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I am a M1 Max user and I would love to have Apple go back to Intel. Sure, the battery life and not overheating is great, but you are limited to Arm based solu

by allie1 4y ago

I am a M1 Max user and I would love to have Apple go back to Intel. Sure, the battery life and not overheating is great, but you are limited to Arm based solutions, when installing linux VMs for example. Or gaming. Everyone seems to have forgotten how awesome it was to be able to do everything on one machine. It is a compromise I live with, not something I prefer. And at least half of Apple’s benefit comes from process technology, where the gap will be closing very soon, if for no other reason than the fact that after 2nm there is not much more room to grow with silicon, so even laggards will have time to catch up on process and yields. The would has been running on x86 for so long it’s a waste to just decide to rework so many chunks of it.

biehl 4y ago
I am getting one of these https://dk.starlabs.systems/pages/desktops https://dk.starlabs.systems/pages/desktops to go with my M1 to run x86 based VMs, docker and similar stuff. An extra expense, but hopefully a good combination.
- allie1 4y ago
  Those look good, a bulkier beasty option on the topic of intel: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/boards-kits/nuc/mini-pcs/nuc-12-extreme.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/boards... Just need to find a way to justify it to myself after spending on the MBP xD
  - biehl 4y ago
    Yes, I looked at that one too. But since I only need it for work I went with the small and quiet.
KerrAvon 4y ago
Macs are not and never will be ideal for gaming. Apple execs don’t care about gaming, don’t understand it, are not interested in it, are not willing to do what is necessary to excel in gaming. Lots of people at Apple are working on game-adjacent technologies and their efforts are doomed because the execs sabotage every gaming opportunity eventually.
CharlesW 4y ago
> And at least half of Apple’s benefit comes from process technology… Apple's performance-per-watt advantage is boosted by process improvements, but nothing I've read attributes anything close to half of that advantage to process. (References would be welcome.) "Chips manufactured with this [3nm] process deliver 30% improvements in power consumption and 15% better performance in comparison with 5nm chips." https://www.computerworld.com/article/3609778/apple-on-track-for-3nm-silicon-iphones-and-more-in-2022.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3609778/apple-on-track...

by allie1 4y ago

biehl 4y ago

I am getting one of these https://dk.starlabs.systems/pages/desktops https://dk.starlabs.systems/pages/desktops to go with my M1 to run x86 based VMs, docker and similar stuff. An extra expense, but hopefully a good combination.

allie1 4y ago
Those look good, a bulkier beasty option on the topic of intel: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/boards-kits/nuc/mini-pcs/nuc-12-extreme.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/boards... Just need to find a way to justify it to myself after spending on the MBP xD
- biehl 4y ago
  Yes, I looked at that one too. But since I only need it for work I went with the small and quiet.

KerrAvon 4y ago

Macs are not and never will be ideal for gaming. Apple execs don’t care about gaming, don’t understand it, are not interested in it, are not willing to do what is necessary to excel in gaming. Lots of people at Apple are working on game-adjacent technologies and their efforts are doomed because the execs sabotage every gaming opportunity eventually.

CharlesW 4y ago

> And at least half of Apple’s benefit comes from process technology… Apple's performance-per-watt advantage is boosted by process improvements, but nothing I've read attributes anything close to half of that advantage to process. (References would be welcome.) "Chips manufactured with this [3nm] process deliver 30% improvements in power consumption and 15% better performance in comparison with 5nm chips." https://www.computerworld.com/article/3609778/apple-on-track-for-3nm-silicon-iphones-and-more-in-2022.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3609778/apple-on-track...