[augustl]

After switching from an 11th gen Intel Dell XPS, to a M1 Macbook, I resist returning to PC laptops (even though I prefer Windows) until someone confirms that newer Ryzen and Intel chips are comparable in terms of "perceived performance" to Apple silicon. The whole laptop simply becomes syrupy on battery. Even if I go high performance mode in Windows settings, the whole device is just so laggy compared to a Macbook. And, in high performance mode, the laptop has probably at _most_ 2 hours of battery life in it.

Has this improved since 11th gen Intel?

[inertiatic]

I'm on a 6850U Ryzen Windows machine and it's really smooth. Previously I too was using an 11th gen XPS 13 but on Linux, where battery was approximately 2 hours long. This machine feels both smooth, cool and for my usages there's no slowdowns on battery either (usually running few browser windows, a VM that's not taxed too hard and an IDE).

[augustl]

Good to know! I almost wonder if my specific laptop is broken in some way. Either that, or I'm overly sensitive to these things. And the Venn diagram overlap of people who often use both macOS and Windows is probably not that large... :) I don't see many people talking about this!

[Moldoteck]

and how many hours of battery you get on this ryzen?

[kohlerm]

I tried Ubuntu Linux on a Framework 13th generation intel laptop. Very smooth even on battery. Might be the OS ...

[Capricorn2481]

Ditto. Would love a windows laptop this good but nothing I've had has ever come close. It's always low battery or high heat or bulky.

[augustl]

I hope we get bootcamp on Apple silicon, so we can see if it's the hardware or the OS that's causing most of the trouble :D

[papichulo2023]

Problem is not performance but battery life.