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I expect to be able to compile moderately sized software, transcode an hour long video, render a scene in a ray tracer, etc without throttling.
I can do these things on my Dell XPS developer edition. If I'm going to spend more than $1000 on a machine, these capabilities are a minimum standard.
My $200 netbook hits thermal throttling and that's ok. It's not "pro" and it isn't meant to be.
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I expect to be able to compile moderately sized software, transcode an hour long video, render a scene in a ray tracer, etc without throttling.
I can do these things on my Dell XPS developer edition. If I'm going to spend more than $1000 on a machine, these capabilities are a minimum standard.
My $200 netbook hits thermal throttling and that's ok. It's not "pro" and it isn't meant to be.