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StarFighter 16-Inch

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Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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dylan604 wrote: post #30
wtallis wrote: post #8

Is there something new here? The processor options seem to be two generation old Intel, one generation old Intel, and one generation old AMD.

I have the Intel Core i9 in my 2019 MBP, and it gets so damn hot. How do the ones offered here compare? I'm not one to upgrade frequently, but the heat of this thing makes me go looking. Luckily, it sits on a stand on a desk with more 9s than github is up.

A 2019 MacBook Pro would have an Intel Skylake processor (N-th re-release), made on Intel's stagnant 14nm process. The older Intel option for the StarFighter has its CPU cores made on an Intel process two generations newer, and the rest of the chiplets made by TSMC. The newer Intel option moves the CPU chiplet to TSMC as well. They're in a very different league for power efficiency than your current machine, both from the fab improvements and from having a microarchitecture that's not from 2015.

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by dylan604 »

AngryData wrote: post #13

I don't know how anybody can stand not having a numpad.

I bought a bluetooth 10-key. I use the home/end keys religiously when editing in an NLE, and it drove me crazy trying to be a road warrior without it. After having the external, I prefer it as it is full size instead of trying to squeeze it into the laptop frame size. So not having the numpad on the laptop is a-okay for me

Re: StarFighter 16-Inch

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Post by operatingthetan »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #26
operatingthetan wrote: post #6

It would have been better if they didn't make it look a little bit too inspired by the Macbook Pro.

There isn't exactly a lot of design freedom in a black rectangle with a screen a keyboard and a touchpad. A real Macbook copy would include Macbook misfeatures, like: - control key in wrong place - camera notch - half sized arrow keys

>There isn't exactly a lot of design freedom in a black rectangle with a screen a keyboard and a touchpad

No, every laptop does not look exactly the same and they are not all macbook clones.

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