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People need to remember that desktop/laptop ARMs outside of Apple have kind of royally sucked... E.g. when the first Surface Pro ARM was released (the X, 2020i
by AshamedCaptain 4y ago
People need to remember that desktop/laptop ARMs outside of Apple have kind of royally sucked...
E.g. when the first Surface Pro ARM was released (the X, 2020ish), it was ridiculously more expensive, less performing and had less battery life (!) than the cheaper Intel options https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-X-Review-Microsoft-s-ARM-based-tablet-with-poor-compatibility.529218.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-Surface-Pro-X-Review...
The previous Surface non-Pro ARM attempts (RT, 2012ish) were even crappier (Tegra procs) but at least they were cheaper than the Pro/Intel variants...
- jjtheblunt 4y ago> People need to remember that desktop/laptop ARMs outside of Apple have kind of royally sucked... I've got an SQ1 and Apple M2 and they're both truly excellent. (disclaimer: I worked years in engineering in both Qualcomm and Apple)
- scarface74 4y agoGot some benchmarks?
- jjtheblunt 4y agoGood point: they're excellent for MY benchmarks, to your point (I think). Essentially I run them all day with Visual Studio Code and vim sessions, Firefox scanning news and documentation (and of course normal email etc), and ssh to cloud hosts. Your mileage and evaluation could of course vary.