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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 | 1 comments | 12 Nov 20 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | 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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torbital ◴[12 Nov 20 05:16 UTC] No.25066717[source]▶
But now they are locking down their software hard. So there is really no free lunch.
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avalys ◴[12 Nov 20 05:39 UTC] No.25066822[source]▶
In what respect is Apple “locking down their software hard” with respect to these new Macs?
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1. Polylactic_acid ◴[12 Nov 20 06:20 UTC] No.25067027[source]▶
Its likely the end of the days of installing an alternative OS. Bootcamp support has been dropped and Linux support will likely not exist.

And then there is the OS which is getting more and more locked down so that you can not run unsigned software without increasingly difficult workarounds.

On one hand, alternative OS support on macbooks has gotten worse and worse over the last few years but it is sad to see the final nail in the coffin.