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This argument never passes the sniff test. You can run Linux on a MacBook Pro and get similar power efficiency. Or run third party apps on macOS and similarly
by dagmx 1y ago
This argument never passes the sniff test.
You can run Linux on a MacBook Pro and get similar power efficiency.
Or run third party apps on macOS and similarly get good efficiency.
- microtonal 1y agoYou can run Linux on a MacBook Pro and get similar power efficiency. What? No. Asahi is spectacular for what it accomplished, but battery life is still far worse than macOS. I am not saying that it is only software. It's everything from hardware to a gazillion optimizations in macOS.
- dagmx 1y agoIt’s worse at switching power states, but at a given power state it is within the ball park of macOS power use. The things where it lags are anything that use hardware acceleration or proper lowering to the lower power states.
- kangs 1y agounfortunately, contrarily to popular belief, you cannot run Linux natively on recent macbooks (m4) today.
- sys_64738 1y agoDepends what "natively" means. You can virtualize Linux through several means such as Virtual Box.
- svantana 1y ago...but you won't get similar power efficiency, which was claimed.
- dagmx 1y agoThat doesn’t really affect what I’m saying though. Yes, support capped out with the M2, but you can still observe the properties of efficiency on there.