I read the title as "MS MacBook Pro" and prepared for a surprise.
M5 MacBook Pro
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#272Earlier quoted context omitted.
What are the quirks with local dev that make it not fun?
Docker works very weirdly (it's a desktop application you have to install that has usage restrictions in enterprise contexts, and it's inside a VM so some things don't work), or you have to use an alternative with similar restrictions (Podman, Rancher Desktop). The OS also has weird rough edges when used from the terminal - there are read-only parts, there are restrictions on loading libraries, multiple utilities com…
Dovker on mac has one killer feature though: bindmounts remap permissions sensibly so that uid/gid in the container is the correct value for the container rather than the same uid/gid from the host.
the workarounds on the internet are like "just build the image so that it uses the same uid you use on your host" which is batshot crazy advice.
i have no idea how people use docker on other platforms where this doesn't work properly. One of our devs has a linux host and was unable to use our dev stack and we couldn't find a workaround. Luckily he's a frontend dev and eventually just gave up using the dev stack in favour of running requestly to forward frontend from prod to his local tooling.
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#273Am I remembering right that the previous 14" MacBook Pro started at $1399 (and seems to be no longer available?), so this is a $200 price increase? (I had just been looking at macs a few weeks ago, and had noticed how close in price macbook pro and macbook air were for same specs -- was thinking, really no reason not to get pro even if all I really want it for is the built-in HDMI. They are now more price differentia…
That would be about a 15% increase, which is probably in the ballpark to be explained by tariffs (either existing or anticipatory)?
Are there any markets where they are 15% cheaper due to not having the US's tarriffs?
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#274Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Don't forget the environmental impact of a smaller box Compared to the marginal environmental impact to source materials, build hardware and parts, assemble, ship, stock, and transport to customer each unit, the box could be 10x larger and it wouldn't make a dent.
> ship ... the box could be 10x larger and it wouldn't make a dent This is not how shipping works. A larger box, even by 1 inch on any direction, absolutely makes a huge difference when shipping in manufacturing quantities. Let's not pretend physical volume doesn't exist just to make an argument. 10 planes flying with MacBooks == much different than 1 plane (in other words, when you 10x the size of something, as you…
The point being made is "it's not the paper fr the box that's the issue".
A smaller box allows more to be carried. But if we go that route, it's trivial to ship them without any box and box them domestically - and that's a 2-3x volume reduction right there.
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#275Earlier quoted context omitted.
I play absolutely everything on my M1 Macbook Pro. Through Crossover, basically every Windows game runs fine. I used to check ahead of time before buying a game, but it's so good I now kind of just assume games work.
A NVIDIA 2080 graphics card from 2018 still surpasses the M5 for gaming. The M5 Pro coming early next year will likely finally catch up with the 8-year-old 2080. I'm happy to hear your games work well for you, but it sounds like the games you're playing aren't demanding compared to modern AAA titles. Most games released in the last year or two don't run well on my 2080 test system at anything approaching decent graph…
A 2080 is about the same performance as a 5060 and every game is going to be able to run on a 5060. You might not be running it at 4K Ultra with ray tracing enabled but you should be able to run at like 1080p High or better.
Whether or not the M5 GPU is actually capable of that level of performance or whether the drivers will let it reach its potential is of course a completely different story. GPU performance is hard to estimate based on raw specs, you just have to run benchmarks and see what you end up with.
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#276Someone I know saw the 14" starts from $1,599 and the 16" starts at $2,499, and quipped "The most expensive 2 inches ever." However, it is not just because of the larger display. M5 14" starts at: 10-Core CPU 10-Core GPU 16GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage M5 16" starts at: 14-Core CPU 20-Core GPU 24GB Unified Memory 512GB SSD Storage So it's the cost of 4x more core CPU, 10x (double) the core GPU, and +8GB memory.
The 16" doesn't offer the M5(yet), rather the M4 Pro and Max CPUs. Difference also is higher number of performance cores vs efficiency cores and memory bandwidth is significantly higher in the M4 lines(273 and 410 GB/s) versus the M5(153 GB/s).
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#277Earlier quoted context omitted.
For tablets, at least with T-Mobile, for $25 you get unlimited data. You only get a limited amount of tethering data.
T-mobile is so scammy, though. Have you been keeping up with all the lawsuits against them in the US?
All carriers are scammy in their own way
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#278Earlier quoted context omitted.
T-mobile is so scammy, though. Have you been keeping up with all the lawsuits against them in the US?
All carriers are scammy in their own way
So, maybe don't do business with the worst of them? Of the big 3 in the US, T-Mobile is the one I'd avoid right now.
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#279Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
That has terrible ergonomics for anyone using a non-US keyboard, though - the backtick is immediately above the option key so to hit together with CMD requires clawing together your thumb and little finger. GNOME does this much better, as it instead uses Super+ . In the US, that remains ` but elsewhere it's so much better than on MacOS.
> That has terrible ergonomics for anyone using a non-US keyboard, though - the backtick is immediately above the option key so to hit together with CMD requires clawing together your thumb and little finger.
That's true, hence why I remap it to a "proper" key, above Tab with:
$ cat ~/Scripts/keyboard_remapping.sh
#!/bin/bash
hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":
[{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000064,
"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000035},
{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000035,
"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x7000000E1}]
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#280To 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…
Yes, macOS sucks compared to Linux, but the m chip gets absolutely incredible battery life, whereas the framework gets terrible battery life. I still use my framework at work though.
Yes, there is a dilemma in the Linux space. But is running Linux on a MacBook a viable option these days? Is Ashahi Linux solid enough?
I much prefer a framework and the repairability aspect. However, if it's going to sound like a jet engine and have half the battery life of a new m series Mac. Then I feel like there's really no option if I want solid battery life and good performance.
Mac has done a great job here. Kudos to you, Mac team!