M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Performance

Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by nvarsj on Friday November 05, 2021 @04:57AM (#29116882)

Don't you think it's deserved? I haven't seriously used a macbook in nearly a decade now but the M1 is making me consider buying one. Desktop class performance in a laptop with very long battery life is just amazing. The only thing stopping me is OS X. Using it is super painful for me - it doesn't even have basic snap to edge or split window functionality. My workflow is heavily dependent on tiling WMs and it would affect my productivity.

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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by BigJ1211 on Friday November 05, 2021 @09:52AM (#29119222)

You can run linux on it if you want, for most productivity related issues there are open source tools like [Rectangle](https://rectangleapp.com) for what you're talking about.

other tools like the Dash app are also amazing tools to speed up the development process. It will take some getting used to moving from Windows and to a far lesser extent linux, however with the right tools for the job you will end up being more productive and less frustrated. Especially compared to Windows.

Unless I need something that specifically only runs on Windows, I would use Mac/Linux over it any day of the week. For productivity it's Mac > Linux >>> Windows for me.

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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by mracette on Friday November 05, 2021 @08:39AM (#29118344)

This app changes everything https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12

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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by EricE on Friday November 05, 2021 @08:06PM (#29126057)

Rectangle is another great window snapping tool - couldn't live without it.

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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by weatherlight on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:00AM (#29119330)

i was using hyperdock for this and it stopped working, just installed this and it works great! on both the M! macs and my work intel machine

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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by ebawho44 on Friday November 05, 2021 @05:19AM (#29117008)

https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst I haven't used it myself however

and https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204948

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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by nvarsj on Friday November 05, 2021 @05:31AM (#29117072)

Yeah I'm familiar with what is in OS X, I have had to use it a few times for work. The fullscreen approach is very clunky. And the window animations are incredibly slow. I'm used to dynamically moving windows around and tiling things quickly. I tried using yabai but it was so slow and buggy there was no point. I think magnet/rectangle helps but it is still a subpar experience.

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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by howinteresting on Friday November 05, 2021 @10:11AM (#29119499)

I tried getting Macs to work for years with yabai etc and came to the same conclusion as you. It's garbage for my workflows. Linux is a million times better.

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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by nvarsj on Monday November 08, 2021 @04:15PM (#29154371)

I decided to get a fully spec'd out Thinkpad X13 AMD 2nd gen instead - 32gb ram, 1TB ssd, 8/16 cores, 16:10 2k screen. All for the whopping price of 1k GBP, a third the price of a similarly spec'd MBP.

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Re:M1 Pro First Impressions: Core Management and CPU Perform... by littlecranky67 on Friday November 05, 2021 @08:43AM (#29118384)

BetterTouchTool gets you that, along with a lot of other productivity features.

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