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My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now (GLM-4.5 Air)

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577 points simonw | 2 comments | 29 Jul 25 13:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.451s | source
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GardenLetter27 ◴[30 Jul 25 08:20 UTC] No.44731968[source]▶
Crazy how Apple is still the only option for this consumer hardware.
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1. airspresso ◴[30 Jul 25 09:12 UTC] No.44732248[source]▶
Framework desktop with AMD Strix Halo [1] are getting there as a viable alternative. Offering up to 96 GB of unified RAM at the moment, so still a gap up to the beefiest Mac Studio alternatives though.

[1]: https://frame.work/desktop

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2. GardenLetter27 ◴[30 Jul 25 22:17 UTC] No.44740158[source]▶
Surprisingly competitive pricing there though. It sucks that they're all priced around $3k in total though (with my Europoor VAT), but it's not as bad vs. Apple as I thought it would be.