[photonerd]

So… you can do more, faster, for longer, then?

Sounds like a good argument for upgrading

[croes]

The article author is a journalist, I bet his speed depends on his speed of typing and not the speed of his laptop.

He could to more, faster and longer but if he doesn't the extra costs are useless.

[VBprogrammer]

I suspect the next big laptop update I have will be whatever lets me run GPT-4 size models natively.

[littlestymaar]

> more, faster

Not in the world de live in: https://jmmv.dev/2023/06/fast-machines-slow-machines.html

[photonerd]

Maybe not your world, but mine? Definitely true.

[dijit]

Until software causes performance improvements not to be worthwhile.

Though nobody can argue that battery lives haven't improved.

[marcus0x62]

The author is choosing to optimize for environmental impact over raw performance.

[photonerd]

Given newer MacBooks are also both highly recyclable AND made of mostly recycled material… also seems an incorrect statement then

[marcus0x62]

You have a laptop x that already exists.. At what point does buying laptop y, which needs to be manufactured, have the lower environmental footprint?