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Re:The US chip industry starts to wake up to new competitive... by afarrell on Saturday September 08, 2018 @04:20AM (#17940048)
But as a consumer, I can't control for that. I can read specs on SSD speed.

> OS bloat

Results from tradeoffs against other things and is not going away.

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Re:The US chip industry starts to wake up to new competitive... by panic on Saturday September 08, 2018 @05:36AM (#17940220)
Hardware has been getting faster for decades; somehow software always manages to slow it down. I don't think there's a way to win this race without either changing the tradeoffs or building a software culture that actually cares about performance.
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Re:The US chip industry starts to wake up to new competitive... by CarolineW on Saturday September 08, 2018 @06:27AM (#17940328)
As the quotation goes: "What Andy giveth, Bill taketh away."
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Re:The US chip industry starts to wake up to new competitive... by lazyjones on Saturday September 08, 2018 @05:15AM (#17940169)
> But as a consumer, I can't control for that. I can read specs on SSD speed

You have options. I used to have a Windows PC for all tasks (with these annoying issues) and have since moved to an iPad for most tasks, a PS4 for games and a MacBook for programming (which I admittedly don‘t do much anymore). SSD speed is not relevant anymore, booting has been replaced by opening/picking up/starting from hibernation.

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Re:The US chip industry starts to wake up to new competitive... by gbil on Saturday September 08, 2018 @08:16AM (#17940554)
What stops you putting your xOS PC in standy/hibernation ? I believe you compare different situations/needs
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