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Apple Now Selling More M1 Macs Than Intel-Based Models, Says Tim Cook

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Re: Apple Now Selling More M1 Macs Than Intel-Based Models, Says Tim Cook

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Post by Rhedox »

ilyas121 wrote: post #158

I got Solidworks (CAD program) running on a Windows ARM VM with 64bit X86 emulation on my M1 Macbook Pro and it's still as fast as my dedicated Windows laptop. Some of that speaks to Solidworks performance in general, but I don't know how to make sense of this other than the virtualization on M1 Macs being so good it feels like magic. I don't know how I could recommend any other laptop in good conscious (Price to Per…

Don't forget Microsofts x86_64 emulation, which does the heavy lifting in your case.

Re: Apple Now Selling More M1 Macs Than Intel-Based Models, Says Tim Cook

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Post by dTal »

dustinmoris wrote: post #198
willtim wrote: post #183

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> Everything about these laptops feels cheap in comparison to a Mac. They are bigger, thicker, heavier, more plastic, hotter, and less elegant. This is completely wrong. For example, a Lenovo X1 Carbon is 2.5 pounds, which is lighter than a MacBook Air at 2.8 pounds. It also offers 32GB of ram, does not have a glued-in battery, does not use glass and the keyboard is much less likely to fail. I am tempted by the M1, b…

> For example, a Lenovo X1 Carbon is 2.5 pounds, which is lighter than a MacBook Air at 2.8 pounds. It also offers 32GB of ram, does not have a glued-in battery .. and yet if feels heavier, looks shittier, is less durable, full of Lenovo spyware and overall still much worse quality. I have had so many Lenovo laptops in my life that I can say for sure that there is nothing good that comes out of this company. It's lik…

>feels heavier

How is that possible? It's lighter.

>is less durable

Citation needed. I've heard MacBook keyboards tend to self-destruct when encountering small specks of dust though?

>full of Lenovo spyware

This is FUD. The ThinkPad line comes with stock Windows, which you can replace with Linux.

Re: Apple Now Selling More M1 Macs Than Intel-Based Models, Says Tim Cook

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Post by DrBazza »

gumby wrote: post #189
DrBazza wrote: post #102

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Unfortunately, Windows ARM laptops were and are poorly executed. Apple is carrot and stick, where the carrot is performance and the stick is obsolescence. With Windows, there's neither carrot or stick. ARM isn't that much more performant, the battery life isn't that much better, and they're certainly not abandoning Intel. OTOH, Microsoft could invest a huge amount of their money on making ARM attractive, but the Wint…

> and the stick is obsolescence Does this really apply? My gf and I each earn FANG salaries and could upgrade a,couple of times a year if we were so inclined but haven’t bothered until the M1 arrived. IPhone 6s & 7, watch 0 & 3, 2016 Macbook + 2017 MacBook Air (TBF she has a big 2019 Intel MBP from work though)...upgrading that old gear didn’t seem worth it. Patches and upgrades continued to arrive (except for the wa…

As @brundolf said.

Whilst you can run Intel code via Rosetta indefinitely(), Apple's strategic position is no more Intel hardware.

I'm typing this on a 2013 MBP. I'm personally waiting for an M2 chip, which I expect will follow Moore's law, albeit for ARM. Which backs up your point.

() indefinitely as defined by Apple is until they change their mind.

Re: Apple Now Selling More M1 Macs Than Intel-Based Models, Says Tim Cook

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Post by jermaustin1 »

bayindirh wrote: post #213
jermaustin1 wrote: post #186

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I'd still have to VPN in to it though which blocks my internet except RDP.

Does your VPN have to block all internet access due to security reasons, or it just blocks just because it can?

They do a lot of government contracts, so I'm fairly certain it has to for some contractual obligation to some government entity.

Re: Apple Now Selling More M1 Macs Than Intel-Based Models, Says Tim Cook

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Post by dustinmoris »

dTal wrote: post #222
dustinmoris wrote: post #198

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> For example, a Lenovo X1 Carbon is 2.5 pounds, which is lighter than a MacBook Air at 2.8 pounds. It also offers 32GB of ram, does not have a glued-in battery .. and yet if feels heavier, looks shittier, is less durable, full of Lenovo spyware and overall still much worse quality. I have had so many Lenovo laptops in my life that I can say for sure that there is nothing good that comes out of this company. It's lik…

>feels heavier How is that possible? It's lighter. >is less durable Citation needed. I've heard MacBook keyboards tend to self-destruct when encountering small specks of dust though? >full of Lenovo spyware This is FUD. The ThinkPad line comes with stock Windows, which you can replace with Linux.

> How is that possible? It's lighter.

If the same screen sized laptop has bigger bezels, the grip is bulkier, less sleek overall form factor makes it feel heaver in your hand even if it's a few grams lighter. That's why it's called "feel" and not "is".

> I've heard MacBook keyboards tend to self-destruct when encountering small specks of dust though?

Citation needed. My MBPs haven't self destructed yet despite being daily in use for years.

> >full of Lenovo spyware > This is FUD.

Google Lenovo Superfish

Re: Apple Now Selling More M1 Macs Than Intel-Based Models, Says Tim Cook

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Post by ilyas121 »

Rhedox wrote: post #221
ilyas121 wrote: post #158

I got Solidworks (CAD program) running on a Windows ARM VM with 64bit X86 emulation on my M1 Macbook Pro and it's still as fast as my dedicated Windows laptop. Some of that speaks to Solidworks performance in general, but I don't know how to make sense of this other than the virtualization on M1 Macs being so good it feels like magic. I don't know how I could recommend any other laptop in good conscious (Price to Per…

Don't forget Microsofts x86_64 emulation, which does the heavy lifting in your case.

very fair

Re: Apple Now Selling More M1 Macs Than Intel-Based Models, Says Tim Cook

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Post by cmiller1 »

addaon wrote: post #118
klelatti wrote: post #114

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Beat me to it!

Also probably worth dividing PPC into the 32-bit architectures (601, 603, G3, G4) and 64-bit architectures (G5), although the PowerPC architecture did that transition in such a civilized manner that it wasn't really traumatic. In some ways the jump from the 601 (Power-ish) to 603 (true PowerPC) was bigger than the jump from the G4 to the G5.

Also the jump from 68000 and 68010 to 68020-030-040 had a similar transition (if anyone remembers having to worry about wether your software/system was 32 bit clean)

Re: Apple Now Selling More M1 Macs Than Intel-Based Models, Says Tim Cook

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Post by dkarp »

MarkyC4 wrote: post #163
dkarp wrote: post #66

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*are holding onto My 2015 MBP is still going strong and Apple support were even pretty great at helping when I did have one issue, even though they classify it as Vintage. But you're totally right, I'm really impressed by the M1 and am just holding out for the M1X to upgrade.

Another 2015MBP stalwart here. I wasn't planning on upgrading to an ARM Mac. I use BootCamp (daily lately, since we're in lockdown and it's snowing) for gaming on Windows with an eGPU. Neither of which are supported on the M1. I'm considering selling my eGPU and just building a gaming PC (the M3 will likely be out by the time I pull trig though :/), but it was nice to have 1 machine do it all (work + play), especiall…

I looked into the eGPU for the same reason, to have a single machine to do it all. In the end I got a separate machine as it was cheaper to do so (!!) and saw people having lots of issues with eGPU support. I couldn't believe the price on those eGPU enclosures.

How was your experience? I bet it was nice just plugging in and getting all that extra power.

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