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		flyingpenguin on Jan 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I use old hardware uhh, in 2015 a i7 had 4cores, boost of around 3.4 in 2018 a mobile i9 had 6cores/12threads, bost of around 4.8 (so lets be reasonable, thermals might let us keep 3.6). For a super optimized parallel load you could totally see more than 2x speed up. But yeah... why do that on your laptop?

eanzenberg on Jan 23, 2019 | [–]

If it takes 15min locally then you should do it locally. My rule of thumb.. if it takes > 1 hr locally it should be done elsewhere.

hoistbypetard on Jan 23, 2019 | [–]

> uhh, in 2015 a i7 had 4cores, boost of around 3.4

Not on a 13" MBP, it didn't. Source: there's one on my desk.

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