4 ms·

It's worth noting that Intel has been stuck at a single tick in the processor cycle for... 7-8 years now? Interestingly, Mac sales are up 40% recently. So I gu

It's worth noting that Intel has been stuck at a single tick in the processor cycle for... 7-8 years now? Interestingly, Mac sales are up 40% recently. So I guess a lot of people actually do care -- they just want in on the best laptop processors out there, which are decidedly not offered by Intel. With no good Windows support for ARM, I'm curious what trends we'll see over the next few years for PCs. Will they languor in their current state, using Intel's hot n' heavy processors? Will some manufacturers switch to ARM + Linux solutions to offer battery life and heat generation competitive with the Mac?

ghaff 4y ago
The Mac number is still relatively small though and it sort of makes the point that the people who really care about their laptops are disproportionately going with Macs (relatively speaking). While the basic corporate box is mostly don't care. >Will some manufacturers switch to ARM + Linux solutions to offer battery life and heat generation competitive with the Mac? I don't know. You already have Chromebooks but those aren't really mainstream outside of education even though they're all a lot of people need. And Google exited as basically one of the most high-end hardware makers there.
scarface74 4y ago
But outside of Apple, ARM processors aren’t really that great
- dont__panic 4y ago
  I know that the Qualcomm's 8 Gen 1+ is within spitting distance of the A-series phone chips -- inferior for single core work, but superior for multicore loads. Both Qualcomm and Samsung produce tablet chips that perform well enough. I wonder why they haven't expanded into the laptop space? I imagine Apple's M-series would be hard to compete with, but many consumers would be fine with something competitive with the M1, which seems doable.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    Not disagreeing with you, this is just the best citation I could find with benchmarks. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-Gen-1-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.633861.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-Gen-1-Pr...

ghaff 4y ago

The Mac number is still relatively small though and it sort of makes the point that the people who really care about their laptops are disproportionately going with Macs (relatively speaking). While the basic corporate box is mostly don't care. >Will some manufacturers switch to ARM + Linux solutions to offer battery life and heat generation competitive with the Mac? I don't know. You already have Chromebooks but those aren't really mainstream outside of education even though they're all a lot of people need. And Google exited as basically one of the most high-end hardware makers there.

scarface74 4y ago

But outside of Apple, ARM processors aren’t really that great

dont__panic 4y ago
I know that the Qualcomm's 8 Gen 1+ is within spitting distance of the A-series phone chips -- inferior for single core work, but superior for multicore loads. Both Qualcomm and Samsung produce tablet chips that perform well enough. I wonder why they haven't expanded into the laptop space? I imagine Apple's M-series would be hard to compete with, but many consumers would be fine with something competitive with the M1, which seems doable.
- scarface74 4y ago
  Not disagreeing with you, this is just the best citation I could find with benchmarks. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-Gen-1-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.633861.0.html https://www.notebookcheck.net/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-Gen-1-Pr...