John SiracusaMar 4

The A18 Pro in the MacBook Neo is 19% faster than the M2 Ultra in the Mac Pro in single-core performance (Geekbench 6).

The MacBook Neo starts at $599.

The Mac Pro, which is still for sale, starts at $6,999.

Show threadRyan PoolosMar 4
@siracusa yea but which one has enough ram to open chrome? Will Google Docs even run in 8Gb of ram?
Show threadDavid CollantesMar 4
@ryanpoolos @siracusa who runs Chrome on macOS (or any OS) these days?! šŸ¤¦šŸ»
Show threadRyan PoolosMar 4
@david @siracusa every single student and teacher who buys the MacBook Neo to use school software that is designed not to work in any browser except Chrome.
Show threadDavid CollantesMar 4
@ryanpoolos @siracusa interesting. I work in higher education, and nothing at this university requires a specific browser, as it should be. I understand things might be different elsewhere.
Show threadPenguin
@david @ryanpoolos @siracusa I canā€™t pay my house gas bill on my M3 Max MBP without switching to Chrome. Need a Safari extension to pretend itā€™s Chrome (once had one for IE long ago). Oh well, letā€™s hope this works itself out eventually, though Iā€™m not sure how šŸ™
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Show threadDavid CollantesMar 4
@PenguinToot @ryanpoolos @siracusa thatā€™s possible out of the box, but you need to ā€œShow features for web developersā€ under ā€œAdvancedā€ on ā€œSettingsā€. Then:
Show threadPenguinMar 5
@david @ryanpoolos @siracusa Thank you, Iā€™ll try that.