In a major technical breakthrough, the open-source community has successfully booted a graphical Linux desktop on Apple's M3 silicon. This deep dive explores how developers reverse-engineered the proprietary chip in record time, the implications for the developer workstation market, and what this means for the future of ARM-based computing.

In a major technical breakthrough, the open-source community has successfully booted a graphical Linux desktop on Apple’s M3 silicon. This deep dive explores how developers reverse-engineered the proprietary chip in record time, the implications for the developer workstation market, and what this means for the future of ARM-based computing.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
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    11 days ago

    I just want macbook-level non-computing hardware (the case & hinges, screen, keyboard, mostly, but good speakers, mics & battery are a bonus too) & it’s not that ez to find in laptops (if there even are comparable puters out there).

    I don’t need much computing power, 16GB RAM is plenty too, tho I wouldn’t say no to a 15h battery.

    It’s just my use case - I want something built really good even if it has a Pentium in it (not that I’m comparing Ms to Pentiums) .
    And I also don’t wanna spend 3+k monies for a laptop I’m about to use a few times a year.

    Nothing else fits my case, I might try it for the lolz.

    • poopsmith@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      11 days ago

      XPS13. You can still get a 1080p non-touch screen with Ubuntu pre-installed (at a discount vs. windows). I’ve had mine just over 3 years and it’s still going strong.