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>I got my next ThinPad P51s in 2017 - an it was just one huge disappointment. It felt like Intel was stepping back.

the microcode bugs cut performance by 20-30% varrying in your workloads. and it comes with a 4k display? That would also contribute to a performance loss, depending on what you're doing.

That 2.8-3.9 cpu would be equal to a 2.3-3.3 before the bug, afaik. Thats hardly faster than 10 year old duals, wow!

>>they just need to crumble.

>Less competition will only make things worse for us consumers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯




I'd say Intel has been enjoying the fruits of its pseudo monopoly for far too long now.


> Less competition will only make things worse for us consumers. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Intel is so large that it is using up too much of production capacity for anyone to enter the market. Intel crumbling = more resources for new players to get lower cost manufacturing capacities.




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