What you miss over and over, and this is what is getting tiring, is that performance benchmarks that evaluate maximum sustained load are not particularly valuable in determining how well a device based on Core-M will work for the large number of users who have workflows that are generally not processor bound. I've been saying for years that most computers have processors that are excessively powerful for modern computing routines, and that we are missing out on smaller, quieter devices with better battery life because we are stuffing these power hungry processors into all sorts of mobile devices that don't really need them. Core-M is the result of that reality, and it's exactly the kind of processor I've wanted in a laptop for a long time. Until late last year, the only options were the 15w models, or Atom processors that were truly underpowered. Core-M brings the best of those two worlds - power and efficiency - into being.
