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I prefer my 8GB M1 Air to my 64GB Intel iMac for basically all of my Node/Rails/Swift development, with Docker running almost 100% of the time. The only time I
by Zanfa 3y ago
I prefer my 8GB M1 Air to my 64GB Intel iMac for basically all of my Node/Rails/Swift development, with Docker running almost 100% of the time.
The only time I’ve seen the iMac be “better”, was when I had a Java project that had around 20 different packages that you needed to have open IDEs for.
- cma 3y agoHow many silicon process nodes ahead is the M1 vs your intel iMac?
- Zanfa 3y agoA few, 14nm i9-10910 vs 5nm? M1, but that's an implementation detail. The main point is that the amount of RAM is not the limiting factor.
- pxmpxm 3y agoThere is no reality where that 8gig heap machine will outperform a 64gig heap machine in any objective measure. I'm sure you will hedge with your statement with something like "well it feeels faster" or some such nonsense.
- Zanfa 3y agoNot only does it feel faster, but it also beats the iMac at single-core performance, looking at bundle build times. If I could fully utilize all the RAM + cores of the iMac, it would obviously come out ahead, but that's not the case for most frontend dev work. Not to mention it cost about 1/3 of the iMac and the battery lasts forever.