Sounds like you want faster cores to retire work faster. I'd pick whatever gets you bigger caches and wider memory busses for the $$$
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Replying to @slightlylate @creationix
I'm saving for Kaby Lake Refresh parts. They're totally killing on perf-per-watt.
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So that would the i7-8550U in the Inspiron? Or are you waiting for the next version after that?
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Replying to @creationix
If I needed it now, that's what I'd get (with maxed memory/disk)
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Replying to @slightlylate
Heh, just stumbled upon the Sager laptop beasts! Come with i7-8700K desktop CPUs 3000Mhz memory and raid0 nvme drives. A bit pricey though.
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Replying to @creationix @slightlylate
just sayin' ... http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8550U-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-1700/m320742vs3917 …
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Replying to @WebReflection @slightlylate
Yeah, the mobile version (i7-8550u) is amazing considering it's power profile, but nothing beats the 8th gen desktop cpu. http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-8700K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-7-1700/3937vs3917 …
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Replying to @creationix @slightlylate
dunno how Meltdown patches affect it, I'm all for fresh AMD change these days, they're doing very well pretty much in every field. This is best budget gaming CPU of 2018 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-2400g-zen-vega-cpu-gpu,5467.html … I'd give Ryzen a chance these days
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Replying to @WebReflection @slightlylate
We'll I pulled the trigger on the Asus rog beast with the ryzen 7 1700 (desktop CPU). I ordered a nice Chromebook with m3 for when I need portability and battery life. There was no single laptop I was happy with.
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Btw the Chromebook looks exactly like a mini MBPpic.twitter.com/Hh97thbiUM
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...with an escape key, and therefore superior in every possible way.
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