"Shockingly, and inexcusably in my opinion, the manufacturers only state the clock speed (3.2ghz) of their CPU..." I suppose it depends on the intent. If the i

"Shockingly, and inexcusably in my opinion, the manufacturers only state the clock speed (3.2ghz) of their CPU..." I suppose it depends on the intent. If the intent is to impress you with numbers by giving you a seemingly "good" number, then they're being intentionally deceptive for the sake of getting published in Nature. Does instantaneous power actually matter in context, even to knowledgeable experts?