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Darktable is excellent. I prefer both its output and workflow to Lightroom.

Not the M1's, though.

I definitely wonder how much of the M1's remarkable efficiency has to do with the 5nm process (vs Zen 2 and Zen 3 on 7nm and Intel on 10+ nm) and how much is related to the architecture.

The fastest laptops are slower than the fastest desktops, but they are broadly competitive. See for instance the benchmarks in...

I have the older Zephyrus (with 8-core Ryzen 4900HS). It can sustain all cores at 4.2 GHz (using about 28W of power to the CPU) indefinitely, and can run all cores at 3 GHz using something like...

There are laptops that are competitive with all but the fastest desktops.

I am typing this on an older model Zephyrus G14 (8x Zen 2 cores @ 4.2 GHz, 35W TDP). My research group has access to a...

Fellow Linux/x86 user:

The M1 is clearly remarkable. But I wonder how much of its strong performance comes from some inherent advantage of Arm, and how much comes from the fact that it's on a 5nm...

Linux runs just fine on my Ryzen laptop -- the older version of the G14 they mention here.

I would be tempted by the M1's if they could run Linux. But until there is good Linux support, I'm sticking with other machines.

I've used a Z6 -> HDMI capture for online education broadcasts during the pandemic and it has been a complete workhorse. 1080p video looks great, and it's been easy for me to use (as I am both the...

It is a primitive way of doing video compression by preserving full detail in luminance but using a lower resolution for chroma detail (literally ignoring half or 3/4 of the pixels). (In a sense,...

I process photos, play the occasional game, read mail and webpages, do document creation (using LaTeX), and do everything for my job (I'm a physicist), including a bunch of A/V stuff for online...

Same. And it is so much easier to deal with than either Windows or macOS.

I have a thin 14" laptop with a Ryzen 9 and 75W GPU (a 2060). It is fine.

And the Ryzens are more efficient than Intels by far.

I mean, I could run Linux in a VM. But then I have two systems to administer. And part of the point of running Linux is for better stability and hardware support and a lack of host-OS...

But the problem with Macs is that you can't use Linux.

Blame cryptocurrency speculators.

You can certainly get a computer that has a higher-resolution display, but that has nothing to do with the power efficiency of Ryzens (which is pretty remarkable).

This is exactly how these are designed: it's a 70mm f/1 with a speed-booster ("condenser") behind it. See...

If anyone is selling a D850, let me know!