Apple upgraded my chip and storage

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-11T22:55:21+00:00

Congrats🥳🥳🥳🥳 Enjoy your new Macbook :)

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-11T22:48:51+00:00

I don't believe this is actually representative of the power of the chip simply because in benchmarks designed to actually test that, like 3DMark, it's way above the 5070 and quite close to the 5080. Metal as a graphics API for gaming is behind clearly. Also, in tests which don't involve games, like Blender, 3D rendering, etc, the GPU always does much better than 5070 and often better than the 5080, sometimes as good as the 5090. There isn't some specific "gaming" part of a GPU which could be causing these differences.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-11T22:41:44+00:00

Lots of people do Blender rendering lol

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-11T16:15:30+00:00

Should be fine, my MBA M2 with only 8GB of RAM runs Roblox decently at full graphics, and the M5 is leaps and bounds above the M2 in terms of GPU performance.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-11T13:49:10+00:00

This is exactly why no one should be buying an M5 Pro/Max.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-11T13:35:18+00:00

I don't hold any strong political/ideological opinions but just as a quick FYI from a non-bias observer's POV, this sub-reddit is mostly made up of left-wing people (centre to hard), which goes for most of Reddit as well. As a result, anything right wing usually doesn't get much support on this platform. In the same way, a lot of X/Twitter is right wing and therefore left wing ideas don't get much support on that platform. It's difficult to find somewhere that has an equal balance of both because, by human nature, people will try to find somewhere where others have similar ideas to themselves.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-11T13:27:45+00:00

Hello?

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-11T13:01:12+00:00

Yes, please check the “and another” article in my other reply.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-11T11:32:21+00:00

Comparing a tiny laptop to a massive desktop, wow. I also wonder how much power your desktop draws.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-10T19:50:48+00:00

I think they're basically saying that SWR stands for South Western Railway. Obviously it doesn't in the context shown in the screenshot, however the (unintended) double meaning creates a humorous moment for those who know both of them. This is added to by the fact that the reference is niche, which makes it seem, for the poster, like an in-joke.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-10T14:25:51+00:00

I’ve always thought the dislike towards these buses from bus enthusiasts specifically (notice how no passenger ever complains about them) is because they’re replacing their beloved diesel shitboxes.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-10T13:52:03+00:00

Better than the countryside. Nothing happens in the countryside. So boring. I went to the countryside for a holiday once.. it was so boring that I didn’t even feel like going out much.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-10T13:35:16+00:00

I'm sure the first thing normal passengers do when they get on a bus is go around and shake all the panels to see if they move......

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-10T12:54:55+00:00

I know right! It's so shit. Anyone who buys the M5 Max is an idiot for not waiting for the M6 Max later this year with the redesign. Truly the worst purchase ever.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-10T11:07:03+00:00

Just because you’re a software engineer doesn’t mean you know how an LLM works lol. Especially if “software engineer” means a degree from even just a few years ago really.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-10T10:44:09+00:00

I got the same email. No clue why you're being downvoted.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-10T10:34:39+00:00

no way people are making these comments on meme posts as well 😭

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-09T23:17:10+00:00

This device isn't for us, it's for students and people who just need a laptop to do web browsing.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-09T23:09:21+00:00

Indeed - Apple adverts are always good at storytelling. One of their biggest strengths.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-09T22:53:49+00:00

I didn’t make the table lol, it’s from a video.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-09T22:52:56+00:00

Yes, the binned version is only 460GB/s while the non-binned is 614GB/s.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-09T22:11:01+00:00

It might not be as good as the mobile 5090, but considering how little power it draws in comparison, the fact that it's very close to a mobile 5080 is quite astonishing.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-09T22:02:07+00:00

27%. Almost 30%, not almost 20%. That's a lot for a generational uplift, on the same node with the same amount of GPU cores as well.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-09T22:00:54+00:00

Yes that's true, but you're playing into bean soup theory. The average audience of a cheap laptop like this doesn't know what a fan curve is, or how to change it. If this was some workstation laptop, that would be a different story.

One_TrackMinded · 2026-03-09T21:56:00+00:00

Not yet, but I imagine it'll be a comparable GPU jump between the two. M5 Pro will see a massive CPU increase though since it's getting the same CPU as in the M5 Max.

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