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by wlesieutre 3947 days ago
Feels like the same problem that a lot of Android handsets have had. "Look! We added value by making the product worse!"
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And the same problem that Windows PCs have had for two decades now. The hardware is effectively equivalent; it's now a matter of trying to "add" value with shitware.

This is especially true of Windows laptops nowadays; you're pretty much relegated to 1366x768 screens, shitty dual-core or hyperthreaded single-core processors, maybe 4GB of RAM, and Intel graphics at best. Anything better is still at the prices they were 5 years ago. You'd think that old technology would get cheaper as time goes on, but it seems like the only innovation these OEMs are going for is "how do we make customers pay for progressively shittier hardware and software?".

> hyperthreaded single-core processors

I don't think Intel has marketed a single core processor since the Core 2 era. You may want to look at Windows laptops again: it's now possible to buy a 1920x1080 13.3", 8GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD for $600 without any bloatware. It does have a weak dual-core hyperthreaded processor, but this allows it to omit fans.

> I don't think Intel has marketed a single core processor since the Core 2 era.

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/processors/celeron/ce...

Specifically: http://ark.intel.com/products/74390/Intel-Celeron-Processor-... (a "hyperthreaded single-core processor", as I was describing) or even http://ark.intel.com/products/58667/Intel-Celeron-Processor-..., which is single-core and not even hyperthreaded. These are being marketed unironically under some "Experience Brilliant PC Performance" marketing blurb.

> You may want to look at Windows laptops again: it's now possible to buy a 1920x1080 13.3", 8GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD for $600 without any bloatware.

And I have a garden that grows unicorns on a vine. Got a link to this mythical creature?

The mythical creature is the UX305. You have to apply the promotional code "SAVE100" at checkout to get the price I mentioned.

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/ASUS-Zen...

Yeah, and 1366x768 is only really still around in the very low end or the very small.