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Microsoft reveals major price increase for all Surface PCs as RAM crisis continues (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Some of the same hardware, yes.

But also - the CPU/GPU in the iPhones are insane.

Compared against a bunch of laptops in the price class from dell, HP, etc and the single-core performance is like 50% higher on the iPhone CPU in the macbook neo.

I can't wait for more ARM CPUs that hit these specs for a reasonable price.

[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

ARM cpus are great for battery life and aren't saddled with decades of legacy support, what they are not is a physics bending device. It's not a geekbench benchmark that is going to change the reality of physics. Now, if one's use of a computing device is circumscribed to opening web pages, then the iPhone is the device for you. Also, don't forget to breathe in and breathe out.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

As someone who was very excited about ARM several years ago and still is using ARM for half of my homelab equipment, it's unfortunately rapidly become irrelevant. x86 CPUs can now run as efficiently at the same TDP while still beating it in performance with all the benefits of x86. Unless something unforeseen changes, I probably won't be buying any more ARM machines for homelab/server use. Still using what I already own, of course.

RISC-V seems cool though, but not sure that it will be more attractive than x86.

[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 1 day ago

I'm still excited, ARM is still a gen ahead of x86 in power constrained situations, for energy efficiency, where peak compute is not a requirement. That illusion fades away fast though, when one multitasks or needs a non hardware accelerated pipeline. For single purpose devices like game consoles, that advantage in power consumption looks mighty sweet. Let's see what AMD conjures up for the next gen PS6 or as a response to Lunar lake. The mobile ecosystem, especially Apple, have a vertical integration that makes HW development more agile as they are not saddled by decades of legacy support and tech debt.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

This seems nonsensical to me. It's physically impossible for ARM competitors to match the performance of Apple ARM?

Not to mention that we're talking about their lowest-specced CPU here and there are far more powerful ones.