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Well I wouldn't pay for it if I could print billions in a snap because then I would start my own company that creates open RISC-V laptops and pcs. But in the cu
by rowanG077 6y ago
Well I wouldn't pay for it if I could print billions in a snap because then I would start my own company that creates open RISC-V laptops and pcs. But in the current market I will because there's simply no alternative.
- ekianjo 6y agoX86 based PCs are no alternative?
- rowanG077 6y agoUnfortunately not. There are no 13 inch x86 devices on the market that don't throttle afaik.
- LeifCarrotson 6y agoYou've been mislead if you think the 13" Macbooks run at full boost clock all the time.
- wmf 6y agoIt looks like the M1 does run all out all the time (maybe because it never turbos that much to begin with).
- macintux 6y agoWhen plugged in, perhaps, but when on battery those slower cores are going to get used more.
- dev_tty01 6y agoNo, if you run a heavy computational load on a battery powered Macbook Pro it runs all out on all cores. Lots of reviewers looking at this. Battery life is worse of course under heavy load but still incredible relative to x86 for identical tasks. Faster and less battery usage.
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- nrp 6y agoDynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) is a desirable feature. You're not getting a 60W CPU in a 13" form factor, but you can get a 28W CPU that will run at 28W indefinitely while also being able to temporarily boost to 60W when needed and thermally able to.
- rowanG077 6y agoIt's fine if I could get an ultra book that could sustain non boost performance. But even that is too much to ask for intel. I have't tested recently released AMD cpus to claim AMD also falls short.
- ineedasername 6y agoAMD laptop chips are pretty decent: you can find laptops/ultrabooks for about $700 running on a Ryzen 7 4700U. Based on a vs comparison on CPU Monkey it looks like it gets about 80% of the performance of the M1, though only about 25-50% graphics. However, you have much better ram & storage options, all at a lower price, and the graphics are still 2x to 4x better than Intel's on board graphics.
- ric2b 6y agoWhat do you mean by no alternative?
- rowanG077 6y agoAll the current 13 inch devices have vastly underperforming cooling systems. Well every device except the Apple macbook pro.
- slang800 6y agoIf you're not willing to look outside of the exact form factor and specs that Apple happens to support, then open devices aren't a priority for you. I use a 1 inch thick Thinkpad that's almost a decade old because it runs Libreboot. There is an alternative, but you need to be in the mindset where freedom is more important than hardware.
- tengbretson 6y agoDid you not own a computer prior to this month?