MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch

Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by Toutouxc on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:01PM (#28908654)

I won't be getting one, because the M1 Air is currently more than enough for comfortable webdev, but I'm genuinely happy for people who will be getting one, because those things are incredible!

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by H12 on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:18PM (#28911104)

My first hope is that the Pro line leads to more ubiquitous ARM support for professional software tools.

I'm lucky that most of my WebDev workflow works fine on M1, but there are those rare instances I bump into something that doesn't work quite right. And unfortunately, these instances tend to be pretty frustrating.

My second hope is that more ubiquitous ARM support lights a fire under other CPU designers to build better high-performance ARM chips for other desktop operating systems. I've been interested in switching to Linux for some time, but the hardware/performance of my M1 Air simply has no real competition at the moment.

An ARM-powered Framework laptop running Arch is my dream.

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by agandy on Monday October 18, 2021 @08:07PM (#28913440)

Are there any recent examples of web development things that haven't worked right on the M1? I'm looking to upgrade but am worried about this.

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by johncalvinyoung on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:27PM (#28914551)

Node 14 won't compile natively on arm64 right now. Though I do understand it's installable with Rosetta.

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by francislata on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:06PM (#28908823)

This is me too! I’m content with the M1 chip for mobile and ML development. I know this machine of mine will last a few years before it needs an upgrade!

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by aaaaaaaaaaab on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:08PM (#28908875)

Don’t worry, webdevs around the world will do their best to hasten it as much as possible!

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by laurent92 on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:38PM (#28909541)

I think every React component should be a docker vm.

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by jmkni on Monday October 18, 2021 @04:04PM (#28910871)

Same, I have the 13" M1 Pro and I don't regret it.

I don't.

I don't regret it...

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by comeonseriously on Monday October 18, 2021 @02:39PM (#28909564)

So true. Maybe the refreshed Air in a few months will have more ports and be an even better value (relatively speaking).

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch by mproud on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @02:40AM (#28927499)

Yes. Agreed.

Most people do not need the new notebooks. They would be content with the Air and the 13-inch Pro.

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