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Apple M6 Pro achieves the highest single-core CPU score in Geekbench 7

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asimovDev · 1789812232 · focus · HN ↗
<a href="https://www.cpubenchmark.net/single-thread/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cpubenchmark.net/single-thread/
<a href="https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/singlecore" rel="nofollow">https://browser.geekbench.com/v7/cpu/singlecore
here are the leaderboards for anyone else who was curious
1. louwrentius · 1789815464 · focus · HN ↗
  It's insane to me that the fastest Mac chip is almost a fifth faster than the fastest Intel chip for a fraction of the power budget.
  1. Footprint0521 · 1789817741 · focus · HN ↗
    The moment AAA gaming becomes possible on macOS, the floodgates open and windows is dead
    eahm · 1789818187 · focus · HN ↗
    Not going to happen, Linux already won, doesn’t look like it but you’ll see.
    Linux is actually exciting contrary to Apple as a company, their hardware, their prices and macOS in general.
    And I’m saying this as a Windows user too, I will NEVER buy a Mac but I’ve used Linux on and off for 30+ years.
    For the past 5-10 years Linux has been the only excitement I’ve had personally.
    brabel · 1789818539 · focus · HN ↗
    Why will you never buy a Mac even if they are making the best hardware available? Money or ideology?
    pacifika · 1789818999 · focus · HN ↗
    Lock-in: ownership over user choice and data
    eahm · 1789819656 · focus · HN ↗
    I think it's neither, it all comes down to peace of mind and that's the true future of technology.
    In the past it was more of a race of companies trying to get "there" first, not anymore, we live in an interesting age where people feel constantly controlled and everyone is exhausted about tech in general.
    Linux gives you that middle finger peace of mind like saying "I will never be controlled anymore and ever again" ..funny there is a big Warez article on the HN homepage at the same time of this discussion, that's exactly what it feels like to finally come out on the other side legally.
    People took decades to finally being liberated from Windows and Microsoft and many like me will never be controlled that way again and while I respect Apple more than Microsoft for a lot of things in the end it's just another corporation that wants to greedily take your life energy and precious time and enslave you again.
    They are creating the best hardware at the worst possible time, but it's good for competition so it's all good.
    nick_ · 1789820394 · focus · HN ↗
    I'll gladly sell my soul first thing every morning in exchange for a laptop that lasts longer than two hours on battery, wifi/audio/webcam work after waking from sleep, and not needing to learn a complexity fractal of CLI commands to do basic things.
    eahm · 1789820868 · focus · HN ↗
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    astralkraft · 1789821317 · focus · HN ↗
    They are called Chromebooks. It can sometimes be difficult for some people to find that toggle switch that enables Debian, but I can assure you, no arcane CLI commands are involved.
    EDIT: Any Chromebook using a Panther Lake chip, or an upcoming Googlebook ARM, can get you there.
    nchmy · 1789819973 · focus · HN ↗
    Money AND ideology - I've never owned any apple product, and never will
    realusername · 1789820115 · focus · HN ↗
    Personally it's the software which doesn't make me buy one. The hardware really is one of the best you can buy but using the software makes me lose my hair.
    kjs3 · 1789828892 · focus · HN ↗
    Since it doesn't run the software I need, why would I buy it? Unthinking fanboi-ism or simple stupidity?

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