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Re:Apple’s M1 silicon is all about platform control by Tade0 on Monday November 23, 2020 @11:38AM (#25188539)
The 2080 Max-Q only exists in ~$3000 gaming laptops. Poor battery life, 4lb+ laptops.

I have an ASUS Zephyrus G14.

1680g(3.7lb) as checked just a minute ago using a kitchen scale. I don't know about battery life because I capped the charging at 80% and it still lasts a whole day of normal usage if need be. MSRP ~$1,500 in the US.

I don't think it's remotely so simple.

If you compare it to the Ryzen 4xxx mobile CPUs it checks out - performance increase is roughly as expected given the difference in feature size.

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Re:Apple’s M1 silicon is all about platform control by bfgoodrich on Monday November 23, 2020 @11:56AM (#25188764)
A disclaimer on your battery life: that is doing literally nothing with the 2080. Effectively turning it off and carrying it around as an extra cost/weight for nothing.

Because the moment you use that 2080, your battery life will be South of 3 hours with a 100% charge and a factory new battery. You'll also have a jet engine fan and a leg burning device.

Which is the point.

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Re:Apple’s M1 silicon is all about platform control by Tade0 on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:38PM (#25193832)
I have a whole day on battery for normal usage, and competent gaming performance when I plug it in.

The M1 offers only one of these things.

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