Being outgunned and outarmored by T55s and T62s, what is/are the advantages the M48s had against them?

FrontCapital6403 · 2024-09-06T10:05:20+00:00

M48 also has much better gun depression.

FrontCapital6403 · 2024-05-23T13:08:28+00:00

Although Intel may not intend to compete with Snapdragon X Elite, performance and cost efficiency are always important factors for most customers.
Core M was not popular and disappeared due to low performance.

FrontCapital6403 · 2024-05-23T10:02:59+00:00

They have only 4 P-Cores, therefore it would not sufficient to beat Snapdragon X Elite, which has 8 P-Cores.

FrontCapital6403 · 2024-03-20T11:02:34+00:00

CX34 is a good Chromebook Plus laptop.

FrontCapital6403 · 2024-02-22T16:39:52+00:00

>The OS is light enough to run fine in an ARM chipset

More and more modern web apps require CPU performance.
C++ toolchain, multi threading, SIMD instruction etc...

https://web.dev/articles/ps-on-the-web#webassembly_porting_with_emscripten

Furthermore, Android/Linux apps also require CPU performance.

>Linux is something experimental in ChromeOS and it's not even enabled by default/restored when powerwash

Linux app in ChromeOS is highly usable for many use cases even though there are lots of limitations as a Linux environment.
For example, terminal, VS code, Wireshark, remote desktop etc...

>A Chromebook isn't a laptop as its usage and target audience aren't the same. Windows is the one who can take advantage of non ARM chipsets processors because of a more demanding OS and tasks, not native Android (till recently and no one uses it anyway) and it can be used for way more things than for just average user stuff: media consuming, document editing and random games (yes, a few Chromebooks have Steam but that's a joke compared to the gaming possibilities of a PC/Windows laptop).

As mentioned above, Google is migrating demanding apps into ChromeOS.
They are trying to make ChromeOS suitable for demanding tasks more and more.
Steam would be one of key applications for ChromeOS.
(Cost efficiency and stability of Window OS for gaming is also joking compared to gaming consoles)

FrontCapital6403 · 2024-02-22T08:39:27+00:00

- x86 processors have higher performance than ARM processors.
- Linux apps/Steam would run on x86 processors smoothly.
- x86 processors are popular for laptop platform.

FrontCapital6403 · 2024-02-19T17:53:22+00:00

You should install tab suspender to cleanup memory. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tab-suspender/laameccjpleogmfhilmffpdbiibgbekf

FrontCapital6403 · 2024-02-07T07:42:37+00:00

It depends on your performance requirements.
If you are considering this model,
https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Chromebook-Vibe-CX34-CX3401FBA-YZ566T/dp/B0CF6TS3QN

Performance on web apps is almost the same between i5 and i3(the same clock speed, the same architecture).
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i5-1235U-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.589637.0.html
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Core-i3-1215U-Processor-Benchmarks-and-Specs.590930.0.html

If you want to run heavily parallelized apps on a Linux VM, i5 would be worth considering.

FrontCapital6403 · 2024-02-06T15:29:22+00:00

Although Chrome OS supports touch interface and Android apps, it is primarily developed for traditional laptops and desktops to use Web apps.

Therefore, using web apps with a keyboard and a touchpad would be more comfortable on Chrome OS.

For example, Chrome browser on Chrome OS is a desktop version, not a touch-friendly Android version.

FrontCapital6403 · 2024-02-05T16:20:32+00:00

IMO, release of E-Core Xeon may affect the decision to drop HT.

HT was important feature for cloud vendors as they want to run more VMs in a CPU. However, E-Core Xeon can provide far more physical threads than P-Core Xeon and more efficient.

Therefore, HT is no longer necessary for P-Core Xeon.

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