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I wonder what my personal breaking point is with macOS. Apple already sells chronically underpowered hardware compared to the competition and you have to just b
by andrewmcwatters 2y ago
I wonder what my personal breaking point is with macOS. Apple already sells chronically underpowered hardware compared to the competition and you have to just be content with the fact that it's attractive hardware, silent, and sips power instead of chugging it like the others.
But Ubuntu is becoming more attractive as time goes on.
- blacksmith_tb 2y agoUnderpowered? Other than the lack of upgradability/repairability, the Apple Si machines seem pretty powerful, it's just the steady slide of macOS towards being a locked-down toy with a tablet UI that makes me edge towards the Linux world.
- reaperman 2y agoYeah the unified memory model is amazing for running LLMs locally (albeit slowly). Otherwise the CPU is pretty darn impressive.
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- kube-system 2y agoI try Ubuntu on a new laptop every couple of years, and I still keep going back to a Mac. There's one thing I can count on with Macs that I haven't yet experienced on any Ubuntu laptop: I can pull it out of a backpack the day after I charged it and work an 8 hour day on battery, using a trackpad, without sacrificing productivity or my hand getting sore. Apple just has too many advantages in hardware driver performance due to vertical integration.