Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 days agoDesktop PCs are so much more powerful amd fast than laptops of the same spec.
High integration on laptops decreases space and cost.
Comment on Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 days agoDesktop PCs are so much more powerful amd fast than laptops of the same spec.
High integration on laptops decreases space and cost.
artyom@piefed.social 3 days ago
This isn’t about laptop/desktop but about modular vs. Integrated processors.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Integrated processors let laptops be faster without also using power. Strictly speaking it’d be cheaper to just use a faster CPU but battery life is more important than cost so lots of money is spent on integrating processors.
Desktops are still around because they’re upgradable and faster than their laptop brothers.
artyom@piefed.social 3 days ago
…once again, not talking about laptops.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 days ago
An AIO is effectively a laptop without a keyboard. They’re functionally very similar (appealing to less power-hungry users). They’re just less mobile.Presumably it’s cheaper for apple to just put the integrated CPUs in everything because it’d be expensive to make another model.
I garuntee you this trade off only makes sense for Apple. Other AIOs don’t always have the new laptop chips from Intel because it makes more sense to use the desktop one with all the space they have.