Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in performance and AI compute

Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by ant6n on Thursday August 27, 2026 @02:20AM (#49460574)

If you have to use specialized software to make your system snappy, then it is, as a system, not snappy. The attitude about the MacBook is that it never slows down … what, unless you use MS office?

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Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by unsnap_biceps on Friday August 28, 2026 @07:50PM (#49485564)

my point was I'm not using specialized software, I'm using the software shipped with the system. MS Office isn't Apple Software, so holding apple responsible for Microsoft code quality seems counter to your first point.

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Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by ant6n on Saturday September 05, 2026 @04:42AM (#49574536)

If I have Office stuff open and the whole system crawls, then the system isn’t snappy.

It’s like the claim is “get a Mac and you’ll never see a slow down ever again! Just as long as you run software that won’t make the whole system come to a crawl”

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Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by jen20 on Saturday August 29, 2026 @06:49PM (#49494022)

Quite a stretch to call the browser and email client that ships with the OS “specialized”.

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Re:Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra for a big leap in perfor... by ant6n on Saturday September 05, 2026 @04:35AM (#49574470)

Only using built in software is indeed a specialized use case for an OS. The point of an OS is to run any software.

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