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M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Performance

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Re: M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Performance

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Post by nvarsj »

howinteresting wrote: post #186
nvarsj wrote: post #106

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Yeah I'm familiar with what is in OS X, I have had to use it a few times for work. The fullscreen approach is very clunky. And the window animations are incredibly slow. I'm used to dynamically moving windows around and tiling things quickly. I tried using yabai but it was so slow and buggy there was no point. I think magnet/rectangle helps but it is still a subpar experience.

I tried getting Macs to work for years with yabai etc and came to the same conclusion as you. It's garbage for my workflows. Linux is a million times better.

I decided to get a fully spec'd out Thinkpad X13 AMD 2nd gen instead - 32gb ram, 1TB ssd, 8/16 cores, 16:10 2k screen. All for the whopping price of 1k GBP, a third the price of a similarly spec'd MBP.

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Post by zenron »

fold3 wrote: post #223
zenron wrote: post #213

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I just got a Lenovo Blue Phantom w/ Ryzen 5800H and 3050TI for 999 USD. 3.2ghz 8c/16t Ryzen 3. Feels amazing even with Win11 on it and I am going from a Dell G3 i5 9300H with 1660TI QMax and its a very tangible feeling upgrade. (even if the OS is a downgrade lol). I did have to do 40 USD memory upgrade to get it to 16g Dual channel so 1039 USD + tax so there is a hidden extra cost there. Or you could do a 32gb upgrad…

Correct me if I'm wrong but the screen is not nearly as good,1080p vs 3K, worse color spectrum, worse contrast. The fan noise is typical of gaming laptop while under load although M1 pro stays mostly inaudible. I haven't checked but I doubt the battery life can be compared as well.

If portability/battery longevity and a high resolution is what you are after, there is always going to be a tradeoff. The monitor on my new laptop is 165hz IPS sRGB and I couldn't care less about build in monitor only doing 1080p vs Retina/4k. But I am willing to get more of what is more important to me vs what apple offers. If I get an M1 it will be a Mini, not a laptop. And if I need 4k I just output to an external monitor in docked mode anyways.

Trying to find a cheaper apple quality device that is as good... you'll really be limited to the cheaper Yoga 4k screen models and their ilk. But I have no experience with those devices.

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Post by grey-area »

rawoke083600 wrote: post #83
grey-area wrote: post #74

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M1 Macbook airs are 1k and a very capable machine so if this is your price range they are a great buy.

Ja true was looking at them, but I do like more storage and ram space. To be honest the "best value" is prob on apple refurb store ! Very well priced there.

You probably won't need as much RAM as you think.

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Post by ReaLNero »

KptMarchewa wrote: post #110
ReaLNero wrote: post #50

I have an M1 Max. If anyone wants me to benchmark any workflows, I'd be glad to help!

Do you have two 4k displays? If yes, then does running them affects performance significantly? On i9 MBP this was causing extremely severe performance issues, to the point where processor was throttled to 30% performance.

I only have one 4k display, and I don't notice any difference in performance.
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