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> It's still half as slow as modern ARM desktops like Apple's M1 mini Wouldn't half as slow be twice as fast?
by hirundo 4y ago
> It's still half as slow as modern ARM desktops like Apple's M1 mini
Wouldn't half as slow be twice as fast?
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- agloeregrets 4y agoI don't know what their value of 'half' is but this isn't the more commonly defined definition of 50%. This: https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/11836399 https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/11836399 M1: https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/mac-mini-late-2020 https://browser.geekbench.com/macs/mac-mini-late-2020
- rzzzt 4y agoParent is meditating over the questionable choice of words in combination. The board could be half as fast or twice as slow when compared to the M1 Mini, but if it is half as _slow_, how fast is it actually?
- agloeregrets 4y agoI know, but I was noting that it isn't even any definition of half here.
- geerlingguy 4y agoThis comment thread is half as interesting as I thought it would be ;)
- sliken 4y agoHalf as fast would make much more sense. I've seen things like "I'm 40 years young" or a laptop is 10mm thin instead of thick. Half as fast takes it so far though and doesn't make sense.