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Re: Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in

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Post by dwaite »

whoisburbansky wrote: post #73
musicale wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I can't use my OS of choice on it, I can't use my software of choice on it, I can't upgrade or fix anything on it, and I can't trust the swap to not shred the SSD. If your OS of choice is (Windows/Linux), Apple doesn't have a strong incentive to support it. If your software of choice is x86 Docker, Apple doesn't have a strong incentive to support it. As a company that makes money from hardware sales and prioritizes…

Isn't the SSD on the M1s soldered on, like all the other components? Replacing it would involve replacing the entire motherboard, right, or am I missing something?

Yep. I would expect them to either send it off for a logic board replacement or offer you an equivalent model if they have one in stock.

Re: Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in

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Post by JoeMayoBot »

Good read for me - just bought a MacBook Pro M1. After years of working on Windows, this is my primary development machine now. Still learning and making adjustments. Doing all JavaScript/TypeScript/React work in VS Code. Using VS for Mac for .NET work, which is an adjustment, but working so far - they're working on better M1 support in the .NET 6 timeframe, which is in preview 1 right now:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-20...

Re: Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in

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Post by brokenmachine »

folkrav wrote: post #21
smoldesu wrote: post #15

Honestly, I'm starting to understand Louis Rossman's indifference towards these computers. In one of his most recent streams, someone asked him what he thought about the M1 Macs, and he simply responded "it's faster than the last computer Apple made", which summed up a lot of how I feel about it too. I'm saying this as my M1 Macbook Air sits on a shelf collecting dust a few feet away from me, which is definitely not…

I'm getting the feeling the first gen M1's was about dipping their toes, just launching the line and getting people ready for the transition. There are still rough edges, very popular pieces of software still haven't been ported over, and they definitely have some limitations (you're not the first I hear talk about issues with multiple external monitors, IIRC). I'm fairly certain that first generation was more about…

And I can presume that Apple mentioned all of that in the keynote?? They did, right?

Re: Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in

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Post by brokenmachine »

lostmsu wrote: post #84
smoldesu wrote: post #15

Honestly, I'm starting to understand Louis Rossman's indifference towards these computers. In one of his most recent streams, someone asked him what he thought about the M1 Macs, and he simply responded "it's faster than the last computer Apple made", which summed up a lot of how I feel about it too. I'm saying this as my M1 Macbook Air sits on a shelf collecting dust a few feet away from me, which is definitely not…

Exactly same for me. I am looking with wolf's eyes at the M1 and A14X performance. Desperately want it... in my Android phone, where I can install Firefox with uBlock Origin, and in my Windows laptop, that has a touchscreen and has no problems connecting external displays.

Me too. I will never buy a Mac, but I'm hoping the good things about M1 will influence the industry for PCs that I would actually pay for.

A fanless laptop would be great.

Re: Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in

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Post by brokenmachine »

imbnwa wrote: post #45
rvz wrote: post #17

> I like bleeding-edge technology, and I had to use preview versions of some software, but had no major issues in my typical workflow. Those who are in the music production industry would say otherwise, especially those who like using Ableton Live. They got burned on the '64 bit-only' software move from Mojave to Catalina and now they are getting burned again for the hardware move to M1. Not surprised why I see them…

This is actually partly why I moved to Logic from Ableton. I plan on staying with Mac (I just can't do Windows unless I need Skyrim with all the f'n mods), so might as well use the software that will be highly available on it.

I don't know the numbers but Ableton would be losing a huge percentage of their market if they stopped supporting Mac. I can't imagine them doing that, ever.

God I wish they would support Linux. I understand why they don't however. I would dearly love to leave Windows but Apple is not an option.

Re: Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in

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Post by brokenmachine »

Shadonototro wrote: post #32

Same here, i'm loving my M1 To the detractors, you better ask your favorite laptop company to step up their game instead of being jealous at apple and M1 in particular PS: i'm not talking about microsoft people, or maybe i am :D Bonus: https://twitter.com/NovallSwift/status/1356111709602160640

>instead of being jealous at apple

Believe me, I'm not jealous. It's baffling to me that anyone would buy Apple's consumer-hostile disposable crap.

Re: Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in

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Post by mpweiher »

dolni wrote: post #13

As an outsider looking in, it's hard to take this post seriously. There are biases evident, the most glaring of which is the proclamation that "all of my software 'just works'" followed by a laundry list of software for which beta versions had to be installed in order to be functional at all (including Docker). It's frankly surprising to me how many hoops people are willing to jump through to use an Apple machine whe…

> biases ...glaring..."all my software just works" ... install beta

I don't even see a contradiction there, never mind "glaring biases".

I had pretty much the same experience as the author of TFA. For example, I wanted to have Docker installed. I went to their website and found the M1 native beta. I installed it and since then it has just worked™, to the point that my Dockerfiles now build ARM-native containers. And apparently it also runs x86 containers, though I haven't tried that.

When it comes to third party software that was one of the "toughest".

Re: Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in

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Post by folkrav »

brokenmachine wrote: post #93
folkrav wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm getting the feeling the first gen M1's was about dipping their toes, just launching the line and getting people ready for the transition. There are still rough edges, very popular pieces of software still haven't been ported over, and they definitely have some limitations (you're not the first I hear talk about issues with multiple external monitors, IIRC). I'm fairly certain that first generation was more about…

And I can presume that Apple mentioned all of that in the keynote?? They did, right?

I mean, is every company required to tell you every single line of their tactical decisions? They presented a product, that product has specifications. As a customer you're free to check out the specifications, and buy the product or not based on these specifications meeting your requirements or not. Software not being ready was a given, it's literally a new architecture, it's hardly the first time this happens in computing history, and definitely not the first time for Apple. What's the problem here, what did you expect them to say in said keynote?

Re: Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in

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Post by Shadonototro »

brokenmachine wrote: post #96
Shadonototro wrote: post #32

Same here, i'm loving my M1 To the detractors, you better ask your favorite laptop company to step up their game instead of being jealous at apple and M1 in particular PS: i'm not talking about microsoft people, or maybe i am :D Bonus: https://twitter.com/NovallSwift/status/1356111709602160640

>instead of being jealous at apple Believe me, I'm not jealous. It's baffling to me that anyone would buy Apple's consumer-hostile disposable crap.

disposable crap?

i own an iPhone 5 since day 1, and it still works perfectly fine today, even the battery

go ask samsung, acer or toshiba if you want to complain about "disposable crap"

Re: Using Apple Silicon (M1) as a cloud engineer, two months in

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Post by eschaton »

smoldesu wrote: post #44
marricks wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple launch M1 for their smallest cheapest computers first, if you want drive multiple screens you are not their target audience. I think it's understandable devs are confused a bit, it's a flashy new thing and we want to try it, but it's not for power users. Another confusing aspect, at least to me, is it's stand out feature is battery life! We're all stuck at home though, so when is a charger more than 4 feet away…

I can only hope. It would also be nice to see proper Linux support, but I guess that's wishful thinking from Apple.

What would be the point of (and what even is) “proper Linux support?” It’s a Mac, why would you get it not to use as a Mac?
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