For what it’s worth, I’ve been on MacOS for 7 years, 2 of which have been on an M1. It’s been fabulous.
The corner cases of M1 support have mostly disappeared. I left a review here several months ago that was edging towards negative, but I have to admit, the ecosystem has matured substantially. Even pytorch has a native M1 mode now.
The best part is, when something does require a recompile, it zips by — compiling is almost fun again just for the sheer joy of watching a big build finish in ~30 minutes when it used to take hours.
I was confused since the post mentions they’re “unlikely to escape MacOS,” and there’s also a poll option for M1. I thought the poll was asking whether it’s worth it to just skip Linux altogether and jump ship to an M1. Sorry. Definitely didn’t mean to go on a tangent about MacOS when nobody was asking.
I didn’t know an M1 could even run Linux. Does anyone use it that way? I’d be curious to know if it works well.
7 hours later, the M1 is pretty high up in the poll.
System 76 Oryx Pro; 29 points
Framework; 111 points
Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition; 44 points
2019 Intel MacBook Pro; 4 points
M1 MacBook Pro; 54 points
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10; 119 points
Star Labs Starfighter; 7 points
HP Dev One; 7 points
Lenovo T14 Lenovo T480/490; 27 points
If anyone has theories about why the M1 is polling so well, I’d be curious to hear. It seems unlikely that the M1 is a popular choice for Linux, yet that’s what the polls seem to indicate.
The corner cases of M1 support have mostly disappeared. I left a review here several months ago that was edging towards negative, but I have to admit, the ecosystem has matured substantially. Even pytorch has a native M1 mode now.
The best part is, when something does require a recompile, it zips by — compiling is almost fun again just for the sheer joy of watching a big build finish in ~30 minutes when it used to take hours.