I have to switch between an M4 macbook pro and a Lenovo Chromebook Plus multiple times a day and I will say, while it isn't terrible, the keyboard and trackpad on the Lenovo have nothing on the Macbook. The experience with using USB devices (yubikey in particular) through the android layer is also real shitty.
I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
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Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#82I don't really get what the problem with MacOS is. It never gets in my way, so why would I switch? Yes, I found Liquid Glass ugly and two days later I completely forgot about it.
It's like Linux users who scream about Arch KDE Plasma being better than Kubuntu XFCE++ and change their entire GUI every year. They're obsessing over rounded corners lining up. None of this matters that much.
It's more serious on iPhones cause it's glitchy in ways that will interfere with basic usage, also yet another "we need old phones to feel slower" update.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
No. It's all native Arm. In the UTM app, when creating a new VM, there's an option to say it's going to be "Linux" (generically at that point), which exposes a checkbox which allows you to specify use of Apple Silicon hypervisor.framework, and specifically _not_ x86 emulation. I use hypervisor.framework, never use x86 emulation, and the result is great. Tested with both Fedora for ARM and Arch for ARM (perhaps CachyO…
This is what I thought, but idk why the literature about this is never clear that it's ARM Linux only.
which literature? (that question posed, i had to sleuth around to disambiguate oft repeated misinformation before figuring this all out)
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#84Good Lord, what next? “I switched from Mac to Windows and you can too”? Might make sense if the Chromebook can be degoogled and set up with a clean Linux distro. Barring that, a regular laptop with Linux may be an option.
I did switch from MacOS to MS Windows in 2023, after being on MacOS from 2015 (and various Linux distros between about 2000 and 2015; before that, Win98 and earlier versions, so help me God).
I did not think anyone would be interested in reading about any of this, and reading the article reinforces my hypothesis.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is what I thought, but idk why the literature about this is never clear that it's ARM Linux only.
which literature? (that question posed, i had to sleuth around to disambiguate oft repeated misinformation before figuring this all out)
I don't have it in front of me, have just seen conflicting info on a lot on articles about virtualization on Mac.
Well wait, UTM's official website clearly says it does support x86 if you're ok with the emu performance hit. Is that wrong?
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#86I don't really get what the problem with MacOS is. It never gets in my way, so why would I switch? Yes, I found Liquid Glass ugly and two days later I completely forgot about it.
It's like Linux users who scream about Arch KDE Plasma being better than Kubuntu XFCE++ and change their entire GUI every year. They're obsessing over rounded corners lining up. None of this matters that much. It's more serious on iPhones cause it's glitchy in ways that will interfere with basic usage, also yet another "we need old phones to feel slower" update.
How many? Many are using chromebooks and not complaining. Many use Linux and not complaining - as I work at a University.
A majority need only a browser.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#87Chrome OS? No, thank you. I'll stay with macOS and keep hoping for the Asahi Linux dream
you can run Arch proper in UTM.app on macos...utm is available on the app store or open source, and wraps the apple silicon hypervisor.framework. it works fantastic magic. i had dual booted Asahi for a year or so, but really for no good reason once i realized UTM existed.
I'm aware of it, though I would like to have a native solution with GPU acceleration and all the hardware benefits.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's like Linux users who scream about Arch KDE Plasma being better than Kubuntu XFCE++ and change their entire GUI every year. They're obsessing over rounded corners lining up. None of this matters that much. It's more serious on iPhones cause it's glitchy in ways that will interfere with basic usage, also yet another "we need old phones to feel slower" update.
How many? Many are using chromebooks and not complaining. Many use Linux and not complaining - as I work at a University. A majority need only a browser.
It's overall very few. Most people using Chromebook or other Linux or Mac in a university are just using it for work and not obsessing over details.
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#89> no fucking way there's a Mediatek chip out there that's as good as M2?!? right!?
Actually Mediatek is pretty underrated. Isn't the upcoming Dimensity 9600 Pro on par with the M5 [0]? And they also designed the CPU part of the GB10 in the NVIDIA DGX Spark, which is roughly on par with the CPU of the AMD AI Max+ 395 and M3 Max 14 core [1] [2].
[0] https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/1so1wyv/dimensity...
[1] https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/compare/17762799?baseli...
[2] https://browser.geekbench.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=m3+max
Re: I switched from Mac to a Lenovo Chromebook
#90Going from complaining about Apple not having enough polish in the fine details of their UI to suggesting we all switch to Chromebooks is so completely inconsistent that there must be other motivations. In one post they're complaining about things like Apple having the search bar in different locations in different apps, and in the next post they're seriously trying to tell us that a laptop that requires modifying th…
"After my last blog post I received tons and tons of emails from people mentioning that they switched to X or Y because of Liquid Glass, and much like them, I switched away from the Apple ecosystem thanks to these ongoing issues as well." Then within 2 sentences: "So this blog post is about my painful journey trying to find a nice piece of hardware that works and feels just as good as Apple's hardware as a web develo…
I mean, it’s prob easier to run chromeos in utm on the Mac…