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Re:Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger... by TuringNYC on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @06:58PM (#25769756)
I recently purchased a MacbookPro w/ an M1 chip and i'm taken aback at the value/dollar, compute/power, compute/heat, compute/noise. I love the MBP-m1.

I realize that WinTel machines arent going anywhere because of entrenched business use -- but between NVIDIA GPUs for heavy workloads and M1s for day-to-day activities -- what is the feeling inside Intel right now? Is this like a Microsoft-Netscape moment in the 90s?

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Re:Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger... by mhh__ on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:49PM (#25771686)
An M1 equipped Mac Mini with 16 GB of ram and some more storage is still more than £1000. The M1 has to get a lot cheaper to be anything more than a warning shot for Intel.

What it should definitely be, however, is a death-sentence for x86. I bet Intel are proud of it, but ultimately they must be at least somewhat jealous of those who don't have to use it.

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Re:Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger... by znpy on Thursday January 14, 2021 @05:57AM (#25774900)
you can get a 6c/12t, 64gb ram, 1tb nvme disk intel nuc for that price.
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Re:Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger... by taf2 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @07:12PM (#25769905)
Maybe more like Apple in the 90s?
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