The problem is that Sandy Bridge (2011) was so good that they refused to innovate for years. Even the new 11th gen still has the same essential core design.
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Intel Launches Heavily Biased 'PC vs. Mac' Comparison Website
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Limitless creation applications? So I can run Xcode on it? Sweet!
I’m out of the loop on a lot of this, but shouldn’t Intel be more worried about AMD than Apple?
Yikes. I don‘t know who is giving Intel such bad advice with these silly ads, but my guess it’s from the likes of professional Windows panderers like Paul Thurrot who has been in TWIT various times encouraging Intel to go after Apple with this shtick.
Dumb move regardless of where this desperation is coming from. Especially as Windows and Intel completely dominate the market and will likely continue to do for the foreseeable future as Windows and their chips run the corporate world and industry around the world.
Or perhaps they feel they are on the edge of a precipice and this is a cry for help.
Dumb move regardless of where this desperation is coming from. Especially as Windows and Intel completely dominate the market and will likely continue to do for the foreseeable future as Windows and their chips run the corporate world and industry around the world.
Or perhaps they feel they are on the edge of a precipice and this is a cry for help.
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Guess AMD is getting some free advertisement from this
Maybe they mean that the ARM instruction set isn't Turing-complete. 🤣
I'm surprised they're releasing these ads now while Apple is still buying chips from them for the high end 13" MBP, 16" MBP, iMac, iMac Pro (sold out now?) and Mac Pro.
Just seems a bit premature.
Just seems a bit premature.
"Limitless creation applications"... Yeah right! Try to run Logic, Motion, Final Cut on Windows. These ads are pathetic. And they have nothing to do with the Intel processor.
As someone who wants competition to spur innovation, I’m concerned Intel is focusing on the wrong thing. Maybe make good chips that deliver power and efficiency, and deliver on time to what you promise in your roadmap. They’re focusing on Apple’s M1 chip after a bruised ego, when in reality, it’s AMD that will actually kill them off.
That's the funny part, very little on that website has to do with the Intel CPU itself.
See, the issue is their chips aren't very good.
The line about games is 100% accurate. Nobody who does any serious gaming games on a Mac. Apple has never gotten gaming and they never will.
Intel: "benchmarks do not translate to real-world usage"
My 15W M1 munching though data analysis scripts 30-50% faster than a 60W Intel i9 (on a multithreaded build): "sorry, were you saying something?"
My 15W M1 munching though data analysis scripts 30-50% faster than a 60W Intel i9 (on a multithreaded build): "sorry, were you saying something?"
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Windows-based PCs still have like 85% of the market share; this seems oddly defensive for Intel.
But they do have a point. It was tasteless using Justin. He will always be the Mac guy.
Their are getting smoked by PC Gamers whom build their own computers are preferring AMD processors because of the many cores and low power consumption! Now Apple went to their own processors Intel is loosing two core buyer groups! If you own Intel stock, sell it before it goes bust!
Yeah, and the dongles thing, and the touch thing. But only the dongles annoy me. Idc about games or drawing, and I'm not alone.
That, and shows how Justin Long is hardly relevant in the filming industry for someone to promote your product. He’s a washout.
Eh, those people care more about GPUs anyway. I've found that the more mindless the video game is, the less of the CPU it uses relative to the GPU. AAA games? i3 is fine for those, provided you have a 2080 or something.
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The only thing limitless about Intel these days is their power consumption under load.
Has anybody noticed that this is pretty similar to how Apple used to market less powerful PowerPC based computers vs more powerful Intel computers? They said “it’s not the cycles, it’s what you do with them” blah blah. It was the best they could do.
This is the best Intel can do. The M1 is a freak of nature and for most users it’s wildly better and faster.
But it’s true, if you want to install sketchy software or play sys admin you’re gonna want a Windows machine. I for one don’t want to do that.
This is the best Intel can do. The M1 is a freak of nature and for most users it’s wildly better and faster.
But it’s true, if you want to install sketchy software or play sys admin you’re gonna want a Windows machine. I for one don’t want to do that.
What the heck, those Mac M1 claims are seriously just straight lies. Why didn't an Intel lawyer say "guys, do you really want to do this?" "Limited creation applications" is just wrong. Everything is wrong. WTH.
Biggest issue I see about the ads is that they are too technical compared to the old Mac vs PC ads.
Anyone who understands half of what they are talking about already has an opinion.
Anyone who understands half of what they are talking about already has an opinion.