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Horse is a lot faster than a motorcycle if all you've got for fuel is oats, hay, and water. Adding in some gasoline would be apples-to-oranges.
by i_am_proteus 5y ago
Horse is a lot faster than a motorcycle if all you've got for fuel is oats, hay, and water.
Adding in some gasoline would be apples-to-oranges.
- gonehome 5y agoMore like a Tesla vs a gas guzzling rocket car. Rocket car may be technically faster under optimal conditions - but everything else about it sucks.
- i_am_proteus 5y agoIt's not clear to this reader which of Intel or Apple you mean for each of your examples. "Everything else about it sucks" certainly seems like it doesn't apply to either.
- gonehome 5y agoI’d guess it’s obvious to others (and probably you) given one in the example is a lot more efficient, but for clarity the M1 Max was the Tesla.
- klelatti 5y agoYour analogy made perfect sense to me - I’m still trying to understand the whole horses and motorcycles thing!
- i_am_proteus 5y agoSomething that does not perform well when operated in an environment it is ill-suited to: trying to run a motorcycle on oats. Or an Intel processor on a laptop that sacrificed adequate cooling for aesthetics. Or a Tesla in a place without many electric charging stations. None of these condemn the device, but do indicate the specific use case wasn't well thought out.