The death of Hibernate?

[Christopher Svanefalk]

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Heinz Diehl <htd at fritha.org> wrote:
> On 19.05.2012, James Wilkinson wrote:
>
>> I bet that Asus netbook is based on an Atom processor and an Intel
>> chipset, and whatever else you might say about Intel (and who doesn’t?),
>> they still (mostly) remember the twenty-year-old Pentium lesson that if
>> it’s got their name on it, it ought to be reliable.
>
> Q:  According to Intel, the Pentium conforms to the IEEE standards 754
>    and 854 for floating point arithmetic. If you fly in aircraft
>    designed using a Pentium, what is the correct pronunciation of
>    "IEEE"?
> A:  Aaaaaaaiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!
>
> [SCNR!]
>
> Seriously, I think you're totally right. Pricing these days seems to
> follow marketing strategies rather than reflecting quality. Most of
> the components are the same, and "fashion" has a big impact on how
> much they want to have for a particular machine. E.g. if you want
> something that is very slim and looks sharp, you'll have to pay double
> the price of a machine containing the same core components, but is
> standard sized.

Seems to me Apple has been doing this masterfully for years now. How
much better is a $2000 Macbook Pro as opposed to a HP laptop with the
same processor?

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Best,

Christopher Svanefalk