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> Then after most devs switched to using M3 Macs, app performance will regress back to the baseline, making everything slow on M1/M2 machines, and basically unu
by PragmaticPulp 4y ago
> Then after most devs switched to using M3 Macs, app performance will regress back to the baseline, making everything slow on M1/M2 machines, and basically unusable on Intel Macs.
This is one of those HN comments that has me feeling like I live in a different world than the commenter. What Electron apps are you using that are really that slow? I use several of the popular Electron and CEF apps on a daily basis and everything is fast.
The exceptions are anything that loads over a network. Spotify, Slack, and others can feel “slow” when the content is loading from a backend over the internet, but obviously that’s not the fault of the UI
- ticviking 4y agoWhen was the last time you used them on a $200 laptop like your cousin picked up cheap to take to college? Or tried to help students use an electron IDE on a computer with 8Gb and a 2 ghz 10 year old processor that their dad saved to buy secondhand to help his kid not need to work overtime at the factory to keep food on the table? Electon is only fast on developer and gamer tier hardware. Try running this stuff on the hardware steam says is the average gamer and see how fast it actually feels.
- ihateolives 4y agoHaving used second hand laptops almost exclusively for 20 years and having helped friends to do the same I'm pretty confident saying that 90% of the time the slowness is botched Windows installation and the lack of computer hygiene. Not always, but in overwhelmingly majority of cases.
- mrguyorama 4y agoDo you reboot every day?
- nemetroid 4y agoWhen i switch back and forth between two channels in Slack, it takes a noticeable amount of time. I’d say 300-400 ms or so. Is it significantly faster for you, or do you consider that to be fast?
- LeBit 4y agoObsidian.