Apple unveils new 13" and 15" MacBook Air with M3 chip
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Anonymous, 25 Mar 2024Idk. I would like to believe but they say arm for years and... moreIf it can improve battery life, it's important!
But of course processors shouldn't be created by Samsung 😅
So, I want to see a good CPU for laptops with good battery life and good work with Linux! (We already can see ISO's for arm, but can't see good arm CPUs).
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Checked again at Dev meeting today. I hardly think usable as a dev machine. Well for python student guys maybe but nothing for serious
24 GB max on air is clearly no buy. Compile, docker compose, vm, ide and it'll swamp like hell.
Then mac book pro 32 or more, but prices become crazy, and loose the portability slim of mac, so other competitors like gaming machines come in.
Talking with dev who where bragging with their mb pro today at dev meeting. They said all work seamlessly , using emilation for x86 binaries when needed, everything was being ported. And
In fact, when looking more thoroughly, for their work they had to use pc for this and this as their main coding machine...
Don't get me wrong. I still believe battery usage is awesome. For video, music it's awesome ( I always stare when I see how easily mac work with audio hardware, and always wanted logic pro ...)
But as a pure dev and nice os , no. I smell something bad in macos, mile very old style programming with just optimizing in goal, tweaked old mach 3 kernel and all. Good for some usage, very bad for others
Just, if Apple processors were that efficient, datacenters would have bought tons of mac mini to run Unix or even Linux and saved trillions of electricity bills and pretend to save the planet with less CO2 at same time... They don't care the brand was it apple Samsung or zylog, they just care their electricity bills and running Linux or some tweakable Unix.
Am I wrong ? :)
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- 25 Mar 2024
dcdev, 08 Mar 2024Arm can be good in future, but not from Apple, maybe from Q... moreIdk. I would like to believe but they say arm for years and still nothing
Datacenter tried arm, they went back Intel and AMD..
For Raw power, it's still x86.
It's more than only TSMC can do great now. Look, Samsung is bad, despite arm. And AMD is great when on TSMC.
Those explanation about Cisc/ RISC and multiple binaries ( w/wo GPU, vectors..
) well it's part of it but with microcode and superscalar and also arm becoming more 'complex' ) multi core, multi intructuon set, many more instructions, soc capabilities...)
does it still mean anything important nowadays ?
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Anonymous, 06 Mar 2024Yeah and X86 can also run qnx, rtos, plan 9, BSD.... Whe... moreArm can be good in future, but not from Apple, maybe from Quallcom, Mediatek or Intel, with Linux support by default
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Anonymous, 05 Mar 2024The total sum of a laptop isn't your specs and that�... moreIs this serious?
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- 06 Mar 2024
Anonymous, 05 Mar 2024The total sum of a laptop isn't your specs and that�... moreYou're probably not a power user lol.
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- 06 Mar 2024
potato4k, 05 Mar 2024We already see the M3 numbers based on the 14" Macbook... moreLOL
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dcdev, 05 Mar 2024Not only windows. I can buy a Tuxedo laptop with Linux, put... moreYeah and X86 can also run qnx, rtos, plan 9, BSD....
Where as Marcos can barely run a monolithic sysV 1970's kernel.
Not x86 is great bu
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CAKE-BAKER, 05 Mar 2024Need to see the performance numbers on this M3 chip.
Fr... moreWe already see the M3 numbers based on the 14" Macbook Pro. It's a modest improvements over the M2, thus Apple keeps using the M1 for comparison in their marketing to show a larger improvements.
With many of Apple engineers out and in Nuvia, it makes sense that Apple Silicon is stagnating. This is why I'm more excited for Qualcomm's Oryon cores.
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- 05 Mar 2024
Anonymous, 05 Mar 2024Yes hardware is good. But os, and Apple's walled garde... morethat's an ignorant thing to say, i thought the same untill i got my first mac with the m1, it was just way better than the windows alternatives, build quality is on another level, and it's really good for coding since is build like unix like linux it can compile c code, and i really haven't ran into any problems as a IT uni student
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Mills, 05 Mar 2024Windows is better. You can find a 1TB/16GB RAM laptop for a... moreNot only windows. I can buy a Tuxedo laptop with Linux, put 96gb of ram and 2 x 4tb Samsung 990pro if I want. And use Linux for work and windows for games, if I want. And it won't be as expensive as MacBook with same specs.
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- 05 Mar 2024
Anonymous, 05 Mar 2024Apple optimize stuff like crazy. I came through some of the... moreBeing optimistic about hiring optimisers is good thing, but it only takes you as far.
Imao, future is a set thing and has to play a role or two, I.e. 4 ex. which so ever version of war thunder runs on the Qualcomm version is the future as per suggested by Late Mr. Darwin.
Iterative update like these are obsolete and will never allow the user to do such a thing, like playing it on Mac OS.
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- 05 Mar 2024
Anonymous, 05 Mar 2024Apple optimize stuff like crazy. I came through some of the... moreBut you are right, 8gb is still 8gb depiste anyway strong optimization. Start doing more demanding productivity ( load some thesis, regizrd many tracks, put some VM, Linux, ide...) I guess it'll rapidly either swap or get 'out of memory' exception
But for 98% of users browsing, writing your resume, light gaming, video, the magic is there. And Like any magic, it relies on tricks, not miracles. ( I'm proud of that one !)
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- 05 Mar 2024
Anonymous, 05 Mar 2024No, their 8 GB RAM is still 8 GB RAM. Whoever came up with ... moreApple optimize stuff like crazy. I came through some of their headers of binaries, they even optimized a few bytes there.
Also the Os is very tied to the HW - I'd say too much tied imo -, so for example any video will run only on the video Dec low power tile. That's also how they get great battery life.
Anyway, apple is still apple, and I can't get on it, I don't like their os, their walled garden, and I have never liked the brand. But I'm lurking more and more in those macair things, because Intel is sleeping...
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PorkHotdog, 05 Mar 2024Typical apple boy. Look up Microsoft surface, galaxy book, ... moreYes hardware is good. But os, and Apple's walled garden, I still couldn't get through it.
I am a dev, I need Linux, win stuff, I like to tweak.
Dev using macs are not DEVs. Just kidding
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- 05 Mar 2024
Anonymous, 05 Mar 2024They can do that way only.. Macs are better for what it is,... moreNo, their 8 GB RAM is still 8 GB RAM. Whoever came up with the bullshit that it is somehow "better" has no clue how the world works. The only difference between MacOS and Windows is that MacOS swaps very early, while Windows keeps the RAM in use until it is neccessary to swap. That's why it looks like MacOS uses less RAM; they simply handle it differently. Under load, there is no difference between either OS, both will swap to free up enough RAM.
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Anonymous, 05 Mar 2024The total sum of a laptop isn't your specs and that�... moreTypical apple boy. Look up Microsoft surface, galaxy book, dell xps and tell me there's nothing built as nice as a macbook
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Mills, 05 Mar 2024My bad, Desktops and laptops with Windows are better and ye... moreThe galaxy book4 pro pees on apple in terms of display (and everything else too tbh)
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YUKI93, 05 Mar 2024If only the iPad Pro or iPad Air with Silicon SoC could run... moreThe iPadOS is already like 'MacOS for iPad'.