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Re:The computers are fast, but you don't know it by BeFlatXIII on Thursday June 16, 2022 @05:36PM (#31771282)
I have an M1 Air right I'm typing on right now and have not had any sluggishness concerns besides when switching between Spaces. Even that is more of a visual stutter instead of actually lagging to the point the animation takes longer than usual. This is the first thin & light computer I've owned that I'm 100% happy with its performance.
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Re:The computers are fast, but you don't know it by kllrnohj on Friday June 17, 2022 @02:32AM (#31774760)
The single slowest thing I ever experience on any computer at the moment is taking MacOS updates for my M1 Pro.

It's shocking how an OS update can still take upwards of an hour on what is otherwise such a fast system.

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Re:The computers are fast, but you don't know it by slotrans on Thursday June 16, 2022 @05:51PM (#31771434)
Switching between spaces on this M1 takes multiple seconds. It's almost unbearable.

My 8-core 64GB Windows machine fares no better.

Switching between OLVWM desktops on my 200MHz Pentium Pro twenty years ago was instantaneous.

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Re:The computers are fast, but you don't know it by aidos on Thursday June 16, 2022 @06:36PM (#31771862)
Weird. I don't use Spaces (this is the multiple desktops thing, right?) but I've just tried it and it's not laggy at all for me. I turn on the reduce motion thing, so it fades between them rather than swiping, but neither feel laggy.

(I'm on an M1 Air and I think the performance is great)

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Re:The computers are fast, but you don't know it by Aeolun on Friday June 17, 2022 @01:43AM (#31774493)
I’m fairly certain this is because the average quality of the people building this stuff has gone down.
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Re:The computers are fast, but you don't know it by saagarjha on Thursday June 16, 2022 @05:59PM (#31771514)
Any idea what it’s doing during those several seconds?
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Re:The computers are fast, but you don't know it by kaba0 on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:00PM (#31783498)
It’s just a too long animation.
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Re:The computers are fast, but you don't know it by BeFlatXIII on Friday June 17, 2022 @10:34AM (#31778813)
What are all the apps you have open? Perhaps your use case is far more memory-intensive than mine.
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