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My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4

(michael.stapelberg.ch)
245 points secure | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 10:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.332s | source
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dr_pardee ◴[31 Oct 25 19:33 UTC] No.45775823[source]▶
> I still don’t like macOS and would prefer to run Linux on this laptop. But Asahi Linux still needs some work before it’s usable for me (I need external display output, and M4 support). This doesn’t bother me too much, though, as I don’t use this computer for serious work.

“I don’t use this computer for serious work.” Dropped $3K on MBP to play around with. Definitely should have gotten MBA

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criddell ◴[31 Oct 25 19:38 UTC] No.45775861[source]▶
If you are going to start making a list of expensive hobbies, $3K for a computer isn't going to be anywhere near the top of the list.
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asdff ◴[31 Oct 25 20:18 UTC] No.45776238[source]▶
The type of person shelling out 3k for a computer is not running it until the wheels come off.
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airstrike ◴[01 Nov 25 13:56 UTC] No.45781683[source]▶
I have an M2 Ultra. I don't see myself getting rid of it for another 5 years at least.
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1. demiters ◴[01 Nov 25 16:06 UTC] No.45782766[source]▶
M2 here also, still flies for cross platform mobile development. The 250GB storage space is a bit tight without external storage but my dev environment is lean and purges caches every day so I manage easily.