The extent to which (mostly) PC users lack perspective on this is saddening. Also the myopia around desktops vs laptops, it's pathetic.
This ? and let’s be honest, the smaller the laptop, the worse it gets for Intel. They have nothing that can compete with the M1 in my MacBook Air.
Well, if you're a 3D artist (Cinebench is very representative here), this can def be a deal-breaker. I know a couple of motion graphic artist, that 10 years ago all used to work on Mac pro machines but all switched to PCs, because top performance (and more importantly: price/performance) on a custom built machine is just way better. Not to even mention the inclusion of powerful Geforce cards (option unavailable on Macs), something crucial for fast workflow with todays GPU based renderers.
its not what he was saying...cinebench is a short benchmark
Yes, different leader can be a good thing now...but again, that leader is not Johny Srouji...when he was at Intel, that company was on top...now since he is at Apple for a decade. and for the last 2 decades shows, that he knows/understand silicon, he is the brain
I think that’s fair. And I too am glad to see leadership changes at Intel. Will that be enough? Not sure, but at least they are doing something again. The more competition and more pressure on all the chip makers, the better for all of us.Architecture difference and we run comparison between those two huh... sounds legit. (Yeah I know Geekbench exist but ain't no normal person just run benchmark all day unend)
Yes, hardware is there now and I have no doubt its performance will explode a couple of times before hitting the plateau again. The issue now lies on the software side. Everyone knows x86 has millions if not billions of software to choose from thanks to decades of development etc. It's been Apple silicon anniversary, how many Mac software is being converted to support Apple silicon at this point, let alone properly taking advantage of M1's performance.
On the other hand, Apple is designing their new MacBook Pro with one goal in mind: creativity industry. As of now MacBook Pro can still be used for general purposes. But after another year or so, I am not so sure. Apple may end up building their Mac so specialised everyone else might just get a MacBook Air and call it a day or keep using their PC, and all of those hardware power goes largely unused thanks to its niche nature. Remember, M1 Pro/Max MacBook could sell very well because there are LOTS of people waiting desperately for an update that is worthwhile.
Thanks to Intel being lead by an engineer again, Alder Lake might just be the start, similar to M1. I am not saying Intel will once again catch up on Apple and lead performance crown in a year or two, but this leadership change gives me hope that Intel might once again prove themselves worthy of a competitor to challenge Apple silicon in terms of performance while also optimising for high efficiency.
While not to be dismissed, the BC software trope with x86 is a fallacy in itself.
Architecture difference and we run comparison between those two huh... sounds legit. (Yeah I know Geekbench exist but ain't no normal person just run benchmark all day unend)
1. 12 Gen H-Series laptop CPUs have not been released yet.
Pat Gelsinger is strongly engaged in technology propaganda. He is trying to create a picture of Intel as an entity that is in the technology forefront and tries to leverage this into subsidies that range into the tens of billions from both the US and EU. (Why this would be required given the incredible profitability of Intel this century is a bit opaque, to say the least.) Creating government vested interest in Intel manufacturing infrastructure.
Not really blind faith, considering Tiger Lake remains much more respectable than Rocket Lake, a dismal showing by every performance metric. The existential problems for Intel lie in the desktop & server markets, not mobile computing. Intel will need to successfully iterate with Raptor Lake & Meteor Lake over the next couple years to regain market share from AMD, I imagine.
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I am not entirely sure if you just hate Intel or you are serious about how computer architecture should go. Again, no matter how good the performance is, without appropriate software support, the said hardware platform could never truly take off. Granted we have long past 1984 but Mac software transition to Apple silicon isnt as smooth as some might choose to believe.
This is why big Geekbench score number alone is not enough to entice devs to develop for Mac all of a sudden, and iterating on existing software package is definitely cheaper and easier than doing a complete rewrite. I am looking forward to a future where ARM or RISC-V is so good, X86 can just be emulated, even Core i9-12900K. Most can’t spend time and energy bother future architecture and bleeding edge until it is absolutely necessary and no other option remains.
The thing is that for a lot of software Rosetta2 emulation/translation is allready good enough. As long as you don’t do stuff that requires long cpu times (like rendering) you can not tell if the software runs rosetta or is native.
That could be a selling point and an opportunity to sell a few more accessories. Rock up to work, Plug laptop water cooling circuit into an Intel brand coffee making attachment, don your Intel brand noise cancelling headphones and your all set up for the day.
Rosetta definitely lags versus native, even for basic consumer apps, e.g., Messenger, Spotify
