On: Tracking developer build times to decide if the M3...

[luuurker → mgaunard]

> A laptop compromises performance in order to be lightweight, portable, and stylish.

I'd agree with this ~2 years ago. Then I bought a MBP with a M1 Max and honestly I don't see many compromises with this machine. Coming from a 2019 Macbook Pro, it was a night and day difference. Ports, performance, efficiency, heat, battery life, etc.

Now, of course this laptop doesn't have the fastest CPU or GPU available, but it's so fast that it's no longer a compromise for me. It's actually faster than the desktop I upgraded a few months before buying this laptop, and since then Apple has released faster machines.

[justinclift → mgaunard]

Depends on what sort of development you're doing, and what kind of screen you're willing to use.

For me, while I could (and have) done development on laptop with just their in-build screen, I personally prefer using a large widescreen monitor.

Much easier to get work done with that, though it's not totally essential. :)

[baq → mgaunard]

macbooks are not compromises, that's the point, unless you need the teraflops from GPUs.

yes it is surprising. couldn't believe it either. benchmarked my workloads and... here I am on a macbook.