Ask HN: Battery life for graphical Linux VMs (or Asahi) on Apple Silicon laptops

3 pointsposted 7 months ago
by evertedsphere

Item id: 44554451

2 Comments

runjake

7 months ago

Do not buy a MacBook Pro to run Linux on it. You will regret it.

If you want to run Linux on a laptop, get a Framework laptop or something else with a Ryzen AI series chip[1] in it. Heck, a Ryzen 8000 series processor would probably be more than enough for your use case as described.

Presumably you're developing for x64 servers, so having the same processor arch is a good bonus.

1. https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/consumer/ryzen-ai...

IronWolve

7 months ago

About 50-75%, also depends on cpu workload and brightness.

Running a VM will probably give you better life.