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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: 0.2s | 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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delfinom ◴[12 Nov 20 13:42 UTC] No.25069725[source]▶
Apple is moving to basically ban non-Apple store installs of Mac software. It's been in progress the last few years but they are on the final stages of turning Macs into iPhones.

Gotta take their 30% cut of everyone's revenue.

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1. ralfd ◴[12 Nov 20 14:09 UTC] No.25069972[source]▶
In the release event they featured prominently Cable Sasser from Panic and an App which is not in the App Store.

https://twitter.com/cabel/status/1326271980081876992