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Much of the stuff which Mac users brag about, like long battery life or efficiency under heavy workloads, is stuff that you can't easily test with a display mod

Much of the stuff which Mac users brag about, like long battery life or efficiency under heavy workloads, is stuff that you can't easily test with a display model. You need to make it your daily driver for a week to get the whole picture.

Zambyte 2y ago
Fair point
freedomben 2y ago
Right. I just pictured myself walking into an Apple store, unplugging the machine so I can see the battery effects, setting up my dev environment, and building the linux kernel or something on it to see how it performs. It's legitimately what I would want to do to test it, but I'm willing to bet the employees don't let me get that far before they stop me...
- tmottabr 2y ago
  if you need to compile linux kernel on the go often then i would advise you to have an always on workstation\server that you use to do the heavy lifting that you then just access remotely form the macbook.. doing heavy compiling work on any device will eat away your battery faster then when you do general use.. but even then, with that workflow while macbook might not give you the many hours of battery that apple brag about, it will still give you more time on battery then then most devices..
  - mmaniac 2y ago
    If you log into a workstation to do all your work, a Chromebook will suffice.
    - tmottabr 2y ago
      you don't necessary need to be logged to a workstation to do all your work.. You could develop de code locally in your macbook in a nice interface, when you are ready to compile then you push the code to a remote git repo in your workstation that also would trigger the compile job, tests, etc.. Do the CPU light work locally and the CPU intense jobs remotely in a system that can have more powerful CPU proper to the task while also freeing your laptop from the burden this CPU intensive job that will make it hot and burn trough the battery.. but yeah, this workflow could work in whatever laptop\os you want, from a chromebook to a macbook..
joshstrange 2y ago
And the return window is 2 weeks so that’s completely possible. There are also places where you can rent a MBP.
afavour 2y ago
Apple offer a return period. At a certain point I have to wonder exactly what you're expecting Apple to offer... free extended rentals of Apple hardware so that you can perform an exhaustive analysis of their offering? What manufacturer offers that?
- guappa 2y ago
  Yes. But when I tried to return within the return period they told me to get lost.

Zambyte 2y ago

Fair point

freedomben 2y ago

Right. I just pictured myself walking into an Apple store, unplugging the machine so I can see the battery effects, setting up my dev environment, and building the linux kernel or something on it to see how it performs. It's legitimately what I would want to do to test it, but I'm willing to bet the employees don't let me get that far before they stop me...

tmottabr 2y ago
if you need to compile linux kernel on the go often then i would advise you to have an always on workstation\server that you use to do the heavy lifting that you then just access remotely form the macbook.. doing heavy compiling work on any device will eat away your battery faster then when you do general use.. but even then, with that workflow while macbook might not give you the many hours of battery that apple brag about, it will still give you more time on battery then then most devices..
- mmaniac 2y ago
  If you log into a workstation to do all your work, a Chromebook will suffice.
  - tmottabr 2y ago
    you don't necessary need to be logged to a workstation to do all your work.. You could develop de code locally in your macbook in a nice interface, when you are ready to compile then you push the code to a remote git repo in your workstation that also would trigger the compile job, tests, etc.. Do the CPU light work locally and the CPU intense jobs remotely in a system that can have more powerful CPU proper to the task while also freeing your laptop from the burden this CPU intensive job that will make it hot and burn trough the battery.. but yeah, this workflow could work in whatever laptop\os you want, from a chromebook to a macbook..

joshstrange 2y ago

And the return window is 2 weeks so that’s completely possible. There are also places where you can rent a MBP.

afavour 2y ago

Apple offer a return period. At a certain point I have to wonder exactly what you're expecting Apple to offer... free extended rentals of Apple hardware so that you can perform an exhaustive analysis of their offering? What manufacturer offers that?

guappa 2y ago
Yes. But when I tried to return within the return period they told me to get lost.