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levkkyesterday at 7:13 PM3 repliesview on HN

On top of it, intel chips are not competitive with apple silicon. Why buy a laptop that's 30% slower and uses more energy for the same price?


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wao0uunoyesterday at 7:17 PM

To be able to run any OS you want.

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ezstyesterday at 7:57 PM

30% slower than a M5 is a M3/M4. I will take that, thank, and not concern myself with MacOS or the thousand cuts of leaving x86.

encomyesterday at 7:19 PM

To avoid having to use Mac OS, and suffering the whims of Apple.