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It's supposed to run a Mac, why isn't it a general purpose CPU? What specific workload do you have in mind? I could use it for web browsing, programming, media

• kridsdale1 6y ago
  Perhaps the answer is that x86 is far more general purpose than that. Many of the instructions are as old as the Millennial workforce at Intel who is building their chips, from an era where the web wasn't a concern and GUIs were uncommon. A vast amount of transistors are dedicated to a different optimization than what the software of this decade cares about. OTOH ARM and Apple have tailored their chips to the workload of ~10 years ago (running Javascript at single-digit watts) which is far more tailored to what actually gets used these days.
• mrtksn 6y ago
  Anything that has to do with audio, video, graphics processing and so on. There are videos on youtube demonstrating that you can edit large video files on an iPhone connected to an external monitor and do it smoother than a much larger PC. Here is an example of using iPhone SE strapped to an external screen, editing a 4K footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmbrOUPFDvg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmbrOUPFDvg Notice how smooth is everything.
  • photojosh 6y ago
    I thought the mouse support was iPad only... thanks for the TIL.