[thread] Which workstation would you buy on next B...
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10/29/2021, 9:12 AM[thread] Which workstation would you buy on next Black Friday?
1. Dell XPS 13" 16GB 1TB
2. MacBook Air 13" M1 16GB 1TB
3. MacBook Pro 13" M1 16GB 1TB
4. ThinkPad Carbon X1 14" 16GB 1TB
5. Razer Blade 14" 16GB 1TB
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ventura
10/29/2021, 9:15 AM(un)fortunately I have to code for Windows 11 and iOS, so the "cheapest" solution would be:
• buying a mac mini M1 and roll my XPS
• Windows 11 + WSL
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Joost Klitsie
10/29/2021, 9:19 AMI'd opt for something with an AMD chip
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therealbluepandabear
10/29/2021, 9:21 AMI would go with anything Intel
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ventura
10/29/2021, 10:19 AM@therealbluepandabear M1 battery duration is quite charming (unless your are coding Spring Boot + Docker 😂)
ventura
10/29/2021, 10:23 AMBut like @tmg, until now, X1 is the winner because:
• It's carbon fiber, so I won't have a heart attack if it falls like my MacBook
• The keyboard is amazing, while XPS is too small
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10/29/2021, 10:24 AM@Joost Klitsie why? integrated gpu?
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Joost Klitsie
10/29/2021, 10:27 AMThe Ryzens are delivering great performance for their power budget, especially multicore and it can sustain the performance as well. For running multiple things (run some docker stuff, IDE's etc..) it is a clear winner compared to what Intel has to offer right now.
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ventura
10/29/2021, 10:36 AM@Joost Klitsie Razer Blade is my childish dream, but it is more expensive than a car in Brazil
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miqbaldc
10/29/2021, 11:15 AMM1 Pro(?)
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miqbaldc
10/29/2021, 11:16 AMe
elect
10/29/2021, 12:13 PMI love the new Apple Arm CPUs, such performances for such small consumption. But I'd like much more when Linux can fully run on them
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andylamax
10/30/2021, 2:18 AMSo, we are all gonna just ignore the NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3080 that comes with the razor blade?? 🤨
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jimn
10/30/2021, 4:47 AMthe apple silicon is nice and we all want a gpu to heat our house, but im holding out for the return of the ps3 cell power architecture 😁
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christophsturm
11/02/2021, 8:06 AMI use an macbook air with m1 for some months and I get 12 hours of battery life will heavy duty docker use
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elect
11/02/2021, 8:08 AM@christophsturm do you happen to use Idea and Gradle also?
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christophsturm
11/02/2021, 8:08 AMyes
christophsturm
11/02/2021, 8:08 AMbasically i use it in a way that had 2 hour battery life in my previous notebook
christophsturm
11/02/2021, 8:08 AMits like a miracle
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elect
11/02/2021, 8:09 AMperformance-wise instead?
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christophsturm
11/02/2021, 8:09 AMits also the fastest notebook i ever had
christophsturm
11/02/2021, 8:10 AMabout 60% faster than my mac mini
christophsturm
11/02/2021, 8:12 AMthe only thing you need is arm based docker images for all your dependencies, but everything except confluent-kafka is available.
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elect
11/02/2021, 8:13 AMI'm actually waiting to see what they can bring on desktop
elect
11/02/2021, 8:13 AMrumors suggested a 32/40 core cpu
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christophsturm
11/02/2021, 8:13 AMyes me too. thats why I’m sticking with the macbook air for the time being
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elect
11/02/2021, 8:14 AMas far as I see, the new SOC excels in memory-bound scenarios.. and code compilation should be one of these
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christophsturm
11/02/2021, 8:15 AMone problem with so many cpu cores is that nobody can do it on one die, and only amd can do multi die.
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ventura
11/02/2021, 12:18 PM@jimn I miss programming for CELL... #not
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