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Re: MacBook Air with M5

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Post by ProllyInfamous »

bhouston wrote: post #93

I love my MacBook Air 15" M3 so much. It is large fast and light. While I really appreciate the improved M5, my main ask is actually a brighter screen. The current 500 nits is a bit low if you are ever not in a dark room. Anyhow, because the differences between my M3 and the new M5 are just the CPU/GPU and I am not actually hurt much by the current CPU speed, I won't be upgrading.

I love mine as well... got it for $849 at CostCo, last year, in an astoundingly-awesome tax-free weekend sale, with 2%cashback.

Not really using it for anything demanding, mostly just listing to podcasts at night (the speakers are wonderful). Battery life is incredible. Screen mostly stays off, but is very clear — I can see the brightness being an issue if used outdoors/windowsun.

Re: MacBook Air with M5

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Post by cassepipe »

SXX wrote: post #448
cassepipe wrote: post #427

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Funny you should say that since my framework intel 12th gen just started dropping wifi/bluetooth randomly and one cpu starts looking for it frantically in a loop almost bringing the laptop to a crawl (it's very likely a hardware issue and not a linux issue)

Not saying Framework is perfect, but I daily drive Asahi on Mac and its just rough all very over. Dont get me wrong - Asahi is great undertaking and impressive work. Its just idea of buying hardware specifically to drive it is not rational. There is a lot of hardware with more compkete and stable Linux support.

Good to know as I have long hesitated to get my hand on refurbished M1 before opting for the framework. On the good side I was able to replace a bent frame and a broken display for a reasonable price instead of having a useless sitting duck/wondering how to use a broken laptop

Re: MacBook Air with M5

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Post by vladvasiliu »

JoshTriplett wrote: post #520
vladvasiliu wrote: post #516

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Isn't that the "modern standby" thing? Mine (p14sg6 intel) "works well" in that it suspends, wakes, etc (under linux, don't use windows enough on it to have formed an opinion). But it doesn't support S3 (suspend to ram), only s0ix: $ cat /sys/power/mem_sleep [s2idle]

In both cases, the peripherals are put to sleep, and the RAM goes into self-refresh mode. The main difference is that if there are any bugs, they can be fixed in the OS rather than the BIOS.

I haven't tried this much on this Lenovo laptop, but on my HP ones, both Intel and AMD, the main difference I notice under Windows is that the laptop stays warm to the touch in this mode, whereas in S3 on older machines it used to go cold. Additionally, with both Linux and Windows, the battery drains much more quickly compared to the old S3 mode (even though on Linux it gets cold to the touch).

The HP Intel is the one I use Windows most often on (since sleep is basically borked on Windows on the AMD one), and on that machine, I actually hear the fans running while in standby (it wasn't actually fully on, judging by the LED pulsating instead of being continuously on). Which is absurd, since the fans are hardly ever audible under Linux in normal office use.

Re: MacBook Air with M5

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Post by ohhnoodont »

zem wrote: post #115
nosioptar wrote: post #94

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Thinkpads have track points, macs don't. That benchmark is really important to me due to RSI. Track points save me a buttload of hand pain.

interesting, I had to stop using my trackpoint because it was giving me rsi in my index finger. the track pad hasn't given me any issues.

Same. I used to be ride-or-die for my Thinkpad Trackpoint™ keyboards, I even had an external USB one. Eventually I started to feel the RSI in the top of my hand. Haven't had any issues with a Macbook trackpad.

Re: MacBook Air with M5

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Post by alemanek »

PaulHoule wrote: post #229
std_move wrote: post #223

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Yeah, I am not a huge fan either. I would much prefer Linux or a very customized Windows. For instance, the inability to write to NTFS filesystems without addons is annoying. But I believe that for most users, the default MacOS experience is now much better than what Windows is with default settings.

On my Mac is is beachball… beachball… beachball… reboot… beachball… beachball… beachball.. you’d have thought somebody gets paid to make me watch the beachball for how much it happens. And this is a top of the line M4 mini with maxed out RAM and everything.

I use an M4 air with maxed out RAM for software development and it has no issues.

I think you might have a bad one. See if support will do anything for you this is not normal.

Re: MacBook Air with M5

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Post by winrid »

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #491
winrid wrote: post #313

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It's a toss up. Works great on my 2017 X1 Extreme. Doesn't work on old 4th Gen i3/i5 E550 thinkpads I refurbish, etc.

Dang :( So what’s your opinion on the beefiest laptop money can buy (NVIDIA based for CUDA) that supports Linux the best?

I'd consider System76 in that case, I don't think their fit and finish is known for being top tier but the specs are pretty good. Also maybe framework? The thinkpads and dells are probably mostly fine, you can always return it if it doesn't work.

Re: MacBook Air with M5

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Post by oblio »

cromka wrote: post #472
oblio wrote: post #468

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I'm actually not an Apple user but I've seen them do their thing for close to 30 years now. Apple is notoriously a control freak. They want to control the hardware, they way to control the software, they want to control the services, they want to control the entire experience. What you're saying goes against everything they stand for. Every time they open up, they do it because they're forced to. They moved away from…

> If anything, it's amazing that someone presumably technical can be "15 years into the ecosystem" and not understand these larger patterns so that I have to explain them like this :-) I don't talk to people this condescending.

You don't need to talk to them, it's perfect fine if you learn from them.

Re: MacBook Air with M5

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Post by ktallett »

cassepipe wrote: post #428
ktallett wrote: post #375

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Primitive in what sense though? As I have had one for longer than my Macbook lasted in the same situation, plus it is upgradeable as and when I choose. I loved apple of old, and the classic apple that was the framework of it's time regarding upgradeability, has long gone.

Framework owner here: The fw just does not feel as sturdy as a Macbook, it does the job and it's ok but not macbook grade. The framework feels like it's been built with just enough whereas the macbook feels strong and self-contained.

It doesn't feel as sturdy, but I have actually had less issues with it in the same amount of time, and each one I have been able to fix myself cheapily and easily. The Macbook does feel sturdy, but it is deceptive as one issue means the whole laptop is almost needing to be replaced which is not strong in reality.

Re: MacBook Air with M5

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Post by wisplike »

kintamanimatt wrote: post #471
wisplike wrote: post #263

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> I wish it was different Amen to that, my keyboard on my m1 air recently failed. I was horrified to find out it is literally riveted to the frame. I got this close to buying a new one. Something annoyed me about this perfectly good laptop being rendered compltely useless and I ended up buying a replacement keyboard, ripping out the old one and shimming this one with paper. Its not perfect but here I am typing from i…

How did it fail?

no idea, space started typing a "}" followed by a space. Few other keys started doing wonky things aswell.

Re: MacBook Air with M5

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Post by timothyduong »

IshKebab wrote: post #481
timothyduong wrote: post #272

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Just wait til she jumps on a windows 11 device! But I do agree with you. Thankfully it is minimal relative to windows.

Just install Windows IoT LTSC. Zero ads.

Tell that to your mum /. Family member who’s remote. Let me know how that goes
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