Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB 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: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:27:19 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <4gf7P.5896$Uup4.1220@fx10.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:27:19 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1a11716650b21c6ece7128939a6b7e83"; logging-data="1151447"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18HAiNtjtzDy8Tb66ofdSLG" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:75Vev05ZrcyVBlUx0cEJXu3vLzc= Bytes: 3439 On 2024-12-15, CrudeSausage wrote: > Le 2024-12-15 à 02:23, RonB a écrit : >> On 2024-12-14, CrudeSausage wrote: >>> Le 2024-12-14 à 10:44, RonB a écrit : >>>> On 2024-12-14, CrudeSausage 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. -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien