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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Agreed but unfortunately it's the only thing that can be used on a machine with the specs and QoL of an m1 air at that price

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

never used an m1, but i have an m2 for work and it is ass. stutters and does weird shit all the time

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

i call foul on that. this has to be because your employer installed crowdstrike or some shit on it. The apple silicon chips are best-in-class and deliver the best performance per watt.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

ok this could be it, i guess. they have some form of device management tool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is it an m2 pro?

The M1 pro I have for work sucks too

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

That’s wild! The m1 not-pros I’ve used are insane.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Asahi Linux exists and actually exceeds MacOS with OpenGL 4.6 support and a vulkan driver. The only things that are missing is device support for microphones and usb-c displays.

The penguin stays winning.

MacOS is a treat-based operating system.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The only things that are missing is device support for microphones and usb-c displays.

Those are pretty super important to a lot of people

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

true but that's all in the context of reverse engineering everything from scratch with zero guiding documentation from Apple, which is basically the first of its kind in the world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can run Linux on an m1 air.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm ngl Linux casual use is even worse than macos

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I can't hear you. I'm too busy doing basic things like creating files from the file manager, maximizing windows, and adjusting volume per application.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I can't hear you. My audio drivers broke again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Try using a distro released in the last 15 years then.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ironically, Ubuntu has been the worst in terms of audio drivers and has broken around 5 times on me. Arch has been a lot better as it's only broken once on me and it was a Bluetooth thing. MacOS does break a lot less than Linux though