Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!kreme.dont-email.me!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lewis Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.portables,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc Subject: Re: Who is going to buy the first Arm (M1) MacBooks? Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:15:27 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Miskatonic U Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <111120202015475066%nospam@nospam.invalid> Reply-To: g.kreme@gmail.don-t-email-me.com Injection-Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:15:27 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: kreme.dont-email.me; posting-host="164f9b99bce798c1eb29f06f0ddb1a71"; logging-data="17867"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX191J6eOl1Ax7CE6bcJhdvcA" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:suzPfJnLzNvfU9Pn76xIXT3c5pg= X-Face: )^b5"R:T7U>9~:PEn3YkzMfW*[b1qKeU.fP9C8~8HpU9}lA&6`bH1z X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett Mail-Copies-To: nobody Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:134769 comp.sys.mac.portables:1369 comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc:2139 In message JF Mezei wrote: > On 2020-11-11 20:15, nospam wrote: >> In article , JF Mezei >> wrote: >> >>> The 16GB config max for the Air is laughable. >> >> it's a completely different architecture, therefore direct comparisons >> are bogus. >> >> ipads and iphones do exceptionally well with 4 gig. > In the keynote, Apple bragged about 8k video rendering on the MacBook Air. And you think they were lying. > ARM being RISC, it should in fact require more instructions to do the > same work as CISC 8086. You are, once again, talking out of your ass. Really, you need to get out of the fucking 90s. > Going from CISC 32 bit VAX And there we are. NO ONE FUCKING CARES ABOUT VAX. VAX IS NOT RELEVANT TO *ANYTHING*. Fucking idiot. -- The universe doesn't much care if you tread on a butterfly. There are plenty more butterflies. Gods might note the fall of a sparrow but they don't make any effort to catch them. --Lords and Ladies