The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9

Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by tambourine_man on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:08PM (#27362641)

To be fair, it's probably not the CPU that's making their computer feel slow. Most likely, the lack of SSD and small amount of RAM.

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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by gambiting on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:20PM (#27362738)

No joke. I still daily use a 2008 MacBook Pro(with a Core2Duo CPU), with an SSD and 8GB of ram and that machine is perfectly fine for what I need it for - browsing the web, replying to emails, listening to Spotify, watching YouTube/Netlix. And people have bought a 2019 iMac with a normal 1TB 5400rpm HDD(!!!!!) And complain that it's slow. Yeah, of course it is, but it has nothing to do with the CPU in there.

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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by failwhaleshark on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:31PM (#27362803)

I gave a responsible, sane but poor elderly homeless guy I was acquainted with a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012), chargers, and canoeing dry bag. The MBP was originally a base 4 GiB and 500 HDD that, at some point, I upgraded to 16 and 480 SSD (OWC when it was $1.5k) + 500 HDD - optical.

OSes, platform toolchains, and apps need to prioritize UX (UI response time and time-to-first-window) to lessen the perception and the reality of waiting on apps doing unimportant activities rather than appearing and beginning interaction.

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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by tambourine_man on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:29PM (#27362792)

Yeap. It helps that Intel has missed the ball in the last 5 years or so. And tech savvy users are used to watching CPU/RAM usage, which helps a lot too.

My wife had a “my computer is slow” issue the other day. Fans blowing like crazy, extremely hot, battery draining fast. Turns out, lsof was stuck on some corrupt preferences file. Killed the process and file and all was fine. Regular people lack the tools to diagnose the problem and just deal with it, restart or buy a new one. We really should make diagnosing easier.

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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by failwhaleshark on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:33PM (#27362814)

Replace Geek Squad with a very small (AI/ML) script.

No, seriously. Once the root cause is found, humanize the description of the problem and ask the user what they want to do about it.

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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by eli on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:50PM (#27362972)

Have you seen the software the Apple Genius Bar uses to troubleshoot problems? It’s all scripted out with lots of automation.

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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by failwhaleshark on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:01PM (#27363049)

Actually, no, I never use them.

I bet they would to reduce labor costs.

Desktop Reliability Engineering ;-)

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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by failwhaleshark on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:22PM (#27362748)

https://youtu.be/H7PJ1oeEyGg

https://web.archive.org/web/20110703091817/http://buyafuckin...

The memory hierarchy of a modern CPU with spinning rust might as well be the Parker Solar Probe waiting on a sea anemone.

I am remiss how someone these days can buy a laptop with spinning rust and 4 GiB and then complain it's "slow." Maybe they should've bought a real laptop for real work that's repairable and upgradable?

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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by tambourine_man on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:36PM (#27362834)

>repairable and upgradable

Unfortunately, the best ones aren't anymore.

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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by alpaca128 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:10PM (#27363142)

Those aren't the best ones then.

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Re:The Apple M1 compiles Linux 30% faster than my Intel i9 by failwhaleshark on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @08:00PM (#27363040)

Marketing "the best" (most expensive / newest) aren't the best, for most purposes.

I bought a T480 with dual batteries that does run for 10 hours. It has a 2 TiB SSD and 32 GiB. Works fine for me. Water-resistant, repairable, awesome keyboard, and MIL-SPEC drop rated too. Optional magnesium display top assembly cover.

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