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tasuki on Oct 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?

I'm a big fan of the U series cpus: They consume very little energy, which leads to less overheating, less fan noise, and longer battery life.

(Conversely, the H series cpus consume a lot of energy: the laptop overheats quickly and has to slow down anyway.)

arvinsim on Oct 20, 2019 | [–]

Now it makes sense why may 2018 MBP always gets hot while my previous 2015 only rarely does.

remotedeveloper on Oct 20, 2019 | [–]

Thanks to constant throttling. Which makes an i7 feel like barely an i3. (i7-7660U in an XPS 13, at least)

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