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I did. My work desktop is a Threadripper. A++++ would recommend.

The fact that a laptop is even in the same discussion as desktop chips is crazy. The M1 is a seriously impressive piece of hardware.

End of the day all I care about is how fast my chip runs. Different people care about different things, and that’s fine.

I’m generally annoyed by reviews that don’t clearly compare desktop vs laptops parts. This is especially true for GPUs. Just give me all the data and I’ll decide if I care about price or energy use. It’s remarkably difficult to find a comparison between a laptop GPU and a desktop GPU. Which is an important comparison if you’re trying to decide between a laptop or a deskto.



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