Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
    123·
    1 year ago

    It has some dumb problems though. Lack of dual monitor support and virtualization issues are painful for my users.

    • ebc@lemmy.ca
      9·
      1 year ago

      I can confirm that dual monitors do work on my M2 Max, with the laptop’s own screen I’m at three. I use this setup everyday, no issues.

    • Clegko@lemmy.world
      5·
      11 months ago

      Ive been running 2 1440p monitors off a M1 Mini since it’s launch, one over HDMI and one over DisplayPort via USB C… What’re you talking about?

      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        11 months ago

        Windows 11 has 64bit ARM support with emulation for 64bit x86 apps, Windows 10 only does 32bit afaik.

        They can’t take the same step as Apple of just killing off x86 because they don’t control all aspects of the devices like Apple does

        Not saying I like the forceful move to ARM, I’m honestly not sure how worth it it will be in the long run, but who knows.

          • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            11 months ago

            They 100% have been selling ARM windows machines for years now, they just suck in comparison to x86

            They did push for universal binaries, but no devs wanted to make the switch, I actually appreciate that Windows didn’t bork all prior applications unilaterally like Apple does with most of their OS releases (I work for a company that has a program with Linux/windows/macOS and I swear every single major macOS update breaks shit and Apple doesn’t give a fuck)

            I don’t see the performance being comparable yet, at least in my experience the power of ARM is much more in its energy efficiency, it simply does not compete in actual real world power (at least yet)

            Ultimately I think it comes down more to Apple vs Windows approaches, Apple controls every aspect of every official device running macOS, windows is much more free form with so many manufacturers and different configurations being possible.

            I would never willingly purchase an Apple device for that reason, but I also like Linux, just too much of a gamer to constantly want to worry about compatability.

    • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
      2·
      11 months ago

      Is the lack of dual monitor support only for the M1? I have an M1 Pro MBP for a work computer and it works fine with two monitors + the laptop screen