XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   "J. Clarke"  wrote:   
      
   >Don't assume that the difference is better batteries.  A Core 2 Duo   
   >processor released in 2006 consumed about 35 watts of power.  The latest   
   >Core i3s can go as low as 11.5.  The Atom processors consume less than 3   
   >watts.   
      
   When AMD first broke the gigahertz barrier, I think that they were   
   using a 65 watt processor to do it.  But I don't think anyone put   
   those processors into laptops.   
      
   When the Crusoe processor was trying to break into the market, they   
   would disconnect the fan on competing laptops, and run their (fanless)   
   laptops side by side with the Intel ones until the Intel ones shut   
   down or broke into smoke.   
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