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Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Re: Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Post by eden_hazard »

vr46 wrote: post #9

I bought an MBP 16 in January, pretty fully loaded with the max chip, max ram and max gpu at the time, and I cannot recommend you buy this machine or even a newer version of it right now. It’s great, but real battery life is abysmal, it runs very hot, although this has been massively improved by switching from FF to Safari, and I usually have Turbo Booster Pro restricting the cpu to base speed. And, not much uses the…

I've one too and shelled out almost 3k for it. Now I really regret it cause everyone's saying the Air's are better than the old pros. Mine also runs hot all the time from basic use but it helps that I use external keyboard and trackpad for it.

Re: Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Post by r2b2 »

vr46 wrote: post #9

I bought an MBP 16 in January, pretty fully loaded with the max chip, max ram and max gpu at the time, and I cannot recommend you buy this machine or even a newer version of it right now. It’s great, but real battery life is abysmal, it runs very hot, although this has been massively improved by switching from FF to Safari, and I usually have Turbo Booster Pro restricting the cpu to base speed. And, not much uses the…

To add another point sample –

I work mostly in Chrome, iTerm, Sublime, and Pixelmator on a 2019 16" MBP and haven't had any issues. I was hoping to wait for the larger-screen Apple silicon MBP, but my old laptop didn't hold out. There's been so much negative sentiment around the Touch Bar MBPs that I was bummed to buy one. However, after using it for a few months I'd say that feeling was completely misguided. It's been great.

Re: Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Post by raihansaputra »

vr46 wrote: post #9

I bought an MBP 16 in January, pretty fully loaded with the max chip, max ram and max gpu at the time, and I cannot recommend you buy this machine or even a newer version of it right now. It’s great, but real battery life is abysmal, it runs very hot, although this has been massively improved by switching from FF to Safari, and I usually have Turbo Booster Pro restricting the cpu to base speed. And, not much uses the…

If OP doesn’t need the max spec chip for the MBP 16, I recommend the i7 spec instead of the i9. I’m using one right now for work and it’s not running as hot as the i9.

Re: Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Post by mamcx »

I think the major pain point is virtualization and/or the need to run Windows. This is my case, so instead of pay full for 16" Macbook Pro, I get a M1 Air and coupled with a small mini-desktop (https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkc...) that I could access remotely (more cheap for me in the long run that have a cloud instance) I think is a good partial solution.

Re: Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Post by isoblvck »

mamcx wrote: post #14

I think the major pain point is virtualization and/or the need to run Windows. This is my case, so instead of pay full for 16" Macbook Pro, I get a M1 Air and coupled with a small mini-desktop ( https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkc... ) that I could access remotely (more cheap for me in the long run that have a cloud instance) I think is a good partial solution.

Idk most people don't buy a mac if they need a windows... Virtualization has been announced but there's no timeline

Re: Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Post by vimy »

vr46 wrote: post #9

I bought an MBP 16 in January, pretty fully loaded with the max chip, max ram and max gpu at the time, and I cannot recommend you buy this machine or even a newer version of it right now. It’s great, but real battery life is abysmal, it runs very hot, although this has been massively improved by switching from FF to Safari, and I usually have Turbo Booster Pro restricting the cpu to base speed. And, not much uses the…

If you plug the powercable in the usb-c on the right the laptop gets less hot so the fans make less noise.

Re: Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Post by [deleted] »

isoblvck wrote: post #15
mamcx wrote: post #14

I think the major pain point is virtualization and/or the need to run Windows. This is my case, so instead of pay full for 16" Macbook Pro, I get a M1 Air and coupled with a small mini-desktop ( https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkc... ) that I could access remotely (more cheap for me in the long run that have a cloud instance) I think is a good partial solution.

Idk most people don't buy a mac if they need a windows... Virtualization has been announced but there's no timeline

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Re: Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Post by [deleted] »

mamcx wrote: post #14

I think the major pain point is virtualization and/or the need to run Windows. This is my case, so instead of pay full for 16" Macbook Pro, I get a M1 Air and coupled with a small mini-desktop ( https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkc... ) that I could access remotely (more cheap for me in the long run that have a cloud instance) I think is a good partial solution.

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Re: Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Post by soulnothing »

mamcx wrote: post #14

I think the major pain point is virtualization and/or the need to run Windows. This is my case, so instead of pay full for 16" Macbook Pro, I get a M1 Air and coupled with a small mini-desktop ( https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkc... ) that I could access remotely (more cheap for me in the long run that have a cloud instance) I think is a good partial solution.

Side question, is there a better remote desktop/spice client than Microsoft Remote Desktop via the app store? I've found it's performance lagging compared to MS RDP client, or Remmina on Linux?

Re: Ask HN: Will the dev tools that don't work on M1 chips be fixed next year?

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Post by brundolf »

Is this for work or personal projects?

For work I couldn't do without Docker, but for personal projects I don't use it and I'm 100% regretting the MBP 16 I bought in January (which in a vacuum is still a great laptop), because I could now do everything I'm doing on it on a machine that costs half as much and has several times the battery life.

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