[dijit]

Still 15.

As soon as I heard them say "We're finally able to make the UI that Apple Silicon enables because of its performance" I knew wholeheartedly that it was going to be an enormous performance thief.

I'm not touching 26 with a 10-foot-pole.

I will even avoid buying new Macbook laptops, even though I have an M2 Air and M5 is around the corner.

[bigyabai]

This sort of forced integration is exactly why I consider macOS a non-starter. The ARM chips are neat, but I'm only interested in daily-driving computers I can own.

[dijit]

Taken from: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45643100 which I posted elsewhere 10hrs ago.

I'm also of that perspective.

It's sort of worth noting though that when Microsoft is presented with an option for blocking out Linux installation: they take it.[0]

When Apple are presented with an option for allowing Linux, they take it.[1]

The major difference here is OEMs, and that Apple has no OEMs.

We're essentially giving Microsoft the moral high ground even though they do nothing to earn it.

[0]: https://www.mickaelwalter.fr/linux-on-surface-rt/#:~:text=Al...

[1]: https://asahilinux.org/about/#:~:text=Apple%20allows%20booti...