Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra

Post by whatsThisBtn4 » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 7:41 PM UTC

reaperducer wrote: post #462

bayindirh wrote: post #117

I know, this is a bit of a meaningless comment, but it's funny in a way. Feels like late 90s again: - Xiaomi: We have matched Apple in CPU performance. - Apple: *Meep Meep...*

Xiaomi: We have matched Apple in CPU performance. Apple: Meep Meep... This seems to happen repeatedly. Apple: Look at this cool new chip! Others: Look how we very slightly passed Apple (six months later, with worse thermals and power consumption) Apple: Look at this even cooler new chip!

Post by kwanbix » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 7:42 PM UTC

alluro2 wrote: post #523

I was blown away by M1 Pro, and used it for 4 years before it became a little sluggish, and replacing it with an Asus S16 running on Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (an excellent laptop). One of the main reasons was missing my old Linux setup. I've briefly tested M5 Pro in an Apple store and was surprised by how quick it felt and did anything. A tangible and significant difference, and I really feel it would be good getting it, or…

Post by whatsThisBtn4 » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC

cyanydeez wrote: post #241

giwook wrote: post #237

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It's interesting to see how defensive some of these pro-China posters get on HN and elsewhere. I'm genuinely curious why there seems to be an inferiority complex here with respect to America/American companies.

I find pro apple comments funnier; but you know, everyones got their own rose colored glasses.

Post by als0 » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC

boredtofears wrote: post #533

alluro2 wrote: post #523

I was blown away by M1 Pro, and used it for 4 years before it became a little sluggish, and replacing it with an Asus S16 running on Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (an excellent laptop). One of the main reasons was missing my old Linux setup. I've briefly tested M5 Pro in an Apple store and was surprised by how quick it felt and did anything. A tangible and significant difference, and I really feel it would be good getting it, or…

Weird, I'm still using my M1 Pro and it feels just as fast as it always has. MacOS feels almost identical to me as it did 5 years ago, too, except the ugly icon change.

Post by Lukas_Skywalker » Tue, Aug 25, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC

saturn8601 wrote: post #448

VCFundedGenYer wrote: post #347

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To be fair, the Zune actually was a better media player than the ipod in almost every way. That wasn't a false statement. The issue was the abysmal marketing and "me too" attitude Microsoft had (and still has).

I recall reading this story of some user doing a sync with Zune on their new computer. The computer had no songs on it and the Zune synced with that machine and wiped all the existing music off his Zune without warning him(or something like that its been years). I recall thinking, yep thats Microsoft. And to this day I still encounter dumb ways of thinking in many of their products. The endless negative stories I hea…