• fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    Intel is really good at making 300+ watt monster CPUs. Intel really fucking sucks at making a good laptop CPU. Apple is really good at making an incredible laptop CPU, but sucks at making a Mac Pro CPU.

    Process node differences definitely play a part, but it’s almost like comparing apples to oranges.

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      7 months ago

      Intel really fucking sucks at making a good laptop CPU

      Which is funny, because it was the power efficiency of the P6 (Pentium III/Pentium Pro) core versus the Netburst Pentium 4 that resulted in Intel dropping Netburst and basing the Core series off of an evolution of the P6, and only reason they kept the P6 around was that Netburst was a nightmare in laptops.