How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS

Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by varispeed on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:33AM (#27182714)

People say that Ryzen is faster - but if it has a fan, then this is a deal breaker. I have become so annoyed by fans I often just stop work when they start whirling, go make a coffee etc. It seems like M1 is now the only laptop that can let you work in silence and be productive.

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by deepdmistry on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:00AM (#27183491)

usernanme checks out :)

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by varispeed on Monday May 17, 2021 @10:45AM (#27184016)

Wow I am fluttered

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by varispeed on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @04:41AM (#27192447)

I guess only the tape heads would understand that...

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by CyberDildonics on Monday May 17, 2021 @11:21AM (#27184457)

If fans are keeping you from working it might be time for water cooling or ear plugs.

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by wildrhythms on Monday May 17, 2021 @11:03PM (#27190831)

I could appreciate this take if it wasn't for constantly getting side-eyed in a meeting room while my 16-inch MBP is blasting off because I forgot to close out a twitch.tv browser tab.

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by theresAt on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:38AM (#27182751)

M1 will soon have a fan due to the overheating issue.

Although I imagine given how slow the response was on the butterfly keyboard issue it might be a few years out.

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by coldtea on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:42AM (#27182782)

What overheating issue?

There isn't one in M1.

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by kllrnohj on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:50AM (#27182829)

There isn't any thermal slowdowns on the M1 devices with a fan, no. The only M1 device without a fan shows thermal limitations, though.

Not an overheating issue, no, but the M1 still benefits from a fan, and obviously whatever Apple does in a Mac Pro class machine will also have a fan. They aren't going to keep at ~25W in a full size desktop, that'd be nonsense.

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by gjsman-1000 on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:55AM (#27182864)

Only if you run it at 100% for like half an hour and even then the throttling is so minor that most reviewers said to not buy the MBP for a fan.

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by toast0 on Monday May 17, 2021 @12:55PM (#27185572)

When was the last time Apple made anything with good thermal design?

The M1 is designed for this. Wide cores that do a lot per clock, but can't be clocked high is perfect, because Apple would rather not clock high. Intel and AMD are still fighting the MHz wars, and can't release a core design that doesn't approach 5 GHz, even if the lower power chips won't.

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Re:How M1 Macs feel faster than Intel models: it’s about QoS by gjsman-1000 on Monday May 17, 2021 @08:54AM (#27182855)

What overheating issue? There isn’t one.

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