UnknownSouljer
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Apple only sells Pro Software to a minimum of the market. Those pieces of software are: Final Cut Pro X, Compressor, Motion, and Logic X. Their OS is free. Their competitors to Microsoft Office software (Pages, Numbers, Keynote) is also free.Apple isn't using premium components, apple is a software company, you are paying for the software.
How is last generation even premium?
Their trillion dollar valuation didn't come from selling software. It all came from selling hardware. Namely the iPhone.
But more to the point, you're ignoring that every piece of hardware that Apple sells is a custom design. Up to and including custom IC's. Such as the ARM chip and more and more micro-controllers inside their machines that they manufacture (namely all of their sensor tech and the ARM derived T2 chip).
Obviously Intel Processors and AMD GPU's come from OEM's, but things like their MPX module do not. It is incredibly reductionist to the point of being flat out wrong that they aren't a hardware vendor.
I would agree, generally, that this Intel NUC is inline with what it takes to manufacture custom tech such as this. Intel have done something incredible, it's just the sticker shock of what it takes to do that isn't in most people's budgets. As has also been noted in the thread, if you want something of similar specs using regular hardware it can be done for roughly half the cost. So, it's up to the consumer to decide if custom hardware and incredibly small package size is worth it.
Well, I was going by architecture, core count and clock speed. By those metrics, the 9900 (non k) seems pretty close.
9980hk: 9th Gen, 8C/16T, Base 2.4ghz, Turbo 5.0Ghz
9900 (non K): 9th Gen, 8C/16T, Base 3.1ghz, Turbo 5.0Ghz
So, the non-k 9900 has a higher base clock, but other than that, it was the closest I could find.
I'm guessing boost is kept lower by an electronic 45w TDP limit though, where the non-K 9900 is 65w TDP
So yeah, the non-K 9900 is likely a bit faster, but I was being generous.
9980HK is a mobile chip. That's the major difference. It's getting used in Apple's Macbook Pro 16" and the previous generation Apple Macbook Pro 15" (late 2019 model).
Performance (or lack there of) is due to the reduction in clock speed. But provided the chip was cooled properly it should be capable of keeping its dynamic clock speed up, something it isn't necessarily as capable doing inside a small laptop chassis.
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