[TriLUG] Dear lazyweb^WTriLUG, Laptop suggestions?

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On Jan 3, 2013, at 3:58 PM, John Vaughters <jvaughters04 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>> I will be happy when we can finally replace the power-hungry Intel CPU's with something a little more miserly like ARM.
> 
> ARM is working on attacking server level chips for this very reason. The efficiency creates significant savings. Look for ARM to give INTEL a run for their money in the coming 3-5 yrs. It should be interesting to see INTEL's response, I cannot beleive they will just lay down. We are living in times of great processor upheaval. 

Even the newer Atoms (cedarview) still draw 3w. No doubt they'll try like hell to catch up, but it's not uncommon to see ARM A9s draw <1w these days. 

Same problem, but their previous approaches cause path dependence...

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