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Technology & Information / Re: New laptop
« on: February 10, 2021, 03:04:54 PM »The future isn't power hungry x86 chips that compute generic workloads. Its going to be ARM with SOC tech, tuned to match the silicon to the software. I'm not running complex fluid dynamics computations. I watch youtube videos, make a the odd website, browse the internet and make a spreadsheet here and there. I want fast response times, low noise, low heat.
That's interesting. When I wanted that 7 years ago, this is what you said:You bought a computer that is optimised for the internet and now you intend to unoptimise it for the internet?
You picked a computer with an Arm cortex A15 chip on it. And then put Debian on it. Do Debian have an app store? This is a tablet chip. Not x86. What could you possibly be intending to do on this computer? The only thing it is good for is browsing the internet ... and you just made it slower at doing that.
You're an idiot.
Why the change of heart? Are you sure you're not just regurgitating corporate marketing hype again?
1) I have no idea who Ævan is.
2) You took an ARM chip that was optimised for a job and gave it a completely different job making it useless. I intend to use the chip as Apple designed it to be used. And 7 years later, it does a lot more than that awful crap you bought all those years ago. That Ævan guy was right. You are an idiot.
I just said, most of what I do is light applications. I'm not a weather man or the NSA. I'd like those applications to boot instantly and run like a greased weasel.For light use applications, they have a leg up. For workloads that require more horsepower, not so much.AMD is out-innovating Intel quite a bit as of late.They are still being handed their arses by Apple.