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Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by SomeUserName432 »

coldtea wrote: post #84
0xfaded wrote: post #52

To any Linux users, I recently bought a fully loaded M4 MacBook pro to replace my aging Lenovo and strongly regret it. I thought I would use it for playing with LLMs, but local dev on a Mac is not fun and I still don't have it fully set up. I'll probably replace it with a framework at some point in the near future. Edit: okay, that garnered more attention than I expected, I guess I owe a qualification. 1. Everything…

> I thought I would use it for playing with LLMs, but local dev on a Mac is not fun and I still don't have it fully set up. Sounds more like a you problem, probably due to unfamiliarity. There are endless options for local dev on a Mac, and a huge share of devs using one.

I've been on a mac for ~4 years now.

It was a bit of a struggle to get used to it, coming from windows.

The only thing I really miss now is alt-tab working as expected. (It's a massive pain to move between two windows of the same program)

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by Someone »

daft_pink wrote: post #38

Apple’s chip release schedule is so borked. It should be High end Pro and Studio first and then iPad, Air, Mini and downgraded Pro. Why they release the iPad and Low End Pro is beyond me. Everyone buying their high end gear is buying something waiting to be refreshed now.

Could be yield related. Do the non top end products run pro chips that didn’t pass testing fully, and have parts disabled?

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

Printerisreal wrote: post #2

Lowest tier comes with 16 gb of memory, same memory size with lowest M. air, why Apple?

Well, they could continue the 8gb joke so let's appreciate the fact that they finally switched to 16gb base models (and similarly stopped the 128GB SSD madness, these models were outdated when bought).

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by WXLCKNO »

Pretty funny how they're actively targeting M1 users with their marketing copy with this release.

Sorry you made your first gen chip so good that I don't feel the need to upgrade lol.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by wiseowise »

SomeUserName432 wrote: post #111
coldtea wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I thought I would use it for playing with LLMs, but local dev on a Mac is not fun and I still don't have it fully set up. Sounds more like a you problem, probably due to unfamiliarity. There are endless options for local dev on a Mac, and a huge share of devs using one.

I've been on a mac for ~4 years now. It was a bit of a struggle to get used to it, coming from windows. The only thing I really miss now is alt-tab working as expected. (It's a massive pain to move between two windows of the same program)

CMD + ~.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by tracker1 »

What really bugs me, is the huge performance gains are against the M1 and an (5-7yo chip) Intel Mac, that from my own memory had throttling and overheating issues. While not as impressive, I'd really appreciate if they simply showed the generational gains, or actual charts against several previous generations.

I'm still pretty happy with my 16gb M1 Air, but it would be nice to know some closer to real world differences.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by sator-arepo »

SomeUserName432 wrote: post #111
coldtea wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I thought I would use it for playing with LLMs, but local dev on a Mac is not fun and I still don't have it fully set up. Sounds more like a you problem, probably due to unfamiliarity. There are endless options for local dev on a Mac, and a huge share of devs using one.

I've been on a mac for ~4 years now. It was a bit of a struggle to get used to it, coming from windows. The only thing I really miss now is alt-tab working as expected. (It's a massive pain to move between two windows of the same program)

You know about Cmd+Backtick, do you?

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by superjose »

SomeUserName432 wrote: post #111
coldtea wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I thought I would use it for playing with LLMs, but local dev on a Mac is not fun and I still don't have it fully set up. Sounds more like a you problem, probably due to unfamiliarity. There are endless options for local dev on a Mac, and a huge share of devs using one.

I've been on a mac for ~4 years now. It was a bit of a struggle to get used to it, coming from windows. The only thing I really miss now is alt-tab working as expected. (It's a massive pain to move between two windows of the same program)

https://alt-tab-macos.netlify.app/

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by nrjames »

defraudbah wrote: post #76

it says "up to 14 hours more than intel based mpro", which means intel was designed to last 10 hours which matches what was advertised https://web.archive.org/web/20201109092341/https://www.apple... we went from 10 hours to 24 hours in 5 years - impressive i wonder why they advertise gaming on the laptop, anyone plays anything Meaningful on macbooks?

I do almost all of my gaming on an M3 MacBook Air. It’s great for games. I’ll sometimes hop on Windows for titles unavailable on the Mac, but increasingly I just skip them if they aren’t on Steam for MacOS.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by WXLCKNO »

SomeUserName432 wrote: post #111
coldtea wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I thought I would use it for playing with LLMs, but local dev on a Mac is not fun and I still don't have it fully set up. Sounds more like a you problem, probably due to unfamiliarity. There are endless options for local dev on a Mac, and a huge share of devs using one.

I've been on a mac for ~4 years now. It was a bit of a struggle to get used to it, coming from windows. The only thing I really miss now is alt-tab working as expected. (It's a massive pain to move between two windows of the same program)

You know you can use CMD+backtick (CMD+`) to cycle between windows of the same app? Add shift to go in reverse.

Or otherwise you can enable the app exposé feature to swipe down with three fingers and it will show you only windows of the same app.

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