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Originally Posted by jocampo
My point is that we should not categorically say that CPU with more cores will use less power because like I explained on my previous post, and fjtorres also pointed on his, it will depend of many factors, like the software and Os itself.
You are right, for high intensive apps., the work will finish faster.
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And the iOS appstore is *loaded* with *low* power apps designed to work on older iPhones and iPods.
Also, let's not forget that modern GPUs aren't just for graphics; they can be used as vector processors to handle highly-parallel apps (like photo-editing, media encoding/decoding, etc). Which, BTW, are the same kind of apps that benefit from multi-core processors. In addition: we don't yet know the clock rate, do we? or the speed of the RAM or the amount of cache or any of the other items that determine the throughput of a modern computer.
One advantage Apple (even more than Amazon) enjoys is that they know *exactly* what Apps run on their hardware and how popular they are. So if they think they can get by for a year with a dual core CPU, odds are they can get away with it.
They're still apple, after all.
Anyway, hype and mystique aside, iPads customers care more about the *content* and the apps than the Specs. Anymore than FIRE buyers need mile-long spec sheets.
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