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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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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: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:27:19 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-12-15, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-12-15 à 02:23, RonB a écrit :
>> 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.
>
> If this were the 80s and Europe were facing these issues, I imagine that 
> either Atari or Commodore would have produced a very efficient computer 
> which would only need to be charged once daily. Let's not forget how 
> popular the ST and the Amiga were over there while they were failing 
> miserably in North America. Because both companies are dead, the most 
> likely scenario is that they will move to the efficient machines made by 
> Apple or equipped with Qualcomm's processors. I do not think that their 
> energy crisis is going to get better anytime soon.

I'm sorry, but I'm skeptical that the electricity needed to charge a laptop 
is that big of a concern, even in Europe.

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