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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: 0s | source
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ChrisMarshallNY ◴[12 Nov 20 02:23 UTC] No.25065711[source]▶
I am really looking forward to where this goes.

That said, I am definitely waiting for at least one generation to pass before I jump on the train.

I’ve been through this before. It will be great, but Apple is a master at smoke & mirrors. Things will not go as smoothly as the sizzle reels make it seem.

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Aperocky ◴[12 Nov 20 02:30 UTC] No.25065769[source]▶
I'm hoping that at least the basics will be here (posix shell, vim, browser, etc), I won't need anything else for a long long time.
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rvz ◴[12 Nov 20 03:46 UTC] No.25066189[source]▶
Like the grandparent comment, I would avoid this M1 Macbook since the developer ecosystem is still unsupported by it. Take this for example: https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/4733

Docker still doesn't run on Apple Silicon Macs, so the migration path is already disrupted here.

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robertoandred ◴[12 Nov 20 05:14 UTC] No.25066707{3}[source]▶
You say “still” as if Apple silicon Macs are more than a day old.
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totalZero ◴[12 Nov 20 06:37 UTC] No.25067114{4}[source]▶
Developers were able to start working on Apple Silicon software several months ago.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/06/apple-announces-mac-t...

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1. imtringued ◴[12 Nov 20 13:37 UTC] No.25069673{5}[source]▶
The DTK doesn't support virtualization. The final product might.