I bought a MacBook Air M2. As of writing, it's very affordable with the 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, 13.6" model available for $750. As of writing, also Asahi Linux doesn't support anything newer than M2.
  • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    it’s very affordable with the 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, 13.6" model available for $750

    my new laptop literally is more than double in each spec and costed $100 less; i guess mac people have a definition of affordable whether they’re linux people or not.

    still, it’s nice to learn that this is an option now.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      8 hours ago

      It’s not an apples to apples comparison because the architecture is so different. Notice his observation in the article:

      I am very impressed with how smooth and problem-free Asahi Linux is. It is incredibly responsive and feels even smoother than my Arch Linux desktop with a 16 core AMD Ryzen 7945HX and 64GB of RAM.

      M1 architecture has a huge advantage being a SoC and having shared memory between the CPU and the GPU which avoids the need for a bus. I’m still using M1 macbook with 8gb of RAM that I got to keep at one of my jobs a few years ago, and it’s incredibly snappy. I’ve tried x86 laptops with way better specs on paper, and they don’t come anywhere close in practice.