Linux on a MacBook Pro (M1 Pro): How Good Is Asahi Now?

Re:Linux on a MacBook Pro (M1 Pro): How Good Is Asahi Now? by jwells89 on Saturday September 16, 2023 @06:23PM (#37539374)

There's very little comparable in the non-Mac world when it comes to battery life, no performance penalty for not being tethered, and heat/fan noise, mainly.

I've looked. There's a couple that are kinda in the same realm if you squint but come with tradeoffs like having to keep the CPU throttled to get anywhere near the advertised battery life.

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Re:Linux on a MacBook Pro (M1 Pro): How Good Is Asahi Now? by manderley on Saturday September 16, 2023 @08:11PM (#37540169)

But that doesn't apply at all if you're a Linux user?

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Re:Linux on a MacBook Pro (M1 Pro): How Good Is Asahi Now? by jwells89 on Saturday September 16, 2023 @08:14PM (#37540186)

I’ve read that battery life for Linux on M-series is still a good deal better than on quite a few other laptops despite it being non-optimal.

There are also those using macOS on their MacBooks until Linux gets good enough to daily drive.

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Re:Linux on a MacBook Pro (M1 Pro): How Good Is Asahi Now? by jakobson14 on Sunday September 17, 2023 @08:19PM (#37550755)

asahi's power management has improved by leaps and bounds. you'll never get the same kind of performance or battery life (and especially in combination) on any x86 laptop running windows or linux

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