died - won't power on).
I wish I didn't have the mindset that XPS was enough for me. For instance when I am running tests on M1, they finish in about a minute, whereas on XPS I could go on a quick coffee break. Having ADHD it was a productivity killer.
On M1 I can fire off tests, read something quickly on interwebs and then go back to developing in no time.
Best of all, no distracting fans (it has fans, and sometimes they do activate, but I wouldn't know if I hadn't installed a fan monitor - they are that silent).
> and setting up the dual-boot myself.
Only good thing about XPS is that you can replace the NVMe drive. So when I bought mine, I also bought a separate NVMe drive and simply removed the one laptop came with and just installed Linux on a new drive.
When my XPS died, I could buy a cheap used laptop (got a ThinkPad!) and put my XPS's drive in it and recover any data I needed.
With M1 you don't have that option sadly.
- francislavoie 4y agoCheck the benchmarks for Intel 12th gen vs M1. It's kinda crazy the leap they made from 11th to 12th gen on laptop chips. I will never buy an Apple product ever again, frankly. I hate their walled garden.
- varispeed 4y agoI've been looking at these. The 12th gen only gets good results when connected to a charger and is dependent on active cooling. This is a deal breaker for me. I simply can't stand fan noise anymore. The silent operation was the main reason I decided to bite the bullet and bought M1.