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Is the wifi on campus any good? I'm going into engineering and to save money on a gaming laptop. I'm opting for a cheaper business laptop with no GPU and using streaming on a VPN, or maybe investing in a JetKVM or similar to access my desktop. For this to happen, though, I need a good wifi connection that doesn't drop out too much and has adequate speeds. Any input on this?

Edit- When I refer to streaming, I am referring to using game streaming software to use software that would not otherwise be supported on my laptop due to os, slow because of no dGPU in the laptop, or architecture issues with my laptop. I'm sorry for any confusion I may have caused. If there are lab computers that can be accessible for students with the software needed for engineering, that could be an alternative and I would no longer need to worry about remotely accessing my desktop for software.

I've recently started pour over in the last few months coming from exclusively espresso and I'm loving it so far. I have a Kalita Wave and a Mavo Wizard 2.0 and they are serving me well. I usually do a 6 pour recipe at 93c pouring 50g every 30s. I taste it and try to make only one a day as to not waste any beans and adjust the grinder if its too bitter or shallow. This recipe serves me well but how do you like to dial in your pour over specifically for temperature and recipe. What should I look for when I'm tasting to change the recipe?

I want to use a MacBook with Asahi for university (electrical engineering) alongside other devices that can be accessed remotely or physically. My goal with the MacBook is to have a thin and light class/lab/lecture laptop that I would enjoy using with good battery life for not two thousand dollars. I know arm support on Linux is quite good, and the Asahi team is doing a lot to make the whole os a good experience.

Here is what I have in my devices arsenal:

- A very good windows pc with plenty of storage, and compute for anything that I might see in university that would otherwise need Windows or a gaming laptop with Windows.

- A nice, but battery-hungry, and slightly chonk Thinkpad P1 Gen 5 with Endeavor OS. I love it; it's amazing, doing everything I want. However, the processor and GPU (even on idle with Optimus) are extremely power-hungry, and I'd be lucky to get more than three hours out of that thing.

- A cloud storage solution accessible and mountable to any Linux or Windows device.

Here are the MacBooks I'm thinking of:

- MacBook Air M1(16 GB RAM, 256GB+ ) - ~550 CAD

- Why I like it: Cheap. Light. Seemingly good battery on Asahi. M1 chip, so support is good.

- What's maybe not so good: Not too many ports (but that's kinda just MacBooks in general). Performance may not be as good as the others, but the M1 is still an amazing chip nonetheless. Not as bright a screen as the other options. Charging is capped at 30w.

- MacBook Pro M1 Pro (14 in 16 GB RAM, 512gb+) - ~700-1000 CAD

- Why I like it: Nice Screen. High refresh rate. Bright. More ports than the airs. Bigger. Nice speakers and a better headphone amp (than the M1 Air). M1 chip, so support is good.

- What's maybe not so good: Getting into chonk territory, definitely heavier than the Airs. Little pricy right now. Maybe TOO much power for a thin and light. The battery life is not as good as the Airs.

- MacBook Air M2 (13 in as the 15 is quite expensive) - ~700-900 CAD

- Why I like it: Really light. Seemingly good battery. Fast charging at 70W. Thin. Better screen than the M1 Air

- What's maybe not so good: I'm really unsure if this is worth 150-350 dollars more than the M1 Air. You barely get any performance gain, the M2 chip is less supported, it doesn't seem too worth it to me. I'd have to be convinced otherwise. Nor many ports.

- MAYBE MacBook Pro M1 - ~600 CAD

- Why I like it: Good display. Good battery life. Fast charging. Fans. Bright display.

- What's maybe not so good: Again air level of ports. I'm really unsure about the touchbar; that is why I listed it as a maybe. I don't know if it will be useful, and I will likely use the function keys at some point for programming or other uses. In general, I don't know much about the touchbar on Asahi. I will need some convincing. Heavier than the air.

If anyone else has questions, comments, concerns, experiences good and bad with Asahi, experiences with university workloads, anything of the sort, I am all ears. Thanks for reading the whole thing!

Can anyone with an M1 MacBook Air or M1 Pro MacBook Pro on Fedora 44 please report their battery life findings? What I’ve found is sleep sucks, it can be better than mac os and it can be worse than Mac OS. I want to use this for school among some “helper” devices and as this will be my light device for notes and arm supported Linux programs I really need to know if battery life is good. Thanks!

I have 2 nice chargers but not many cables to go with them. Im looking for either a cheap 3 pack of c-c cables or single cables for somewhat cheap. I don’t exactly have a budget in mind but shoot and I’ll consider it. Thanks! My chargers are both from Anker if that helps!

So terribly mastered I thought my headphones were broken. What the heck Tory???

I want to buy the stepper motor in this kit to drive a rotaty vane pump that will be put into a coffee machine. Link to the kit and the driver for it is pretty huge which is a problem for my small coffee machine. What alternatives in terms of drivers could I use that would provide no explosion or frying of components while having some accuracy? I do not need super accurate steps which is why I chose open loop in the first place and I need basic readings to the revolution or even less accurate. Also if the stepper motor might not work for the coffee machine thats also another idea it needs to drive a rotary vane pump at 9 bar pressure or less.