ARM Mac Impact on Intel

Re:ARM Mac Impact on Intel by imtringued on Monday June 22, 2020 @08:07AM (#23599294)

Isn't that a selling point of ARM? Would you prefer a passively cooled but only slightly slower laptop or a faster laptop with a noisy fan?

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Re:ARM Mac Impact on Intel by slantyyz on Monday June 22, 2020 @09:25AM (#23599890)

I don't think there can be a universally accepted answer to this, as there are so many different user priorities for laptops.

Having said that, I think the top requirement for most laptops is that "it's gotta run what I need it to run on day one".

For a huge amount of light users, ARM Macs are going to satisfy that requirement easily.

Once you move up the food chain to users with more complicated requirements, however, it's less of a slam dunk... for the moment.

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