Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcm9pZOKAlFdoeQ==?= Dalvik? Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 19:53:12 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-95-178.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1306741992 9485 118.92.95.178 (30 May 2011 07:53:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 07:53:12 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4725 In message , Nasser M. Abbasi wrote: > On 5/30/2011 12:11 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote: >> >>> On 5/29/2011 10:26 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> >>>> The issue is power consumption. Intel has been unable to drive down the >>>> power usage of x86 chips to offer serious competition to ARM. >>> >>> Do you think the new intel 3D chips would do that? >> > >> Not a chance. They’ve already tacitly given up on phones for now, but are >> still making a big noise about tablets. Though I’ve yet to hear of any >> significant design wins. >> >> The only advantage to having x86 on a tablet is the ability to run >> Windows. And nobody seems to care about that. > > Thanks. But windows still run on, what, may be 9% of the PC's > in the world? Makes no difference.