Some “bootlegs” are licensed and sold in Amazon. Note the manufacturer.

Real

“Bootleg”

I guess you do understand what the M chip is, which makes your comparison even more surprising. First, comparing a SoC to a GPU is wildly unfair. Second, you are severely underselling exactly how much more energy efficient an M chip is versus a CPU/GPU combo. My PC laptop with an i7 and a 4070 built in will run for about 20 minutes, maybe 30, under a full workload, all the while being hot enough to fry an egg and noisier than a jet engine. Even then, the performance will be trash and get worse as the temps rise. My MBP M3 Max will run a DAW sessions my PC could never dream of, with multiple plugins, on battery, silent, no heat, for a couple of hours without even the hint of a stutter.

All of that said, when it comes to price, Apple’s gonna Apple.

PS: I’m typing this on my phone while the idle i7/4070 laptop is fanning (again, fully idle) because it runs so hot. I might need to start traveling for work again and, if I do, I might need to switch to a MacBook Air for work on the road unless I can find an ultra-slim, powerful yet efficient, high resolution screen, Linux supported laptop. Simply because of the chip. We need an equivalent on the PC side.

I don’t think you quite grasp what an M chip is if you are comparing it to a 4070 Ti.

I believe in using the best tool for the job. For that reason, I use Macs for all my music stuff, Windows if I have to, and Linux for everything else.

My money is on Motorola.

You don’t want finicky but want an Arch based distro? Okie dokie.

Apple’s M chips are amazing. If only there was full Linux support for Apple hardware.

Medium post? I dunno, this seems like a load of made up bullshit. I find it extremely hard to believe that since 1975 they’ve only stolen 50 trillion dollars.

Like that other Ghostbusters movie.

Don’t mess with their system!

Can you blame them? Look at that cute red dress!

Any “underwear sensory issues” folk in the house? I do not mean that in any sort of sexy way but in a “dear God get it off me” way.

Notice the illustration. They maintain proper posture and squat to reach the other’s eye level. No need to hurt your back.

My wife is a genius. My wife is on the spectrum but is the opposite of ADHD. He normal state is me maxed out on ADHD meds. Where my ADHD comes in handy is when it is time for her to explain what she is doing or basically have any sort of technical conversation. Her brain goes so fast that she leaves out a ton of context, and when she tries to compensate she gives so much background information that everyone’s eyes glaze over. So my job, as someone who’s been with her for many years and whose brain is always on multiple trains of thought, is to translate for her and ELI5 for those trying to keep up with her.

Her crazy matches my crazy.
(Deadpool line. None of us are necessarily crazy.)

Our queen

YSK that A Wizard of Earthsea was recently released as a graphic novel.

Buy music directly from artists. Plenty of them sell their tracks online.

Ah. I thought Retina was marketing speak for OLED. I stand corrected.