Or if you just bought a mid range chip from 08 - 10. Comparing the 150w behemoths of 2005 to the 5w parts of today is kind of unfair, when we have always had 65

Or if you just bought a mid range chip from 08 - 10. Comparing the 150w behemoths of 2005 to the 5w parts of today is kind of unfair, when we have always had 65 - 110w parts acting as the mainstream. In that realm, this next generation of 5 - 30w parts from ARM and Intel is performing equivalent to the last generation of core 2 quad processors at 120w. And people did some serious professional work on those kinds of chips.