On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:11 AM, <ri...@happyleptic.org> wrote: > -[ Sun, May 08, 2011 at 04:02:02PM -0400, Matt Turner ]---- >> You're comparing a tiny netbook to a quad-core desktop. Sorry, but >> that's an incredibly meaningless comparison. > > I wouldn't say so, if you use the quad-core desktop to browse the web or > listen to music (which is often the case). > > I don't think the point here was to say that quad-cores x86 are useless. > They are no more useless than powerfull 4-wheel drive vehicles. Yet, 4x4 > vehicles that are prevalent in most modern cities are somewhat of a > waste, aren't they ? Waste of space and of power I'd say, in a very > similar fashion.
This is kind of exactly why the comparison is silly. They fill totally different niches. I'm positive my Pentium MMX 233MHz can play MP3s just fine. Let's compare its power usage with the Loongson. Seriously though, take an x86 system with a processor built at the same sized process (90nm?) and compare the total energy consumed to perform a task. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "loongson-dev" group. To post to this group, send email to loongson-dev@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to loongson-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/loongson-dev?hl=en.
