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14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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1. You can still charge over USB-C. (The 16" cannot charge at full speed over USB-C, because it charges at 140W which is more than USB PD can currently deliver. But it will still charge to full, just slower.) 2. The other side of the cable is USB-C.

If 140MW is more than USB PD can deliver, then how can the other side of the cable be USB-C?

With the other end being MagSafe apple has no need to adhere to usb pd specs.

Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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I mean, yeah. You're not going to be running anything 32-bit, and you can't use OpenGL or Vulkan, which already rules out a decent handful of workflows (including but not limited to my own). On top of that, there's legendary Docker issues that plague pretty much anything running MacOS, and there still isn't a competitive, complete package manager. eGPUs are almost completely off the table, and if they do work you won…

OpenGL still works on the M1 (Apple designed their own GL-over-Metal driver), albeit with the OpenGL version limitations from modern macOS in general. Vulkan works over MoltenVK. Other than old games, I'm not sure why 64-bit only is an issue. I've not hit any Docker-on-macOS issues with what I've used it for, at least.

Is MoltenVK usable right now? I was under the impression that it's a loooooooong ways behind DXVK in it's current state.

Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. You can still charge over USB-C. (The 16" cannot charge at full speed over USB-C, because it charges at 140W which is more than USB PD can currently deliver. But it will still charge to full, just slower.) 2. The other side of the cable is USB-C.

If 140MW is more than USB PD can deliver, then how can the other side of the cable be USB-C?

It’s non-conformant, presumably.

There’s no real problem making a charger than can deliver more than the spec allows, but you wouldn’t be able to use it with a C-C cable. This isn’t one.

Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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Much has already been said about this, but this achievement of shipping a MBP that pro users seem to love is a triumph of user feedback over design purity. I suspect that Jony Ives’ departure may have facilitated this. I suspect it will be a breakout success and I aspire to contribute to their sales figures some day. Of all of Apple’s revenue streams I know their pro products are now merely an afterthought, but they…

Whilst an afterthought, the kinds of people who buy Pros are the kind of people who decide on the tech for their wider families.

Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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Do ARM compatibility issues still exist?

youtube-dl didn't work when I tried it 3 weeks ago

YouTube dl is just python, whether or not it runs just depends on whether or not python’s interpreter runs on ARM, which it definitely does.

Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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Much has already been said about this, but this achievement of shipping a MBP that pro users seem to love is a triumph of user feedback over design purity. I suspect that Jony Ives’ departure may have facilitated this. I suspect it will be a breakout success and I aspire to contribute to their sales figures some day. Of all of Apple’s revenue streams I know their pro products are now merely an afterthought, but they…

What's amusing about the "design purity" is this is basically (from an externals point of view) an upgraded PowerBook G4. Good design isn't limited to "make it look as much like a thin sheet of metal as possible".

Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. You can still charge over USB-C. (The 16" cannot charge at full speed over USB-C, because it charges at 140W which is more than USB PD can currently deliver. But it will still charge to full, just slower.) 2. The other side of the cable is USB-C.

If 140MW is more than USB PD can deliver, then how can the other side of the cable be USB-C?

Extended Power Range gets you 240W: https://usb.org/document-library/usb-type-cr-cable-and-conne...

Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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Of course. Any time you try to run a non-ARM binary on an ARM CPU without some form of translation or emulation, it will fail. This is also true for any other CPU architecture. If you want to know about specific compatibility issues, I'm happy to try to help as I've been using an M1 Air as my daily driver for many months now.

Did they finally get Docker working on the M1 chips?

Native ARM containers work but there are various things that break with Docker x86 emulation, eg with Node.
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