Count me in on the side of people that say the fact that the MBA is fan-less is enough to show how much better Apple silicon actually is. There is just no comparison on the x86-side of things.
For a benchmark it seems this is sort of click-baity as I also think it would have made more sense to run the tests on an MBP but it's Michael's playground here so it is what it is.
I think for the current state of Asahi this is still impressive overall while probably not convincing many people to buy an Apple laptop just to use Linux on it but that's fine, not everybody is Linus Torvalds, Sven Axboe or Hector Martin.
I think it is fair to assume, given the engagement this article has, Michael will run more benchmarks on Apple silicon in the future.
For a benchmark it seems this is sort of click-baity as I also think it would have made more sense to run the tests on an MBP but it's Michael's playground here so it is what it is.
I think for the current state of Asahi this is still impressive overall while probably not convincing many people to buy an Apple laptop just to use Linux on it but that's fine, not everybody is Linus Torvalds, Sven Axboe or Hector Martin.
I think it is fair to assume, given the engagement this article has, Michael will run more benchmarks on Apple silicon in the future.
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