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Apple Silicon M1 chip in MacBook Air outperforms high-end 16-inch MacBook Pro

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1080 points antipaul | 2 comments | 12 Nov 20 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.418s | source
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boromi ◴[12 Nov 20 04:27 UTC] No.25066439[source]▶
I'm curious for Windows users what can we hope for from Arm/AMD? It's kind of depressing seeing how well Apple and their ecosystem is coming along. Being able to run apps natively on your laptop sounds amazing. Android and Windows are far away from that level of cohesion. There's Phone Link, but running apps using that is clunky and slow.
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gjsman-1000 ◴[12 Nov 20 04:30 UTC] No.25066463[source]▶
I think there is also a moral angle that disturbs Windows fans to this as well: This is validation that Apple's heavy-handed walled-garden approach can, in fact, work and even sometimes beat an open ecosystem. That's freaky.
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mirthflat83 ◴[12 Nov 20 04:44 UTC] No.25066534[source]▶
Not really. Apple is one of the few companies that invests in this kind of cohesive experience. It didn’t come out of the blue. Doubt Windows does much in this regard given their atrocious UX
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1. boromi ◴[12 Nov 20 05:08 UTC] No.25066668[source]▶
It says something, but for the first time in about a decade, I actually want to get an iPhone and ditch Android. This is coming from someone who used to rock all the Lumia phones. The last straws for me are usb-c and no notch. The next iPhone that has these updates I'll end up purchasing. I'll likley miss the integration of Windows Phone Link, but I can live without that.
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2. fastball ◴[12 Nov 20 06:58 UTC] No.25067222[source]▶
Next iPhone probably no charge port at all.

I was hoping for USB-C too, but I bought the 12 Pro anyway.