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Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by hairsplit »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #789
hairsplit wrote: post #788

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All Apple fanboys are butthurt. I hope we see real competition one day and Apple is broken up.

This seems to be the favotitr solution for the anti-Apple crowd: make it so no one can buy Apple products. Misery loves company.

Bitch, you’re the one with “mid” in the name. Looks like it fits. Can’t handle a comment that butthurts you and your precious device? You look like a miserable little soul.

Misery loves company? Fuck off.

You are the one defending a company that deliberately makes its own shit unrepairable so it can shake people down for $800 on a 7-year-old laptop, then acts shocked when anyone wants actual competition instead of this locked-down ransom model. That’s not me being miserable. That’s you simping for planned obsolescence and calling it principle. You’re the classic white knight who gets bullied and then turns around defending the bully. Any chance that’s your whole personality?

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by ant6n »

barrell wrote: post #780
plasticeagle wrote: post #605

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M1 Pro 2021 16GB RAM Feels as snappy and impressive as the first day I got it. I never need to close apps, or reboot. I record multitrack audio on it without any perceptible latency. I write code on it. It's the best computer I've ever owned by a significant margin.

M1 Pro 2021 16GB RAM as well. However, I live with Activity Monitor open at all times. The computer constantly grinds to a halt, and I have to force quit apps at least 10 times per day. Not really Apple's fault though, just most apps use around 4GB of RAM these days even when they're idle. Some use upwards of 16GB. I've watched the computer slowly get obsoleted over time, not because the hardware is too old, but beca…

I don’t get it either. What are these people doing that keep saying that Mac OS is snappy. It’s the same slow garbage as windows.

One problem is that you need Firefox because safari doesn’t peppery do ad blocking. But once you have 20 tabs open or so, it uses 5GB GB ram. But perhaps your also need safari for something else. That’s another 5GB of RAM. Then once you count a finder replacement (2GB ram), and some office stuff (probably 1-4GB for each app window), 16GB of ram are almost as sluggish as an old windows laptop. Add MS Teams, and the thing is brought to it’s knees. And Mac OS has a lot of quirks and the window management is atrocious (alt-tab doesn’t switch between app windows, a bunch of apps to get alt-tab behavior don’t work properly either).

I feel like more and more that Mac Users are being forced by the atrocious window management to only have one window open per software, so then the system is fast. Problem is when you have multiple tasks going on in parallel, then you need many windows and desktops.

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by HPsquared »

VCFundedGenYer wrote: post #347
derwiki wrote: post #176

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Reading Infinite Games, they tell an anecdote about a Microsoft exec on a flight telling an Apple exec that the Zune was a way better portable music player than the iPod. The Apple exec was just “yup, you’re probably right” and then soon after the iPhone dropped

To be fair, the Zune actually was a better media player than the ipod in almost every way. That wasn't a false statement. The issue was the abysmal marketing and "me too" attitude Microsoft had (and still has).

That's part of the joke, I think.

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by codesnik »

acomjean wrote: post #606
websap wrote: post #591

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Mac OS has been hands down one of the best OS that I’ve used in a long long time. What problems are you running into?

stuff that annoyed me on mac was the "find" feature was useful, but to get to a enclosing folder (what I want), involved searching, clicking something, finding the file again in the display and "enclosing folder" (this might not be exact, I don't have a computer in front of me). Sharing files with a windows hard drive. My workmate had a seagate that installed an NTFS driver on mac, which saved us a few times. Never h…

previously cmd+enter would work to "show in finder". New siri-enabled search seem to break that for some reason, but right click menu/show in finder on a found item still works.

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by wolfpack_mick »

ardit33 wrote: post #567
alluro2 wrote: post #524

I was blown away by M1 Pro, and used it for 4 years before it became a little sluggish, and replacing it with an Asus S16 running on Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (an excellent laptop). One of the main reasons was missing my old Linux setup. I've briefly tested M5 Pro in an Apple store and was surprised by how quick it felt and did anything. A tangible and significant difference, and I really feel it would be good getting it, or…

I still use my M1 Pro Macbook... for iOS development. It still works amazing well, and the battery still is holding strong. For large apps, compiling can be a tad slow, but for medium and small apps it still works amazingly well. Eventually I will upgrade, but for me the M1 Pro Macbook (14") has to be the best computer of the last two decades. Before that, I had the butterfly Intel version, and that was a disaster. A…

My 14" M1 Pro out of nowhere just died on me in May after 3 years and 11 months. 'Bad luck' was the verdict of the Apple store. This never happened to me since my first G4 tower. I now have the M5 Pro since i'm stuck in the ecosystem, but i'm still a little spooked.

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by ablation »

greenowl wrote: post #581
alluro2 wrote: post #524

I was blown away by M1 Pro, and used it for 4 years before it became a little sluggish, and replacing it with an Asus S16 running on Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (an excellent laptop). One of the main reasons was missing my old Linux setup. I've briefly tested M5 Pro in an Apple store and was surprised by how quick it felt and did anything. A tangible and significant difference, and I really feel it would be good getting it, or…

Still rocking an M1 Air - 2020 build. 8GB ram. No slowdown or deterioration at all. Battery health reports the battery max capacity at 84%. Best computer I've ever owned, by far.

M1 Pro 32gb RAM. I still have absolutely no reason to upgrade.

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by serbuvlad »

anshumankmr wrote: post #6

>fluid frame rates in demanding games like Mixtape. not getting on that bandwagon but wasn't that not the most demanding game as its a just a nonstop cutscene.

* it's artsy, which fits Apple's PR image

* it's critically acclaimed (86 metacritic, 10/10 IGN)

* whatever person decided this likely knows nothing about video games

* most importantly it's a modern game in UE5 that's COMING NATIVELY TO MAC, including to the App Store

What would you have put?

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by zer0zzz »

porjo wrote: post #692
zer0zzz wrote: post #617

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Why buy all that for Linux when there’s asahi for the m1?

Not OP. I'm a huge fan of Asahi and use it on my M2 MBP. There are some significant downsides in particular battery life is nowhere near what you'll get from MacOS due to inability to go into low power sleep state, and buggy DP alt mode for external monitors. I hope that will change but it's not there yet.

From what I understand, the based M1/M2s are closer to the battery life you'd want and still quite good for a linux laptop. USB DP is a real bummer though.

Re: Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

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Post by zer0zzz »

Jnr wrote: post #635
zer0zzz wrote: post #617

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Why buy all that for Linux when there’s asahi for the m1?

Because it still doesn't fully support all of the hardware on M1. I know it because I used Asahi while I had M1. Now I have M4 for work and it doesn't support Asahi at all. I just use Linux PC as much as possible instead. And that 4$ M4 is just a fancy presentation computer I use when I travel. Personally I would spend thousands on an actually great Linux laptop, but there are still none around.

Up to the M2 series are supported pretty much fully. There are a few exceptions, but it does work quite well. I'd need a good reason to grab an intel/amd laptop just for running linux.
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