Huawei Releases Ultra 9 MateBook X Pro with 40W TDP in 980g

12" MacBook

I'm surprised Apple never re-released the 12" MacBook with an M-series chip.

Since that was the defining moment when Apple realized they needed to create their own computer cpu (M-series).

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For context, in 2015 Apple release for the first time both the:

- 12" MacBook (running Intel)

- iPad Pro (running a beefed up A-series chip)

The form factor of these two devices was near identical.

But the speed and power consumption was hugely different.

People constantly complained how slow and hot the Intel 12" MacBook was.

While the iPad Pro (with it's beefed up A-series) had super long battery life, fast and cool.

That's when Apple realized that Intel wasn't going to be able to produce the CPUs they wanted and went all in on creating M-Series.

The specs look pretty good on paper (super light, low TDP, decent CPU, lots of storage and RAM) and the price is pretty low: the top level model (32 GB RAM and 2TB storage) comes out to a bit less 2k euros. Of course it'd be more expensive when it actually comes to the EU for sale, but still, the pricing is pretty competitive.

Any information how well it plays with linux?

i would have preferred AMD Ryzen

how are they using Intel Core Ultra 9?