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Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by krisgenre »

lholden wrote: post #369
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 ended up doing something similar a few years ago. Picked up a MacBook Pro M1 Max back when the M1 stuff was new to replace an aging Lenovo running Linux. I actually really loved my Lenovo + Linux, but the M1 was new and shiny and I desperately wanted better battery life. The hardware was great, but life on a Mac always felt a bit convoluted. Updating the OS was especially frustrating as a software developer because…

Exactly! I too bought the M1 Macbook Air in 2021 because of its great battery life. I wanted a powerful device for hacking on personal projects at home (I use a Dell running Ubuntu at work) but every time I opened it there was always something frustrating about OS X that made it unsuitable for dev stuff (at least for me)

* Finder - this is my most hated piece of software. It doesn't display the full file path and no easy way to copy it

* I still haven't figured out how to do cut/paste - CMD + X didn't work for me

* No Virtualbox support for Apple Silicon (last checked 1 year ago)

* Weird bugs when running Rancher Desktop + Docker on Apple Silicon

But still Apple hardware is unbeatable. My 2015 Macbook pro lasted 10 years and the M1 is also working well even after 4 years.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by stefanfisk »

dwd wrote: post #475
NoPicklez wrote: post #393

I'm looking to upgrade from the 2013 Macbook Pro to the Macbook Air, I noticed that the pixels per inch are lower in the latest Macbook Air, but I assume that the display is overall better? Also, I read that the keyboard is slightly different between the Air and the Pro, I'm not a big fan of that chicklet design they released

Currently have a 14" M2 Pro and a 13" M4 Air in front of me. The Pro keyboard is loud and clicky and I much prefer the softer feel of the Air's. Its also half the weight and the battery seems to last twice as long. Screen is 3024x1964 @254 pixel density for the Pro. The Air says it is 2560x1664 @224 but interestingly if I do a full screenshot the resultant image is 2940x1912(?). The Air screen seems brighter, but who…

What’s the scale factor on the Air? IIRC macOS renders at 2X even when doing fractional scaling.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by KORraN »

happymellon wrote: post #392
KORraN wrote: post #279

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> 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, "H…

Hey guys, Linux is rubbish because you have to default to the command line just to get it to work properly...

Firstly, I have not complained about Linux, did I? Even more, I'm about to switch to Linux on my desktop, thanks to Microsoft and their EOS for "the last Windows version ever". Secondly, I suspect power users hardly ever find any OS perfect for their needs, there are always some customizations.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by eitland »

SomeUserName432 wrote: post #488
eitland wrote: post #238

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Only sometimes it doesn't work. (For me on a Norwegian keyboard it is CMD+ Specifically, sometimes it works with my Safari windows ans sometimes it doesn't. And sometimes when it doesn't work, Option+ But sometimes that doesn't work either and then I just have to swipe and slide or use alt-tab (yes, you can now install a program that gives you proper alt-tab, so I do not have to deal with this IMO nonsense, it just f…

> yes, you can now install a program that gives you proper alt-tab Have you tried any that actually delivered on what was promised? And actually replacing the alt-tab, not just adding yet-another-key-combination to use?

> Have you tried any that actually delivered on what was promised?

It absolutely does.

Maybe I should just switch to using it 100% of the time like on Windows. (I was trying to have it the KDE way: Yes, window based switching instead of App based, also an option to switch between windows from the same application.)

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by epolanski »

WXLCKNO wrote: post #114

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.

Eh, I have an m1 pro and it's definitely showing its age..

My colleagues on m3/m4 have a night and day difference in programming performance.

CPU, memory bandwidth, latencies, working on javascript projects that involve countless IOs on small files...It really shows. I can't wait for the upgrade.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by epolanski »

manquer wrote: post #421
Noaidi wrote: post #303

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I still have 94% of my battery health left on my 2020 M1, and I have all the speed I need as a casual, avergae user.

What magic are you and everyone else doing ? I already have only 92% on my less than year old M4 14inch Pro. I haven't booted up the older M1 recently to check, but I remember it was throwing replace battery warnings well before I got the upgrade and that I think that triggering below 80%.

1. I have 90 % on my m1 pro, bought in 2020 [1]

2. Batteries age faster in the beginning and then their ageing rate plateaus. It's the same for electric cars. E.g. a Tesla can lose 5% efficiency in the first 30k miles, but will lose the next 5% over 60k+.

https://i.imgur.com/ohRFtoO.png

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by epolanski »

ahmeneeroe-v2 wrote: post #338
Noaidi wrote: post #303

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I still have 94% of my battery health left on my 2020 M1, and I have all the speed I need as a casual, avergae user.

Crazy good. I only have 87% on mine and I think I got it in 2022 (M1 though)... I wonder if it's because I leave it plugged in so much.

I've got 90% on a 2020 bought one. I only plug it to charge it, rarely use it plugged.

But I'd say that how much it's used is also an important factor.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by happymellon »

KORraN wrote: post #493
happymellon wrote: post #392

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Hey guys, Linux is rubbish because you have to default to the command line just to get it to work properly...

Firstly, I have not complained about Linux, did I? Even more, I'm about to switch to Linux on my desktop, thanks to Microsoft and their EOS for "the last Windows version ever". Secondly, I suspect power users hardly ever find any OS perfect for their needs, there are always some customizations.

Ah sorry, knee jerk response.

So many comments about how Linux isn't ready because of some admin task requiring to run a CLI command.

Then Windows apologists tell you that actually all your problems are because you didn't edit your install ISO or pirate a IOT enterprise edition. Because that's normal behaviour.

And it's becoming more common with Macs. I remember Snow Leopard was genuinely amazing, and a massive improvement over everything else. I had high hopes after Mountain Lion that we would get a feature release and then a performance release, because the performance releases just made everything so much better. Alas I just seem to get more whitespace.

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by epolanski »

ksec wrote: post #156
Aurornis wrote: post #44

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Removing the charger is a good move, in my opinion. USB-C chargers are everywhere now. Monitors with USB-C or Thunderbolt inputs will charge your laptop, too. I bought a monitor that charges over the USB-C cable and I haven’t use the charger that came with the laptop in years because I have a smaller travel charger that I prefer for trips anyway. You don’t have to buy the premium Apple charger and cable. There are ma…

>USB-C chargers are everywhere now USB-C 15W Chargers may be everywhere, but higher power charger required for MacBook Pro is not. I would have agreed if the devices is using 10W or 20W where you could charge it slightly slower. Not for a 70W to 100W MacBook Pro though.

1. Premium phones and notebooks have been released with powerful chargers for years, so they are quite common in most households

2. a 15w charger will charge your macbook pro fine, slowly, but fine. I had to charge mine few times on a mobile one and you can work plugged or it will charge easy over night

Re: M5 MacBook Pro

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Post by epolanski »

jonplackett wrote: post #297
leakycap wrote: post #174

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You can't expect Apple to make an argument against their own chips... you're asking them to admit that they are making ~20% a year improvements when they want buyers to think it's a multiples-of-X improvement.

How did we already get to no-one being impressed by 20% better PER YEAR already. Macs barely got faster for ages with Intel - they just got hotter and shorter on battery life. 20% per year is a doubling every 4y. That is awesome.

It's impressive on a scale, but not to change laptop every few years.
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