One the issues with the new MacBook Pro M1 Max is that it doesn’t provide much of an improvement over single core performance y/y.
It’s hard to get better here and it’s most noticeable by users. A computer in the cloud will have an advantage in multi core in almost every way.
It’s hard to get better here and it’s most noticeable by users. A computer in the cloud will have an advantage in multi core in almost every way.
All this suggests is that it’s getting harder to achieve Moore’s Law with single core (long standing issue) and the only way to continue the trend is to pack more cores and re-build software to take advantage of that. That’s a good use-case for a cloud browser.
I am pointing this out because I’ve spent a while obsessing about why Apple has so much better single core performance and have noticed it has the largest impact on a user’s experience with most applications. So, it’s worrying that a year later on the Pro-version it’s the same.
In conclusion: you might want to stick with a regular ol MacBook from last year unless there’s a specific use-case the M1 Max satisfies (rendering video, display, ports, etc)
It’ll save you ~$1K
It’ll save you ~$1K
And if you’re ever worried, it’ll be under powered somehow later, well, that's what I am working on fixing with Mighty. Presumably you can put the money towards it and I'll double your RAM / CPU / Bandwidth / GPU for a few years in equivalent TCO.
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