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Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model by gambler on Friday April 23, 2021 @09:22AM (#26914470)
Form factor and build quality are not something AMD can control by making a better CPU architecture.
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Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model by Macha on Friday April 23, 2021 @09:26AM (#26914515)
Not entirely for sure, but form factor is limited by thermal requirements (well, mostly, Apple and other OEMs have gotten into trouble by ignoring this in the past, like the first i9 macs), and that is influenced by cpu architecture.
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Re:Apple’s M1 Positioning Mocks the Entire x86 Business Model by skohan on Friday April 23, 2021 @07:39PM (#26920567)
True, but if I am considering an alternative to an M1 mac, I have to look at more than processor specs to decide if it's worth it
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