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computers dont have to cost x000 bucks to be good enough.

by mlatu 4y ago

adastra22 4y ago
The M1 MacBook Air is under $1k.
- mlatu 4y ago
  > and comes with a walled garden. look, you go and support apple, and thats fine, but i really dont see the point in choosing hardware that is looking at locking its users in somehow.
  - favadi 4y ago
    Which walled garden you are talking about? You can install any programs you like, just like on Windows or Linux.
    - adastra22 4y ago
      And Asahi Linux has gotten pretty good.
Kwpolska 4y ago
The tools you work with multiple hours per day and earn a living with should not be "good enough", they should be "best in class". And is a computer that is struggling to scroll in a simple web thing good enough? It's not good enough for your average user who wants to do light web browsing in Chrome, so why would it be good for a developer?
- mlatu 4y ago
  ok. guys? we are (at the extreme) talking about a texteditor here. there is no reason for source code tooling to utilize GPU and if you think otherwise, i have no reason to continue to talk to you :D good day oh and one more thing: i assure you, this computer is more than good enough for browsing websites and do whatever you would do as a regular user... idk how you came to the conclusion it was otherwise. it's not even the case that vscode makes anything slow here, there is no ditch in performance, everything is smooth as butter, i simply report the GPU spiking up to 30% whenever i make vscode scroll text. are you telling me this is acceptable when i can just as well use a mightier software tool that doesnt utilize the gpu at all? on another note: how is it be acceptable to anybody to poop a browser into every other new app? element, discord, vscode, you name it, it has electron or whatever in it. i prefer versatile tools over simple ones just like the next person, but i know for a fact: we can have that without all the blingblong. ok, NOW im done with this

computers dont have to cost x000 bucks to be good enough.

by mlatu 4y ago

computers dont have to cost x000 bucks to be good enough.

adastra22 4y ago

The M1 MacBook Air is under $1k.

mlatu 4y ago
> and comes with a walled garden. look, you go and support apple, and thats fine, but i really dont see the point in choosing hardware that is looking at locking its users in somehow.
- favadi 4y ago
  Which walled garden you are talking about? You can install any programs you like, just like on Windows or Linux.
  - adastra22 4y ago
    And Asahi Linux has gotten pretty good.

Kwpolska 4y ago

The tools you work with multiple hours per day and earn a living with should not be "good enough", they should be "best in class". And is a computer that is struggling to scroll in a simple web thing good enough? It's not good enough for your average user who wants to do light web browsing in Chrome, so why would it be good for a developer?

mlatu 4y ago
ok. guys? we are (at the extreme) talking about a texteditor here. there is no reason for source code tooling to utilize GPU and if you think otherwise, i have no reason to continue to talk to you :D good day oh and one more thing: i assure you, this computer is more than good enough for browsing websites and do whatever you would do as a regular user... idk how you came to the conclusion it was otherwise. it's not even the case that vscode makes anything slow here, there is no ditch in performance, everything is smooth as butter, i simply report the GPU spiking up to 30% whenever i make vscode scroll text. are you telling me this is acceptable when i can just as well use a mightier software tool that doesnt utilize the gpu at all? on another note: how is it be acceptable to anybody to poop a browser into every other new app? element, discord, vscode, you name it, it has electron or whatever in it. i prefer versatile tools over simple ones just like the next person, but i know for a fact: we can have that without all the blingblong. ok, NOW im done with this