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M1 Macbook Air (sh.itjust.works)

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Was looking at getting a macbook air with an m1 chip in it and running Asahi Linux on it. My question is how viable is it for daily life? E.g. browsing, torrenting, uni notes ect. Would it be equivalent to a regular x86 laptop running Linux? Or would I be missing useful features?

Edit: Another question is how it holds up against newer AMD laptops, as it is 3-4 years old at this point.

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[+] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] Amongussussyballs100@sh.itjust.works [S] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I would not even consider it if it was 8GB, but this one is 16GB with 512gb of storage. It is a decent deal for what it is, and I've been looking for a decently powerful arm machine for awhile.

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[+] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

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[–] ProtonBadger@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago

Well, when it comes to laptops these days lots of brands can practically only be serviced/repaired by bringing them back to the Apple Store/manufacturer’s repair shop. Especially when it comes to lightweight models.

I miss my old Sager/Clevo gaming laptop where I could replace practically everything, I even upgraded the gfx card.

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[–] llothar@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, i am retiring my XPS 13 only due to it having 8GB of RAM. It is quite an old model with i7-8550U - the speed is still perfectly fine as my daily driver, but I filled the memory to the brim way too often.

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