thomas

Using a Windows laptop for work and a MacBook Pro at home, it continues to blow my mind how comparatively energy efficient and powerful Apple Silicon is.

The battery of my MBP just won’t deplete. I never “have to” charge, I just do it overnight out of habit and could probably skip a night.

The MBP is also much more silent and cool, even under serious workload.

Having welcomed the switch from PowerPC to Intel Macs back in the day, I was skeptical five years ago of Apple manufacturing its own chips — and boy was I wrong.

Best strategic decision of the last decade

Aviator, diver, Etherean, nexialist, PhD in aviation ∩ climate science | Host of /diving /ethfinance /eth-staker /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

What hardware though? Intel chips are hot and inefficient at just about any level other than idle.
AMDs newer chips run cool and quiet and sip power even under load.
Also on PC, you have a lot of control over your power settings which can make a huge impact on battery longevity.
Type “power and sleep” into search.