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Personally if I'm going Linux, I'm out on Mac hardware. Don't get me wrong, Mac hardware is nice hardware. But there's no reason to own it if you're using alte
by dangus 2y ago
Personally if I'm going Linux, I'm out on Mac hardware.
Don't get me wrong, Mac hardware is nice hardware. But there's no reason to own it if you're using alternative operating systems.
The bang for your buck on computing is wildly better on something like a Beelink mini PC than a Mac Mini. Windows laptop hardware has also most definitely caught up to the M1.
And I think we all know you listed off everything that's gonna be broken with Asahi Linux like Bluetooth and microphone as something you "don't use" just because you know it's broken.
- skydhash 2y agoYeah, the macs were all I had, so there was no other option. I'm waiting for my new PCs to arrive and once they get here, I'm going to wipe the Asahi installation and revert to stock macOS (I will still need them as work computers and for XCode) And I genuinely don't use Bluetooth. Everything is wired, although I use WiFi on the MBA. Neither do I like to use the laptop microphone (noisy environment, so I use a headset or the usb microphone). The only thing I care in a laptop is WiFi, a good enough keyboard, a good enough screen, low temperature and noise, and a battery that last at least 4 hours. My default workstation is the desktop. But yeah, I do agree with you that it's better to go with PC if you're planning to stick with Linux long term.
- kytazo 2y agoArm based laptops weren't really a thing when apple launched apple sillicon back in the m1 days. I suppose this isn't the case anymore
- vulcan01 2y agoBluetooth does work. See the hardware support matrix here: https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-Series-Feature-Support https://github.com/AsahiLinux/docs/wiki/M1-Series-Feature-Su...