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To my knowledge, all Dells run on x86 CPUs… which makes sense, but feels like going back to stone age after getting used to Apple Silicon.

StackSats.IO 2y ago

Can’t have your cake and eat it too bro.

Dell is all-in with Intel, most major HW vendors are. Apple went their own route with chips and they’re leading the market for laptops, ironically because they saw web apps becoming dominant before the x86 chip makers could pivot..

Apple have the best HW in the market for portable computing, that’s just facts. Gotta accept the trade offs if you switch but would focus more on the software layer and how you can do more sovereign computing if you are serious about it.

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RooSoft 2y ago

Literally the reason why I am still just considering the switch and not actually doing it… pretty sure it won’t happen. I will remain trapped in the "walled garden" cause their hardware competition is not even close.

StackSats.IO 2y ago

Apple laptops are not so walled-garden. You’ll get security warnings and/or errors (ie Bisq) but you can run most things on them or use web with minimal issue. The bigger hurdle on lappies is the lack of diversity in browser engines nowadays; some web apps just don’t work unless you use a specific browser.

If you are willing and able to setup a proper home server architecture it’s feasible to switch.

I can’t. I have work stuff that needs to function in a workflow so I’ve built a little segregated setup for home server and accept the trade offs because I also can’t have my cake and eat it too.

Hopefully #nostr gets big enough that it warrants someone rebuilding HW from the ground up. Appreciate Derek’s guidance but I don’t see much benefit in switching Apple for Alphabet…

RooSoft 2y ago

All true…

Derek Ross 2y ago

i'd love a third player to enter the hardware space. i've been wanting this for a long while. each attempt has failed as the software sucks or the hardware is mediocre. no one wants to completely gimp their mobile experience just to say that they're using open source hardware/software/whatever.

the new player would have to be large enough to withstand several years of losing money and no profits though as people won't switch overnight and it will take several years for the hardware and software to mature to a point where people would be comfortable to switch.

RooSoft 2y ago

If it’s not x86 or ARM artichtecture, it’s almost impossible. The software industry struggles supporting just two architectures, imagine introducing a thrid one.

Next level hardware will have to rely on either of them, and I can’t see x86 being as efficient as ARM anytime soon, or ever.

nobody 2y ago

RISC-V will become a player in the Linux world, but it’ll be another 5-10 years. Before optimization takes place.

ARM licensing is getting a bit out of hand.

StackSats.IO 2y ago

It will happen. Hardware is cyclical, no vendor stays at the top for long. They establish a lead, juice sales, screw up support and the next one comes in to replace the last leader - it’s a tale as old as hardware.

TSMC needs competition. Intel aren’t providing it, Samsung is focussed on the old integrated model, Nvidia are coasting on GPU sales for AI, there IS room for a new player..

Maybe Bukele seeks to replicate TSMC in ES in partnership with a lower tier vendor?

Apple bought a whole division for Billions of dollars so that tech lead is difficult to catch-up in the immediate term but something that works for Billions of people on lower margins that approaches via a new paradigm could have a shot?

PatR NostR 2y ago