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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 | 4 comments | 12 Nov 20 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.504s | source
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faitswulff ◴[12 Nov 20 04:22 UTC] No.25066407[source]▶
This really flips the argument that Mac hardware is overpriced and underpowered on its head. Now Apple computers are a premium product from a performance perspective, as well.
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1. jariel ◴[12 Nov 20 05:28 UTC] No.25066772[source]▶
This is salient, and almost upsetting frankly as I (and others?) have been looking for a 'way off' the platform after years of grievance. This is might just be good enough to keep their core platform value in place. It's a shrewd move in their part, it's been a while since we've seen this level of core innovation on their non-iOS offers.
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2. acomjean ◴[12 Nov 20 05:47 UTC] No.25066863[source]▶
It’s a huge problem for open computing to be sure.

This isn’t risk free, issues having to do with supply and process and frankly geopolitics can cause problems. But it looks like they’re off to a good start.

3. hackerfromthefu ◴[12 Nov 20 07:23 UTC] No.25067355[source]▶
I'd expect their performance features, such as the wide execution and L2 etc, to be copied by amd/intel within a couple of years.
4. bsaul ◴[12 Nov 20 08:00 UTC] No.25067560[source]▶
same feeling here. It seems that we'll soon have to choose between freedom on one side vs performance ( inaddition to good UX, which is today's tradeoff).

i was hoping for a good ios opensource replacement, i guess now i'll soon have to wait for a good laptop competitor as well.

I feel like i'm stuck in a jail made out of gold.