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The MBP running Linux in a VM will probably give you the T480 experience - it will be relatively slow (but still fast enough) and use a lot more battery.

• thoughtbag 4y ago
  I can tell you now that 2022 was the year of Linux on the desktop with Apple+Parallels! :) I have a mini datacenter on my desk right now with 5 Debian machines running, 1 Windows 10, 1 OpenBSD machine as gateway for the others. No lag. Just now I fired up YouTube on 3 of these Debian machines in Firefox as well as one in the Windows 10 VM. All running full screen 1080p videos (a wide second display with 3 VM's, the main display showing the Windows VM). No lag. Also, I have _never_ heard the fan on this thing. Unsure if it has one! :) The CPU/GPU combo is of course great, but it's the 400GB/s memory bandwidth that makes all the difference I think. ([edit] oh, and the battery life is nuts.)
  • vlod 4y ago
    Would you mind sharing your machine spec please? Thanks!
    • thoughtbag 4y ago
      Sure; M1 Max, 64GB RAM running Ventura 13.2.1 (and Parallels Pro 18).
  • BruceEel 4y ago
    like sibling, I'd be interested in the specs. Thanks!
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