I guess you do understand what the M chip is, which makes your comparison even more surprising. First, comparing a SoC to a GPU is wildly unfair. Second, you are severely underselling exactly how much more energy efficient an M chip is versus a CPU/GPU combo. My PC laptop with an i7 and a 4070 built in will run for about 20 minutes, maybe 30, under a full workload, all the while being hot enough to fry an egg and noisier than a jet engine. Even then, the performance will be trash and get worse as the temps rise. My MBP M3 Max will run a DAW sessions my PC could never dream of, with multiple plugins, on battery, silent, no heat, for a couple of hours without even the hint of a stutter.

All of that said, when it comes to price, Apple’s gonna Apple.

PS: I’m typing this on my phone while the idle i7/4070 laptop is fanning (again, fully idle) because it runs so hot. I might need to start traveling for work again and, if I do, I might need to switch to a MacBook Air for work on the road unless I can find an ultra-slim, powerful yet efficient, high resolution screen, Linux supported laptop. Simply because of the chip. We need an equivalent on the PC side.

I don’t think you quite grasp what an M chip is if you are comparing it to a 4070 Ti.

I believe in using the best tool for the job. For that reason, I use Macs for all my music stuff, Windows if I have to, and Linux for everything else.

My money is on Motorola.

Apple’s M chips are amazing. If only there was full Linux support for Apple hardware.

If you mean GOG Galaxy then IDGAF. I download the installers.

Bought it on GOG. I like actually owning things.

Holy shit. The app can’t load content. 😂

Don’t yuck someone’s yum. Thinking something tastes like shit does not mean you are welcome to take a dump in someone else’s porridge.

I have only found one good use so far and that is to quickly analyze, manipulate and visualize closed datasets. The moment you let it expand beyond your dataset, or ask it to “think” or “imagine”, it promptly shits the bed.

The old adage always applies. “Garbage in. Garbage out.” When you cannot strictly control the datasets being considered, you cannot trust that the results will not include garbage and noise.

Bullet Journal. It’s the only method that works with my ADHD and keeping it analog allows me to “other” the journal away from the clutter.

Why buy a new game when you have no money and your backlog will take years to go through?

• Portal 2
• Persona 4 Golden
• Galaga

Honorable mentions:

• Titanfall 2
• Destiny/Destiny2 (sometimes)
• Baldies Gate 3

Kind of off topic, but this just activated one of my trap card rants,

The United States is a VERY litigious country. The biggest motivator in America is profit, and the possibility of lawsuits is contrary to profit. Fucking over indie devs selling niche games that makes a few bucks on Steam is a lot cheaper than the legal expenses of a lawsuit and the bad press of “Mastercard funds child pornography”.

It isn’t about fairness. It’s about profit.

They are both telling the truth, which is how the best lies work.

Mastercard: “It’s all good as long as it is legal”.

Religious zealots: “Games depict sex with children!!!”

Steam/Itch: “Which games?”

Zealots: “Yes”

Mastercard: “Sex with children is illegal. Get rid of those games.”

Steam/Itch: “Which games???”

Mastercard: “That’s a you problem. Figure it out and get rid of them or lose the ability to process payments.”

Steam/Itch: *pulls most NSFW games while they figure out “which games”

In Lemmy, there are dozens of us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t recruit people we know who are on Facebook, Instagram, Xitter, Bluesky, TikTok, etc.

A child, on acid and meth. You should never let it run lose, no matter how many safeguards. Not if your code is business critical.