Re:M1 Macs: Truth and Truthiness
by bschne on Thursday December 03, 2020 @08:47AM
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I think this is often about the experience of using it as opposed to raw compute performance benchmarks (even if M1 does excel in those). In many cases, be it because of integration, more care about design, or whatever, the apple experience feels more... snappy? Smooth? It's hard to put a finger on what exactly leads to this, and it may also be about the combination of many small details.
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Re:M1 Macs: Truth and Truthiness
by user-the-name on Thursday December 03, 2020 @08:53AM
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Apple phones are faster both in subjective experience and objective benchmarks.
Snapdragon 8x5 CPUs have been fast enough for a while now, and you wouldn't notice a difference as long as you run a decent flavor of Android. However you can notice a faster screen refresh rate, and high end Android wins there. I wouldn't trade 90 (or 120hz) screens for a faster CPU.
Re:M1 Macs: Truth and Truthiness
by user-the-name on Thursday December 03, 2020 @09:23AM
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But crucially, nowhere near as fast as iPhones: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/iphone-12-benchmarks-this-des...
Re:M1 Macs: Truth and Truthiness
by perryizgr8 on Thursday December 03, 2020 @08:56AM
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In my experience that's not true. A Note20 ultra feels much faster and smoother to use than Iphone 12 pro.
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I think it's a bit of both... I don't doubt for a second that Apple creating both the CPU and Software together are why the X86 emulation is as good as it is.
I'm actually thinking about getting one of these as I've been without a personal laptop for a while now. That said, I'm waiting for Docker support to get flushed out a bit more as I wouldn't mind getting work done. I am interested on how the really high performance ram effects my workflows, as I've often gone over 16gb as a sticking point, got my work laptop upgraded to 32gb earlier in the year and my personal desktop is at 64gb.
I'm not sure it will replace my r9-3950X desktop for getting things done, but it's absolutely compelling for its' space. I swore off macs for a while now, and this might pull me back in.