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> 1.8 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 A53 is an antique in-order core whose pipeline cannot even handle two multiplies in a row. 1.8GHz is also rather slow. I cau
by dmitrygr 2y ago
> 1.8 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
A53 is an antique in-order core whose pipeline cannot even handle two multiplies in a row. 1.8GHz is also rather slow. I caution anyone from expecting this thing to perform in any sane fashion if running modern bloated code. It would probably collapse under the pile of JavaScript that is the modern web, if you attempted to run chromium.
- stonogo 2y agoIs it irony, or merely a counterpoint, that I read this comment on a laptop powered by this exact SoC, running Firefox on Debian?
- dmitrygr 2y agoHow well does said laptop handle google maps or a youtube live stream with chat? 1080p60fps video?
- stonogo 2y agoVideo is accelerated and works fine. Google maps is useable (I just tested it) but not great. It's not too much worse than it is on my MUCH faster M3 Macbook, though. I think I just don't like Google maps. Apple maps works better on both devices. I'm not going to pretend it's not a comparatively slow computer, but the most it really affects is application launch. Starting Firefox or Chrome is pretty bad: five to ten seconds. Once it's launched, however, it's mostly fine.