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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Intel's co-CEO claims retailers say Qualcomm-powered PCs have
 high return rates, points to new competitors with Arm chips coming in 2025
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 07:23:22 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-14, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-12-14 à 10:44, RonB a écrit :
>> On 2024-12-14, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>>>
>>> Higher performance per watt which leads to lower power use and therefore
>>> improved battery life. Whether Intel and AMD want to admit it or not,
>>> people _do_ want to have a computer which can handle a whole day's work
>>> on a single charge and which won't increase electrical bills.
>> 
>> While I agree that most people want longer battery life for their laptops, I
>> really don't think the cost of charging a laptop is that big of a concern.
>
> Not to a person who lives in an area where electricity is cheap. 
> However, it is only going to become more expensive in places like Europe 
> where its production depend on a resource acquired from Russia. The same 
> way they switched to fuel-efficient or electric cars to lower their 
> reliance on gasoline, they are probably going to switch to 
> energy-efficient machines to reduce their need for electricity altogether.

If things are getting that dire in Europe they're going to have to learn 
to live without computers at all.

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