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Re:Apple Silicon M1: Black Magic Fuckery by dognotdog on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:32PM (#25204666)
I, too, am on 2014 hardware. The real step that would move me to update would be more RAM with the Apple Silicon. The last gen Intel hardware did offer 32GB of RAM, but not much else to justify the cost over a 6 year old precursor.
Re:Apple Silicon M1: Black Magic Fuckery by SulfurHexaFluri on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @11:14PM (#25205979)
Was planning on getting the pro 16 but the extra cost for 32gb is obscene. Ended up going with a dell xps 15 (still in shipping) which even has an option for 64gb at a reasonable price. Can't wait to get rid of this pro 13 which constantly overheats.
Re:Apple Silicon M1: Black Magic Fuckery by hans1729 on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @05:50AM (#25207882)
Hey man, I'm using the xps with 64 Gigs. Good luck with yours. It's a great laptop, but I can't wait for my m1 air with 16 gigs, because for mobility, I'm missing the outrageous stability that macos and Apples hardware are delivering. I'll keep the xps as a daily driver for work (wsl 2 and vscode are just unmet in apples ecosystem), but for the couch, conferences, trains etc., it's going to be the mba 100% of the time. Are you transitioning to windows?
Re:Apple Silicon M1: Black Magic Fuckery by SulfurHexaFluri on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @05:10PM (#25214851)
I had a dell xps 13 before running Linux and I really liked it but the screen was too small and I couldn't read the text while it was on my desk next to my main monitor.