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> Why Mac seems to attract so fanatic behavior? Ever think it’s simply because they are amazing machines instead of being some conspiracy or mass brainwashing?
by 0n34n7 4y ago
> Why Mac seems to attract so fanatic behavior?
Ever think it’s simply because they are amazing machines instead of being some conspiracy or mass brainwashing?
- anta40 4y agoAmazing machines? I haven't tried extensively the M1, so my experience is still limited to the Intel Macs. They are OK. Not jaw droppingly good, just okay-ish. I work as a mobile app dev and unfortunately you can't avoid Mac for iOS dev :p
- nicoburns 4y agoThe new M1 Mac’s really are impressive. I suspect I might be similarly impressed by the latest AMD chips with 8 cores, but quite a lot of my everyday workloads are seeing 5x-10x performance increases over my previous 2015 MacBook.
- swah 4y agoEven the cheapest M1s?
- jjcm 4y agoHave the cheapest M1. It flies and the battery life is stellar. The only downside I would say is it's only 8GB of RAM. If you're doing anything with electron development, it's a no-go. You'll need a minimum of 16GB. It's an incredible machine though. The perf and battery life remind me of the upgrade I got when switching from a HDD to a SSD for the first time. It changes how I use the device.
- nicoburns 4y agoI have the M1 Pro with (8 + 2) cores. But seeing as the cores are identical I suspect with the base models with (4 + 4) cores you'd see very similar performance except you'd be looking at 5x rather than 10x on multicore workloads.
- sarks_nz 4y agoLong time laptop user. 2012 macbooks were solid. Just worked, never thought about them much. The 2017-18 macbook pros (touchbar) were complete rubbish. Everything was rubbish. Keyboards. Heat. Battery. Processors. The M1s are gods gift to developers. By far the best laptop I've used, and I don't see how anyone else can catch up