• kenkenken@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Oh, these long-awaited arm laptops are designed for high TDP and have active cooling. I don’t see why to choose them over Intel/AMD in that case.

    • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org
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      4 months ago

      Depends on the specifics. My high-end MacBook Pro uses active cooling, but in practice it almost never comes on. It’s wayyyyy more efficient than the previous Intel gen.

      A week or two ago, I accidentally left a Python process running using 100% of a single core. I didn’t even notice for several hours, until it ate up all my RAM. On on Intel laptop the fan would’ve let me know in like two minutes.

      I don’t think Qualcomm’s actually caught up to Apple yet, but it’s getting close. It’s good to see more competition.

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      4 months ago

      Plus it’s landed like, what, a couple of weeks before a new set of AMD CPUs?

      I think people are about to have a rude awakening. ARM isn’t magic. ISA doesn’t matter a huge amount.