Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro

Post by SubjectToChange » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 8:37 AM UTC

dcchambers wrote: post #841

It's funny - x86 has been the king of computing for basically my entire life, and we're finally seeing that change. This is kind of like a throwback to the early days of innovation in the CPU space, before everything ran on the same ISA. I'm both nervous and excited. Excited because x86 has been stagnant for years . I'm not an EE but my understanding is that its a pretty messy architecture with lots of "glue and duct…

Post by theshrike79 » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 9:28 AM UTC

ralfd wrote: post #786

Reason077 wrote: post #703

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "no AAA gaming" This is, arguably, a disadvantage of any Mac. But Apple Silicon may actually improve the situation over time, as having the same GPUs and APIs on Macs and iOS devices means there is now a much bigger market for game developers to target with the same codebase.

I agree. It is not without danger, the same as with Apps actually, that developers target only the iPad (touch interface) and don't care about optimizing for the Mac experience. But on the whole I am optimistic.

Post by forcemajeure » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 11:40 AM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #952

wu_187 wrote: post #883

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This simply isn't true. I just spun up a new instance on Oracle cloud, and it came with AMD CPUs. If AMD is selling to cloud providers Intel is fucked.

I specifically stated outside HN bubble and AMD is worthless without access to Intel patents.

Post by mrgordon » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 12:06 PM UTC

AshamedCaptain wrote: post #974

randycupertino wrote: post #964

Dang, you do a very nice job of moderating here. Light touch approach, helpful guidance and enforcement when needed. Just wanted to let you know it's appreciated!

To be honest, I think that these comments evidence a failure of the HN website UI. Wouldn't it be easier to just create standard pagination links at the top of the comments page, rather than manually forcing a mod to post this "list of pages" comment on each and every article?

Post by darkhorse13 » Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 1:24 PM UTC

musicale wrote: post #126

Kind of remarkable for a laptop without a fan. (Infamous fan-hater Steve Jobs would be proud.) Power/thermal management looks very good - low heat and long battery life without sacrificing performance. Presumably the Air will have to throttle performance for some workloads, but not in this benchmark apparently.