Jameson Lopp on Nostr: Looking at buying a new laptop. Company offers a CPU upgrade to a newer generation ...
Looking at buying a new laptop.
Company offers a CPU upgrade to a newer generation for $200.
Look up the CPU benchmark comparisons.
The new generation is 4% slower with the same power draw.
WTF?
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2025-01-12 14:52:14Event JSON
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