Live data from Hacker News

M4 MacBook Pro

apple.com

11–20 of 1001 posts

Re: M4 MacBook Pro

#11
post #6

How viable is Asani Linux these days? MacBook hardware looks amazing.

No support for M3 or M4 powered machines currently.

> All Apple Silicon Macs are in scope, as well as future generations as development time permits. We currently have support for most machines of the M1 and M2 generations.[^1][^2]

[^1]: https://asahilinux.org/about/

[^2]: https://asahilinux.org/fedora/#device-support

Re: M4 MacBook Pro

#12
post #10

Have they published this ahead of other pages or is it just me? The linked Apple Store page says "MacBook Pro blasts forward with the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips" so it seems like the old version of the page still?

yes, it's not anywhere but the press release at this time

Re: M4 MacBook Pro

#13
post #10

Have they published this ahead of other pages or is it just me? The linked Apple Store page says "MacBook Pro blasts forward with the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips" so it seems like the old version of the page still?

yes, it's not anywhere but the press release at this time

Looks like it's updated now.

Re: M4 MacBook Pro

#14
Finally they're doing starting memory at 16gb.

Looking at how long the 8gb lasted it's a pretty sure bet that now you won't need to upgrade for a good few years.

I mean, I have a MacBook air with 16gb of ram and it's honestly working pretty well to this day. I don't do "much" on it though but not many people do.

I'd say the one incentive a MacBook Pro has over the air is the better a screens and better speakers. Not sure if it's worth the money.

Re: M4 MacBook Pro

#16
post #10

Have they published this ahead of other pages or is it just me? The linked Apple Store page says "MacBook Pro blasts forward with the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max chips" so it seems like the old version of the page still?

I noticed the same, but it looks like the pre-order link now gives me M4 chips instead of M3.

Re: M4 MacBook Pro

#17

The M4 Max goes up to 128GB RAM, and "over half a terabyte per second of unified memory bandwidth" - LLM users rejoice.

The M3 Max was 400GBps, this is 540GBps. Truly an outstanding case for unified memory. DDR5 doesn't come anywhere near.

Re: M4 MacBook Pro

#19
This is the first compelling Mac to me. I've used Macs for a few clients and muscle memory is very deeply ingrained for linux desktops. But with local LLMs finally on the verge of usability along with sufficient memory... I might need to make the jump!

Wish I could spin up a Linux OS on the hardware though. Not a bright spot for me.

Re: M4 MacBook Pro

#20
> "up to 1.8x faster when compared to the 16-inch MacBook Pro with M1 Pro"

I insist my 2020 Macbook M1 was the best purchase I ever made

Post reply on HN