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To show them that their battery life could go from 2.5 hours to 8 or more, perhaps. That was the Mac experience that customers weren't asking for yet "wowed" th
by teknologist 2y ago
To show them that their battery life could go from 2.5 hours to 8 or more, perhaps. That was the Mac experience that customers weren't asking for yet "wowed" them when it came.
- aleph_minus_one 2y ago> To show them that their battery life could go from 2.5 hours to 8 or more, perhaps. x86 already was on its way towards such a goal.
- threeseed 2y agoYears later. And it took the threat of the PC industry moving to ARM to light a fire under Intel.
- teknologist 2y agox86 is an overcomplicated behemoth never intended for low power computing. It’s lipstick on a pig for mobile x86 at this point
- antifa 2y ago> customers weren't asking for they definitely were asking for longer battery life and cooling systems less noisy than a fighter jet, but the supply side of the market was a desert filled with minefields and duds until the M1.