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Hmm, the battery life comparison graph doesn't show the M2 Macbook, but all the other ones do. How does the battery life compare to the M2 Macbook?

by grecy 3y ago

_lvbh 3y ago
Can’t compare. Apple is way too ahead on that front. If only they would allow me to run Linux on their devices…
- ZekeSulastin 3y ago
  I mean, the entire reason the Asahi team are able to do what they do is because Apple isn’t stopping them at all (in the context of laptops/Mac Minis at least). It’s just that they’re not doing anything to help them except for maintaining the ability to boot a different OS.
- seszett 3y ago
  They do allow it, it works fine unless you need one of the not yet implemented features (HDMI out, webcam and sound mostly, although the latter can be enabled at your own risks).
- grecy 3y ago
  > Can’t compare. Apple is way too ahead on that front What do you mean? The whole point of a comparison is to show what is better in what categories. If one was WAY ahead in performance or price that would be heavily talked about and graphed and compared. It's an important point that absolutely should be compared.
MegaDeKay 3y ago
This was answered by the Ars Staff in the comments. > Answered your own question. There really aren't good actively developed cross-platform battery life tests available, at all. And rolling and maintaining my own, especially one that's in any way indicative of real-world performance, isn't something I have the resources to do (or the authority to make anyone else on staff use, honestly). https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/review-framework-laptop-finally-gets-an-amd-ryzen-config%E2%80%94and-it%E2%80%99s-pretty-good.1496179/post-42241233 https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/review-framework-lapto...
schmorptron 3y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwr14Q4C9gY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwr14Q4C9gY This review has battery life comparisons to the M2 Pro macbook, and while the macbook is obviously still superior, the framework doesn't seem as ridiculously far behind anymore as before and can compete in some capacity.

Hmm, the battery life comparison graph doesn't show the M2 Macbook, but all the other ones do. How does the battery life compare to the M2 Macbook?

by grecy 3y ago

Hmm, the battery life comparison graph doesn't show the M2 Macbook, but all the other ones do. How does the battery life compare to the M2 Macbook?

_lvbh 3y ago

Can’t compare. Apple is way too ahead on that front. If only they would allow me to run Linux on their devices…

ZekeSulastin 3y ago
I mean, the entire reason the Asahi team are able to do what they do is because Apple isn’t stopping them at all (in the context of laptops/Mac Minis at least). It’s just that they’re not doing anything to help them except for maintaining the ability to boot a different OS.
seszett 3y ago
They do allow it, it works fine unless you need one of the not yet implemented features (HDMI out, webcam and sound mostly, although the latter can be enabled at your own risks).
grecy 3y ago
> Can’t compare. Apple is way too ahead on that front What do you mean? The whole point of a comparison is to show what is better in what categories. If one was WAY ahead in performance or price that would be heavily talked about and graphed and compared. It's an important point that absolutely should be compared.

MegaDeKay 3y ago

This was answered by the Ars Staff in the comments. > Answered your own question. There really aren't good actively developed cross-platform battery life tests available, at all. And rolling and maintaining my own, especially one that's in any way indicative of real-world performance, isn't something I have the resources to do (or the authority to make anyone else on staff use, honestly). https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/review-framework-laptop-finally-gets-an-amd-ryzen-config%E2%80%94and-it%E2%80%99s-pretty-good.1496179/post-42241233 https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/review-framework-lapto...

schmorptron 3y ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwr14Q4C9gY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwr14Q4C9gY This review has battery life comparisons to the M2 Pro macbook, and while the macbook is obviously still superior, the framework doesn't seem as ridiculously far behind anymore as before and can compete in some capacity.