Converted a MacBook into a PC

Re:Converted a MacBook into a PC by justsomehnguy on Monday November 11, 2024 @10:58PM (#42112680)

> "unusably slow". There are still many who are satisfied with less

Who exactly are satisfied with less than a 15 y/o notebook? Why are they on (more than) 15 y/o notebook and not on a smartphone?

> I suppose it depends on what they intend to use it for.

15 notebook is enough to be a glorified typewritter or tty, or to watch some movies (forget about HEVC, x265 and even x264 is troublesome)

              Intel Core i5-540M @ 2.53GHz vs AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
    Clockspeed                      2.5 GHz    2.7 GHz   
    Turbo Speed               Up to 3.1 GHz    Up to 3.7 GHz
    # of Physical Cores      2 (Threads: 4)    4 (Threads: 4)   
    Cache     L1: 128KB, L2: 0.5MB, L3: 3MB    L1: 256KB, L2: 2.0MB, L3: 4MB
    First Seen on Chart             Q1 2010    Q1 2020
    Single Thread Rating       1159(-49.8%)    2307(0.0%)   
    CPU Mark                   1808(-75.7%)    7431(0.0%)

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Re:Converted a MacBook into a PC by nopelynopington on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @05:16AM (#42114281)

> 15 notebook is enough to be a glorified typewritter

Glorified typewriter is a perfectly acceptable use case. Plenty people out there who just want to write a novel or thesis or email or look up a recipe or Wikipedia. Not everyone is gaming and watching 4k video

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Re:Converted a MacBook into a PC by justsomehnguy on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @04:53AM (#42124569)

> look up a recipe

Do you even internet?

Just try it yourself on some 2c/4t machine from 2010. Sure, you can do it, but it would be an exercise in patience.

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Re:Converted a MacBook into a PC by userbinator on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @09:56PM (#42132688)

I've done it on even older machines and it's perfectly fast.

Maybe it's because I don't use bloatware browsers and keep JS off by default.

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Re:Converted a MacBook into a PC by justsomehnguy on Thursday November 14, 2024 @01:22PM (#42139355)

Ah, that settles it. You forgot what you aren't everyone else.

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