this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2025
-62 points (21.3% liked)

Technology

75756 readers
1975 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots


founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

It's crazy that Apple is producing hardware that I would want now. Where's the equivalent thinkpad??

top 29 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] garretble@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago (5 children)

So is everyone downvoting because the video is bad or because they are a Linux nerd upset someone posted something that’s not Linux (as they downvote while using an Android or Apple phone)?

[–] dparticiple@sh.itjust.works 34 points 5 days ago

Downvoted for:

  • Clickbaity headline.
  • Annoying YouTube thumbnail face.

I didn't downvote, but here's why I didn't upvote:

  • didn't mention the model in the title
  • watched a minute or so and there's a "wait until later" bit at the start and it's filled with that ADHD jump cut nonsense every few seconds
  • I don't really care about Apple products

Maybe it's one of those. Maybe it's something else. Idk.

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I downvoted because the title implies the video is a (barely disguised) advertisement

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

The second, please

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Just you wait until that Linux phone gets going

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 5 days ago

I am waiting for the Linux phone to get released. Waiting been the operative word because they're taking their sweet time with it.

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

This guy, Jake, used to work at LTT/LMG, and has recently started his own channel. I do hope he finds a new groove, as I preferred his presentation style while he was at LTT. He seems to have adopted a "YouTuber" way of presenting - overexaggerating things, and being often overly impressed. Even seeing him on Zip Tie Tuning (a couple of other former LMG people's new channel), he seemed to act more like I remembered him on LTT. Like I said, I just hope he finds a groove.

I also was super not aware how much he was into Apple products, which is weird for a tech enthusiast.

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works -4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Really? Tech enthusiasts tend to prefer Apple. It’s just fanboys that have strong feelings either way

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 days ago

What do you mean?

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Like it or not, Apple makes great hardware, especially now. They are evil though, and their software is definitely in decline. But the hardware is great.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I cannot get over how basic iOS is, it's not in decline it's just never been that good.

[–] hietsu@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’d say basic = good but now that iOS has had more and more options for everything in each version, I think it has approached Android in too many ways. There is now bajillion different ways to do stuff, when earlier there was one (albeit sometimes little limited). And you can configure so much stuff that it becomes difficult to see what affects what.

But I would not describe iOS as ”basic” anymore, perhaps limited in some niche use cases but if you find yourself hitting those limits too often, just jump to Android. When I can run x86 Linux apps and services constantly on background on my iPhone (iSH w/ location services forced on) or even Windows XP for the heck of it (UTM), I don’t see much limitations in what can (theoretically) be done. Sideloading is also an upwards trend on iOS, when Google is now set to kill it on Android.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Apple is a little too strict on what options they present to the user, I agree, but they do have 1 good rule they (usually) follow for it.

Does this solve a problem? If yes, try to make it idiot proof before letting others access it because we are going to have to support this thing. If not, don’t expose it to the user so we can keep that premium Fischer-price signal to noise ratio.

[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

did anything new happen with the framesork situation? i know this prolly isn't the place to ask but the post reminded me of laptops

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

What's the framework situation? I was planning on buying one next year.

[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

oh boy....

tldr²; they are supporting a very very right wing person (DHH), and people obviously don't like that their money is going to him.

[–] doesnt_use_lemmy@lemmings.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The DHH that built ruby on rails?

[–] seraphine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 days ago

https://awful.systems/post/5897965

here is the post with the whole drama

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

From what I've heard, there are AMD laptop chips with better multi-core performance, although worse single-core. Other than the spec bump, this is pretty much the same as the M4 laptops.

Basically if you like macOS (and only macOS since Linux will probably take half a decade to show up given the current rate of Asahi Linux support with newer chips) and specifically need more perf for whatever reason (especially for AI), it's a nice upgrade.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

These have way better battery life though, right?

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They have better battery life than most laptops, but it also strongly depends on what configuration you use and what you're doing. For instance, my M1 Max laptop has never hit its stated battery life and frankly is pretty close to my AMD laptop (when its battery wasn't half dead). The AMD laptop is admittedly heavier though.

AFAIK they're about the same as the M4 in terms of battery life. If you look at their marketing, their battery life improvements are based on their Intel and M1 laptops (whose owners they seem to be targeting for upgrades).

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My M2 MacBook Air has amazing battery life, I’m constantly impressed by it.

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I do think the lower-end chips actually have great battery life, but once you start going for the higher performance ones you unsurprisingly sacrifice battery for power, so the battery life becomes merely "good" instead of "great."

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Where’s the equivalent thinkpad??

Probably the T14s Snapdragon version? It claims multi-day battery life and is based on ARM like the M-series Apple laptops.

I, personally, am hoping we see an ARM Framework laptop by the time I need a replacement.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 2 points 5 days ago

Oh thanks I didn't know about it!

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

that’s some serious performance