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Kinda surprised that no one has pointed out than an I7 is grossly overpowered for "spreadsheets and web apps". Seems better to get something that has long batte
by oysterville 2y ago
Kinda surprised that no one has pointed out than an I7 is grossly overpowered for "spreadsheets and web apps". Seems better to get something that has long battery life with a CPU that uses less watts.
- woleium 2y agoexactly, the total lifetime cost of operation for an old i7 may be much higher, depending on the cost of your electricity
- WheelsAtLarge 2y agoOP here, my thing was that I would get an i7 in case I need to run a once-in-while resource-hogging app but you have a point there's no need to waste the watts if I don't have to. Also, not being able to run Win11 will mostly kill my future ability to run most of those types of apps. It's something to think about.
- vel0city 2y agoFWIW, you might also look into including i5's in your search. Often the only difference between an i5 and an i7 of the same generation is Hyperthreading support.
- palata 2y agoOnly half joking: "web apps" include ElectronJS stuff like Slack, that are not exactly lightweight.
- klooney 2y agoEverything local on my 2015 laptop is fine, but the web, it's super laggy.