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🥴 "Big Data on the cheapest MacBook" is the tech world's equivalent of trying to fit a whale in a bathtub, but sure, let's benchmark that. 🙄 Spoiler alert: it's as effective as using a paper straw to drink a milkshake. 🍹💻
https://duckdb.org/2026/03/11/big-data-on-the-cheapest-macbook #BigData #CheapMacBook #TechBenchmark #Failures #Humor #HackerNews #ngated
Big Data on the Cheapest MacBook

How does the latest entry-level MacBook perform on database workloads? We benchmarked it using ClickBench and TPC-DS SF300. We found that it could complete both workloads, sometimes with surprisingly good results.

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