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First Impressions: Lenovo T14s with Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM64 CPU

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213 points cnst | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 20:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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galkk ◴[15 Nov 24 21:33 UTC] No.42151363[source]▶
I love it(in context of FreeBSD):

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What does not work: Keyboard, mouse, TB & USB-C ports, thermal/freq mgt.

Conclusion: Highly recommended

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cnst ◴[15 Nov 24 22:12 UTC] No.42151800[source]▶
That was a bit ironic, indeed, but at least the USB-A works!

For what it's worth, the majority of mechanical RGB keyboards and mice are USB-A anyways, so, if you're fine with a very powerful machine that wouldn't have an internal keyboard support for a few weeks, sounds like a good advice anyways!

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glitchc ◴[16 Nov 24 00:41 UTC] No.42153045[source]▶
An ARM64 is "a very powerful computer"? The whole promise with ARM is better thermals and long battery life, not screaming performance. With the thermals/cpu not working, we don't even get that.
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viraptor ◴[16 Nov 24 02:00 UTC] No.42153474[source]▶
M4 crushing benchmarks and AWS running Graviton 2 would disagree on the idea of "whole premise".
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ksec ◴[16 Nov 24 02:18 UTC] No.42153567[source]▶
I always knew hardware discussions on HN were below the normal standards. But sometimes I am still surprised at how low it can go.
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ahoka ◴[16 Nov 24 08:14 UTC] No.42155219[source]▶
And it usually ends with some weird implied conclusion, like “AMD-Intel duopoly bad, Apple monopoly good”.
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1. DeathArrow ◴[16 Nov 24 13:29 UTC] No.42156300[source]▶
I wonder what I would discover if I do some archeology and look at HN discussion when Apple used PowerPC CPUs.
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2. windexh8er ◴[16 Nov 24 13:51 UTC] No.42156418[source]▶
Considering HN started in 2007 I don't think your expedition will yield a ton from the heyday of Mac PowerPC. Apple shipped the last PowerPC hardware in 2006.