EVs anyone?

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Rhythm wrote:
Dio wrote:
Rhythm wrote:Gaming laptops, for example, are *way* cheaper than desktops for the first time ever.
It's a power thing. Now Moore's Law is pretty much done, you need to use more transistors and power to go significantly faster, but you can't do that in a laptop form factor, you simply can't get rid of 100W+ without burning someone's leg.
I've put it down to the fact that GPUs embedded into laptops aren't useful to crypto-miners.
There's going to be a avalanche of trouble when that thing folds.
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Already has.
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Dio wrote:Already has.
Things seem to be taking a while to catch up, but yeah.

The laptop thing I've been surprised at, even as someone who switched a desktop for laptops 5ish years ago. 3070ti laptops get 85% performance of a desktop version but they're over 30% cheaper and have 50-60% less power draw.

Of course the desktop card market will sort itself out eventually but for now it means I'm feverishly holding out for a decent bonus this year so I can switch out my laptop.
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Wow the new Prius is a looker -

Now with a new Mac Mini Pro so dont judge me !
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Bloody hell, yeah. Huge improvement on the original!
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