Was looking at getting a macbook air with an m1 chip in it and running Asahi Linux on it. My question is how viable is it for daily life? E.g. browsing, torrenting, uni notes ect. Would it be equivalent to a regular x86 laptop running Linux? Or would I be missing useful features?

Edit: Another question is how it holds up against newer AMD laptops, as it is 3-4 years old at this point.

  • bruhduh
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    25 months ago

    You’ll need some active cooling if you’re gonna compile some code, so aim at pro 13, same size but without throttling in heavy tasks