Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable Mac computers

Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by marmaduke on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @04:52PM (#25052484)

Specs don’t tell you the thermal story. You can buy an i9 in a thin laptop and feel good about it until it throttles down to 1GHz after 30s.

The MBP should be built with better thermals to avoid throttling since you might be running simulations or movie encoding all day. The air should throttle after a certain amount of time.

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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by dahfizz on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @07:49PM (#25054251)

And prioritize function over form? I think you just want to buy a PC.

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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by undoware on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @09:34PM (#25054937)

This has to be the funniest take on the release of a whole new CPU architecture.

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Re:Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for portable... by marmaduke on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:07AM (#25058960)

I agree, I use a small form factor desktop box which fits in my messenger bag.

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