Flip Flopping between macOS and Windows

[maflynn]

This is why I always disable it. But, to be fair, I like using my phone as my phone, and my computer as my computer.

For me, its been a game changer. I need to either make some configuration changes if possible, or be more mindful that I may not see the notifications

 

[pshufd]

For me, its been a game changer. I need to either make some configuration changes if possible, or be more mindful that I may not see the notifications

You could get an Apple or other watch too.

 

[maflynn]

You could get an Apple or other watch too.

That's an option, but mostly now that I'm aware of the situation I can adjust my behavior and expectations. I've been putting my Mac to sleep, and that helps so. far. I've unpinned people from the iMessage app on my phone, that way their messages show up in the history on that same screen. I'm less likely to miss anything now.

 

[diamond.g]

I finally got around to measuring idle power of the AMD 9900X CPU and it's about 21 watts. The official rating is 28-35 watts.

My i7-10700 uses 1.2 watts at idle.

Power consumption is a factor in the Windows vs macOS debate. I'd guess that the idle power consumption on Apple Silicon is in the low-single-digits.

Arrow Lake idle is said to be similar to Raptor Lake so not a lot of savings there. It's possible that the non-K models use much less power at idle.

Yeah AMDs IO Die is an atrocious power hog. It is worse on the multi ccd chips.