Subj : Re: laptops
To   : Tracker1
From : DaiTengu
Date : Wed Oct 28 2020 10:48:59

  Re: Re: laptops
  By: Tracker1 to Bob Roberts on Tue Oct 27 2020 05:55 pm

 >> Macbook Air's are super light and power efficient so I imagine they
 >> would run quite cool.  Don't buy one yet, they're about to announce
 >> the very first ARM powered Macbook.  I bet it runs super cool and
 >> fast. 

 Tr> I'm pretty sure ARM macbooks are a dead end... I can install linux on 
 Tr> the oldest intel macbook to this day, I doubt that will ever be true for 
 Tr> ARM based macbooks. They're killing the homebrew scene.

 Tr> That's not to say they won't run okay... just I'll have absolutely zero 
 Tr> interrest at that point myself.

 most Linux distros run fine on ARM. And if you absolutely have to run something not compiled on ARM, you can always do it in a VM.

DaiTengu

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