3 ms·
It used to be, but laptops have essentially stopped getting faster. Desktops are innovating primarily with power hungry video cards for VR. 2010 to 2013 MacBoo
by jonknee 10y ago
It used to be, but laptops have essentially stopped getting faster. Desktops are innovating primarily with power hungry video cards for VR.
2010 to 2013 MacBook Pros changed a ton (Retina, dropped optical drive, got loads faster thanks to more cores, etc etc).
- 2muchcoffeeman 10y agoI think this is why I am finding these models so expensive. They don't really look different to laptops 2-4 years ago. That used to be a huge amount of time performance-wise.
- astrodust 10y agoDesktop GPUs have been getting progressively faster, but the difference between a new i7 6700K CPU and a 2011 vintage i7 2600K is about 30%. Unless you're shelling out over $1K for your CPU alone there's not really a lot of compelling reasons to upgrade. Now if Intel started making more affordable six and eight core mobile and desktop CPUs...