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soulofmischief • yesterday at 4:47 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I don't want any of these features and yet they've been forced upon me and are now getting in the way of me actually using my computer how I want. Games and heavy applications slow down and stutter because of "AI" background processes, even with App Tamer, my machine runs too hot to even touch when just idling. Compared to when I got my M2 in '23 and thought, "This is the fastest and snappiest machine I've ever used", my experience with an M5 and the latest macOS version is nothing short of an anti-consumer hellscape.


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doug_durham • yesterday at 5:29 PM

My Macs run cool and silently. I've never observed a background "AI" process consuming resources.

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papa_bear • yesterday at 5:16 PM

Interesting, this has not been my experience at all. I have an M5 machine and I'm not even aware of what AI features have been added, and it's streets ahead of my old M1 Pro in speed.

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