[dschu]

Yeah, but the MBA is doing all that with just 10W (15W burst), while your hackintosh most likely consumes 400W.

Not really comparable though.

[ianhowson]

I'm happy to pay for the electricity if I get faster builds.

My daily driver is a Hackintosh and with the CPUs pegged pulls about 70W from the wall. The two displays add another 90W.

M1 is impressively efficient but there's still a gap for fast, no-compromise workstations.

[kevindong]

On a desktop, power consumption doesn't really matter.

But on a laptop, it matters a ton. Personally I prefer doing work from my couch rather than my desk; ergonomics and external monitors be damned.

[jmnicolas]

I don't know how old are you but you might regret that later.

Around 40 years old is usually when you start to pay for carelessness with your body. Ask me how I know ...

[bori5]

100%, everything’s easy in your 20s! ;)

[jdshaffer]

Except finances. :-)

[1_player]

Sounds like you need a better desk/chair.

[threeseed]

> M1 is impressively efficient but there's still a gap for fast, no-compromise workstations.

Apple has already said that they are releasing a workstation-class M1X/M2 next year.

The point is that the M1 is already comparable to many workstations.

[izacus]

And yet everyone keeps comparing those and claiming how much faster Air is supposed to be based on a very funny benchmark.

Not sure how power use actually matters when I'm sitting and waiting for things to compile several times a day.

[sudosysgen]

Sure, but his Hackintosh isn't running a laptop chip. 15W X86 CPUs would probably compile that faster than the M1 if the difference from Intel is that small.

[postalrat]

Maybe 400W burst with a fast graphics card. Do we have actual measurements from the MBA yet?