Re:Putting Linux on my RTX Spark laptop because I don't have...
by Grombobulous on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @01:20AM
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The problem is more holistic. It’s a buyer persona problem.
Even if your game is running natively and your anti-cheat is supported, you’d have gotten better performance on a Zephyrus G14/G16 for less money.
If you want to do local AI a MacBook Pro is either keeping up or going faster (faster memory bandwidth, token output writes faster), with faster single-core CPU performance as a bonus for general purpose snappiness.
In my eyes, the only buyer left is someone who can’t stand a MacBook Pro, or needs Nvidia/CUDA and a lot of VRAM.
To be more generous to the RTX Spark platform, it does seem to be priced head-to-head with Apple. I just think it has an uphill battle.
Even if your game is running natively and your anti-cheat is supported, you’d have gotten better performance on a Zephyrus G14/G16 for less money.
If you want to do local AI a MacBook Pro is either keeping up or going faster (faster memory bandwidth, token output writes faster), with faster single-core CPU performance as a bonus for general purpose snappiness.
In my eyes, the only buyer left is someone who can’t stand a MacBook Pro, or needs Nvidia/CUDA and a lot of VRAM.
To be more generous to the RTX Spark platform, it does seem to be priced head-to-head with Apple. I just think it has an uphill battle.