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M5 Ultra Mac Studio Review

269 points · 262 comments · piotrgrabowski

  1. kokonokko1337 · · focus · HN ↗
    > "It also happens to be a Mac, with an operating system that looks nice and doesn’t suck"

    Yes Apple has some of the best hardware out there, albeit overpriced. But the software is such a hindrance and I can't take anyone that states otherwise seriously. If only it had proper Linux support (and the Asahi people do an amazing job but you can reverse-engineer only so many stuff with limited funding, and then you have to do it again for new models). MacOS is good if you just want to have a standard experience, which to be fair is most people. It's good for just setting up an LLM server I guess since the hardware is a perfect fit. I wouldn't touch it otherwise.

    1. steve1977 · · focus · HN ↗
      What exactly is missing from macOS that makes you feel the need for Linux?

      I get it on Windows systems, at least when someone wants to use Linux-type tooling. But macOS already supports pretty much all of that natively?

      1. RunSet · · focus · HN ↗
        > What exactly is missing from macOS that makes you feel the need for Linux?

        For starters, the source code.

        1. odkdkekfkwjf · · focus · HN ↗
          They say, not doing anything with Linux’s source code other than mentioning its existence.
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