| ▲ | metadat 2 hours ago | |
> After spending time on Apple’s M1/M2 Macs (coming from a large x86_64 desktop), going back to x86_64 feels like a regression, both in performance and battery life. This seems like a flawed premise. Battery: Yes, MacBook battery life is really good, but only when you're not doing CPU-intensive tasks. Browsing the web, watching Tube or Netflix, it's amazing. Once you're compiling a bunch of stuff the battery performance tanks and seems just like any other notebook computer. CPU: Intel Mac performance was horrible, M* is terrific. And so are the latest from AMD Ryzen. Regardless, FreeBSD is a fantastic OS in so many ways! | ||
| ▲ | throawayonthe 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Definitely true that the battery life is not at all inherent to arm, but "Once you're compiling a bunch of stuff the battery performance tanks and seems just like any other notebook computer" is not that true i think, apple silicon is still fairly power efficient even at full throttle compared to most x86 chips (though again yes the latest mobile amd chips are catching up) | ||