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$1,499 base, $4,999 Premium. The point of RISC is cheap. and the specs don't warrant $500.
by downrightmike 4y ago
$1,499 base, $4,999 Premium. The point of RISC is cheap. and the specs don't warrant $500.
- FullyFunctional 4y agoNo, the point of RISC (and RISC-V) has nothing to do with cheap. The _point_ of RISC-V is freedom [to use, implement, etc] and a rallying point (no need for everyone to re-implement the whole SW eco-system if that's not the main point of the implementation).
- aliqot 4y agoRISC is good
- brucehoult 4y agoThe specs are better than the first 15" Core 2 Duo MacBookPro for $1999 in 2006 (when a dollar was worth a lot more). CPU probably similar (but four cores not two) and everything else ... RAM, disk, GPU ... far better.
- indemnity 4y agoOk, but it's 2022, and you can get a pretty much best in class laptop (M2 MacBook Air) for $1199, and it likely wipes the floor with this effort. "Freedom" at any price though, I guess.