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For what it’s worth, I’ve been on MacOS for 7 years, 2 of which have been on an M1. It’s been fabulous. The corner cases of M1 support have mostly disappeared.

For what it’s worth, I’ve been on MacOS for 7 years, 2 of which have been on an M1. It’s been fabulous. The corner cases of M1 support have mostly disappeared. I left a review here several months ago that was edging towards negative, but I have to admit, the ecosystem has matured substantially. Even pytorch has a native M1 mode now. The best part is, when something does require a recompile, it zips by — compiling is almost fun again just for the sheer joy of watching a big build finish in ~30 minutes when it used to take hours.

sva_ 4y ago
> I’ve been on MacOS The OP asked about a laptop to run Linux, and you suggest running MacOS? Or did you forget mentioning the part about running Linux on it?! I respect you, but weird post tbh.
- emmelaich 4y ago
  It's probably out of scope but running Linux as Lima/Docker/Parallels under MacOS should be a serious consideration.
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  I was confused since the post mentions they’re “unlikely to escape MacOS,” and there’s also a poll option for M1. I thought the poll was asking whether it’s worth it to just skip Linux altogether and jump ship to an M1. Sorry. Definitely didn’t mean to go on a tangent about MacOS when nobody was asking. I didn’t know an M1 could even run Linux. Does anyone use it that way? I’d be curious to know if it works well. EDIT: Looks like Asahi Linux is designed for it: https://asahilinux.org/about/ https://asahilinux.org/about/
  - sillysaurusx 4y ago
    7 hours later, the M1 is pretty high up in the poll. System 76 Oryx Pro; 29 points Framework; 111 points Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition; 44 points 2019 Intel MacBook Pro; 4 points M1 MacBook Pro; 54 points ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10; 119 points Star Labs Starfighter; 7 points HP Dev One; 7 points Lenovo T14 Lenovo T480/490; 27 points If anyone has theories about why the M1 is polling so well, I’d be curious to hear. It seems unlikely that the M1 is a popular choice for Linux, yet that’s what the polls seem to indicate.

sva_ 4y ago

> I’ve been on MacOS The OP asked about a laptop to run Linux, and you suggest running MacOS? Or did you forget mentioning the part about running Linux on it?! I respect you, but weird post tbh.

emmelaich 4y ago
It's probably out of scope but running Linux as Lima/Docker/Parallels under MacOS should be a serious consideration.
sillysaurusx 4y ago
I was confused since the post mentions they’re “unlikely to escape MacOS,” and there’s also a poll option for M1. I thought the poll was asking whether it’s worth it to just skip Linux altogether and jump ship to an M1. Sorry. Definitely didn’t mean to go on a tangent about MacOS when nobody was asking. I didn’t know an M1 could even run Linux. Does anyone use it that way? I’d be curious to know if it works well. EDIT: Looks like Asahi Linux is designed for it: https://asahilinux.org/about/ https://asahilinux.org/about/
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  7 hours later, the M1 is pretty high up in the poll. System 76 Oryx Pro; 29 points Framework; 111 points Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition; 44 points 2019 Intel MacBook Pro; 4 points M1 MacBook Pro; 54 points ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10; 119 points Star Labs Starfighter; 7 points HP Dev One; 7 points Lenovo T14 Lenovo T480/490; 27 points If anyone has theories about why the M1 is polling so well, I’d be curious to hear. It seems unlikely that the M1 is a popular choice for Linux, yet that’s what the polls seem to indicate.