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Ioannis Karagiorgos
Personal blog · ikarios.wordpress.comhardwareproductivity
Ioannis Karagiorgos's personal blog at ikarios.wordpress.com covers hardware and productivity. Since 2021, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Using a ThinkPad X61s in 2020”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers cite this blog's comparison of a MacBook's graphics performance against a GTX 1050 Ti when discussing Linux on Apple Silicon. The commenter uses it as a source for the performance gap.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Things that I find interesting and want to share.
Most-linked posts?
- Using a ThinkPad X61s in 20202 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-25
What Hacker News says?
It is 30% to 50% slower than a 1050ti according to https://ikarios.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/comparing-a-macbook... That dovetails with my own experiences. I installed tomb raider on my m1 air, and while it was playable i was not impressed with its graphical abilities. The m1 is great for integrated graphics, but not on par with dedicated graphics. CPU-wise it is the fastest computer I have though, noticeably faster…
Comment linking /2021/01/09/comparing-a-macbook-air-2020-m1-with-my-nvidia-1050-ti-gaming-pc/
on “Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon/M1 in Practice”Submitted Using a ThinkPad X61s in 2020 as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted Using a ThinkPad X61s in 2020 as a story · 8 points
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