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A cellphone isn't a supercomputer. Sure, it might have relatively decent grunt versus computers of yesteryear, but it doesn't trade punches with the average GPC
by hammyhavoc 3y ago
A cellphone isn't a supercomputer. Sure, it might have relatively decent grunt versus computers of yesteryear, but it doesn't trade punches with the average GPC, nor an actual supercomputer.
- zamnos 3y agoIt trades punches just fine. What do you think people use computers for? Punches like "has access to the Internet" or "runs Google Docs". Other ones too, like "runs Candy Crush" or "lets me watch Netflix/YouTube/Disney+". True, it'll get sucker punched by shots like "runs Kerbal" or "runs Factorio" but that's a niche market.
- hammyhavoc 3y agoExcept it doesn't trade punches whatsoever, especially once you consider price-to-performance of what a £1000 computer performs like versus a £1000 smartphone. You're not scoring movies, doing serious CAD and you're not playing latest-gen games in max quality from a phone. The popularity of something has no bearing on whether something is or is not a supercomputer or capable of trading punches with a desktop computer of equal price. Irrelevant counterpoint.