Silver lining: literally all Macs are a total steal right now.

jmward01 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Anyone have a good take on how well Asahi linux keeps the power management working on mac hardware? The biggest killer feature for me of mac hardware is the battery/weight. I have found it hard to get a good laptop in the linux ecosystem mainly because of power consumption. If Asahi doesn't really impact the battery life then I would seriously consider going that route. Similar question about support for pytorch on linux/arm64 / Asahi.

	▲	erxam an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I think it's improved from when I last tried it, but it still isn't great. You can get like 60% of the battery life compared to macOS. Someone with more recent knowledge correct me on this, but I believe idling is the biggest power drain in Asahi. You will want to shutdown and/or hibernate whenever possible.

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haunter 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Too bad I can’t play the games I want to play on them

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realo 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Hint : GE Force Now

ssshhhhh... do not tell anyone I told you...

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haunter 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It's horrible. Bad quality, bad latency, can't mod the games etc. And worse you have to pay for it when you already have a more than capable computer.

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gazook89 7 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I used Shadow PC for a long time. Never any issues over several years. Lots of reasons in preferred it over GeForce. I can expound on that later if needed

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john_strinlai an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

i wouldnt go as far to say "its horrible".

i would never recommend it to someone who otherwise has a capable computer, of course, but it really isnt that bad. i gave it a pretty thorough test out of curiosity, and when they sponsored a few streamers i watch, it was totally fine. with the caveat that you have a decent internet connection and its probably not good for twitchy games like counter strike.

and, as far as i know, there is limited support for modding and some unsupported workarounds.

	▲	sroussey an hour ago \| parent [-]
		And it works on the Vision Pro via the next update.

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whyenot an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I bought a Mac Mini in February and maxed out the ram and storage. Now, it seems like that was a prescient move, but honestly I really only bought it for photo editing and playing the new World of Warcraft expansion (don't judge me!).

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xandrius an hour ago | parent [-]

Serious question: how does WoW still appeal to players except for habit social connections to keep them locked into the game? I used to spend nights and love the game, now, even with all these expansions it feels exactly like it was in 2006 but without what happened to the gaming world in the past 20 years.

	▲	whyenot 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's still fun. The social connections are also hugely important to me. One of my characters is in the same active guild that I joined in 2006. It's hard to put into words how meaningful that is to me. The game has improved, the newly re-done Silvermoon City is beautiful and richly detailed, but you are right, in many ways it's the same game as 20+ years ago, except made more casual-friendly in a lot of ways. I like it and there really isn't anything else like it out there. ...and surprising to me, if you believe Blizzard, there are around 9 million people who still play.

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elorant an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You pay an $1k extra just to get the model with 1TB disk. How is that a steal?

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Joel_Mckay 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Good Mac Pro models are still spendy, but the M3/M4 laptops are great if your software use-cases are met. =3

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Choco31415 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I’m still doing great even with an M2!

	▲	xandrius an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Still loving my M1 to be honest!

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remus 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean they're still expensive, they just seem relatively good value because everything else has gotten more expensive.

	▲	moralestapia 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, that's what @SlightlyLeftPad said.

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cyanydeez an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The AMD395+ PCs have unified memory and since it's not tied to a garbage OS nor reasonably affected by future dram costs, it's a better choice for reasonable people, unless you're going for greater than 128GB