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there is your problem - you're using AMD

The problem is that an Intel CPU might one day explode in my face if I were to criticize Israel too harshly. Not only does Intel have big operations in Israel, when I lived in California everybody that I knew who worked at Intel was Jewish. Of course that doesn't matter to me (being Jewish that is, those people were my friends (being tied to Israel does matter to me)), but maybe it does to you.

Also, while AMD has lagged behind Intel for most of history, several times it has come neck-and-neck or even beat Intel. Right now AMD products are almost neck-and-neck.

This isn't to say I trust AMD. I think they have NSA backdoors just like everything else. For example, when the Zen3 came out, the RDRAND instruction was giving all 1 bits and they had to issue a microcode fix. That should be impossible, RDRAND should be pulling random noise from a diode loop. So it led me to believe there is a backdoor to 'disable' the true randomness whenever government targets you.

We have to live with difficult decisions like this. Maybe one day the Chinese will catch up and offer a PC CPU. Then someone could build a PC with two processors, an American and a Chinese, and have the processors audit each other.

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Dissident Sound 11mo ago

interesting - i didn't know a lot of Jews worked at Intel's California offices.

keep in mind Windows is now migrating to Qualcomm Snapdragon X ARM Architecture CPUs

unfortunately i already got both a new desktop and laptop before Spandragon X machines came out

as for AMD they have beat Intel handily on several occasions but even when they were beating Intel companies like Dell were reluctant to use them because performance isn't everything - driver support can be more important - but even more importantly companies like Dell simply don't want to sour their relationship with Intel over an accidentally excellent AMD cpu that occasionally does come out

the other issue AMD had on my watch is they announced a CPU ( Threadripper ) and many brands released motherboards for it but then AMD never released the CPU to consumer market - only to OEM. all those motherboards became useless. it is unbelievable to me that a company can screw their partners like this. then they recently had an issue with CPUs failing because they were pushed too hard ( stock ). and probably the most sketch thing they did was they officially approved several coolers for the Threadripper that didn't even cover the die area, but AMD said that against all odds they somehow worked so they got approved. this kind of asshole behavior from AMD reminds me of Tesla where Elon bragged about using non automotive grade screens ( because they are cheaper ) to get that marketing buzz about having 17" screen in a car, before those screens started failing.

sadly a large majority of people will always buy whatever offers the most performance per dollar. personally i would rather buy from a company that does things right even if it costs more and isn't the fastest.

in any case both Intel and AMD are history. it's on to Qualcomm and Nvidia now.

Dissident Sound 11mo ago

anyway if you're boycotting Intel as part of BDS because of their large presence in Israel i can certainly accept that reason

Dissident Sound 11mo ago

honestly X86-64 architecture that both Intel and AMD run on is outdated garbage. Apple has the best silicon right now.

Running Linux on a new Macbook would be cool, but i am not into Linux and Apple OS runs neither CAD software i use nor Games i play.

but in terms of computing power per watt Apple silicon ( and Qualcomm Snapdragon X ) beat the shit out of X86-64 regardless of model of Intel or AMD cpu.

Snapdragon X ( even in Elite spec ) is still somewhat of an entry-level CPU while Apple chips range from entry level to high-end - certainly high end by notebook standards.

I would give Snapdragon X a few more years to scale up to higher performance levels but Apple silicon is ready, at least for notebooks.

Mike Dilger ☑️ 11mo ago

apple is very very good but you are then dependent on a single supplier. RISCV is best performance per watt, but that happens at very low watts... milliwatts.

Dissident Sound 11mo ago

yeah Apple can add or delete products from line up at will and they have switched CPU architectures in the past as well ( they used to run IBM power PC ) so they definitely can't be relied on.

or rather they can be relied on to produce a great laptop but not anything else and you can't know what CPU the laptop will use either.

apple is for people who need a $4,000 laptop machined from a single slab of aluminum ( oh no sorry, i meant to say "aluminium" ) to answer e-mails from starbucks.

then again we have a 9,000 lbs, 1,000 horsepower Hummer EV so that 5'2" women can have means of getting to their Zumba class two blocks down a suburban road without a single crack in the pavement.