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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by wmf on Saturday October 03, 2020 @04:01PM (#24674302)
Eh, every chip company has lower-end models that are cheaper. There's nothing stopping Apple from putting i3s in Macs.
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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by bobbylarrybobby on Saturday October 03, 2020 @05:55PM (#24674972)
The point is that apple's models would not be lower end, just cheaper.
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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by mulmen on Saturday October 03, 2020 @05:23PM (#24674768)
But what if Apple offers a Macbook with i7 performance and i3 price?
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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by The_Colonel on Saturday October 03, 2020 @05:56PM (#24674983)
Typical Apple - undercutting other companies on price \s
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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by thekyle on Saturday October 03, 2020 @06:47PM (#24675240)
I know you're joking, but looking at some Geekbench scores there doesn't seem to be a single Android phone on the market that can outperform the iPhone SE in single-core performance. The OnePlus 8 is the closest, but still not really that close.

iPhone SE: 1321

OnePlus 8: 898

On multi-core it's a little better since there seem to be seven Android phones that can outperform the iPhone SE:

iPhone SE: 2737

OnePlus 8: 3281

OnePlus 8 Pro: 3216

Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G: 3107

Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G: 3102

Samsung Galaxy S20 5G: 3078

Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G: 2918

Huawei Mate 30 Pro: 2835

However, all of those Android phones cost quite a bit more than the SE.

https://browser.geekbench.com/ios-benchmarks

https://browser.geekbench.com/android-benchmarks

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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by srndpty on Monday October 05, 2020 @12:40PM (#24689349)
They do in the mac mini.
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Re:For years, Intel sat on its CPU monopoly and now the tide... by solarkraft on Saturday October 03, 2020 @04:23PM (#24674431)
With low-end branding and possibly sub-par performance.
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