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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Disruption by wait_a_minute on Sunday December 06, 2020 @09:50PM (#25328900)
Yeah, I push mine hard and it barely uses battery. I never hear the fan (I'm on the M1 MBP 13) and it remains cool to the touch. I was skeptical about it until I noticed that it stayed this way for...basically 13 hours when pushing it really hard and nearly the 20 hours they advertise when using it for browsing/email/videos.

That convinced me for sure.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Disruption by gabereiser on Monday December 07, 2020 @12:07AM (#25329482)
Yup, I've never experienced that before on any machine, Apple or otherwise. It's either you're tethered and burning your crotch or you're mobile and throttled. I haven't felt that yet with the M1 and my crotch stays cool.
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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Disruption by carlmr on Monday December 07, 2020 @01:05AM (#25329743)
I've been using Linux for a while, and I'm seriously considering jumping on the MBP M1 bandwagon.

I'm mostly afraid of all the Apple lock-in otherwise i might have bought in to the M1 already.

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Re:Apple Silicon M1 Disruption by GeekyBear on Monday December 07, 2020 @11:16AM (#25333540)
The bootloader is not locked.

There is already a crowdfunded attempt to port Linux to M1 led by a guy who previously ported Linux to jailbroken PS4 hardware.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/12/01/new-patreon-proje...

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