M1 Apple Silicon for Chess?

[cpeters]

521€ asked by Apple (but not given!) to repair a 2020 Mac mini M1 8-256GB for a broken logic card to test my SF derivative against other engines
Mac mini M2 now costs 579€.

The 'logic card' is almost everything. Nevertheless I'd call this greed. It's ugly of course.

greetings

[towforce]

JonWoe,

Termux or something like that is not available on a Chromebook?

greetings!

Of course there are terminal and remote clients for Chromebook!

Jon Woe's choices are absolutely right for someone who enjoys setup and configuration of hardware and software. For most people (who don't have negative feelings towards Google), Chromebooks would make really good sense.

[smatovic]

Hmm, ChromeBook...

- since 2021 devices have 10 years ChromeOS updates
- you can sideload Linux in a sandbox
- you can jailbreak some devices (x86-64 arch) and install another OS

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Srdja

[towforce]

Yep - you can do those things: but if that's the kind of thing you enjoy doing, then maybe you'd choose an open Linux in the first place?

IMO Chromebooks are a good choice for people who want simple, quick, inexpensive, some great features (touchscreen, 360 degree fold, long battery life, quick startup) and everything looked after for them. I would include most chess players in this group (no Chessbase without workarounds - but there are other (possibly inferior) platforms for game analysis - e.g. chess.com).