He's talking about the chipset/motherboard/battery management logic/etc, which isn't in the CPU. Even then, you need the OS to properly utilize the logic, and Linux so often has worse power management than windows for laptops.
This really is a case where the CPU vendor (AMD) needs to get involved with the hardware partners to get good drivers made FOR LINUX to showcase their hardware, and not just windows.
The real reason devs love having Apple laptops isn't OSX. It isn't Apple the brand. It is somewhat the quality of hardware... but the real reason is that it is IT-supported Linux.
Looking ahead to the seemingly inevitable, AMD and Intel when pushing ARM (or RISC-V?) CPUs, will need to formally adopt good linux support for the hardware.
An instruction set changeover cannot succeed through non-technical consumers in Windows. It won't in games. The only beachhead for AMD/Intel in non-x86 will be a good Linux laptop. Otherwise Apple will have the advantage.
This really is a case where the CPU vendor (AMD) needs to get involved with the hardware partners to get good drivers made FOR LINUX to showcase their hardware, and not just windows.
The real reason devs love having Apple laptops isn't OSX. It isn't Apple the brand. It is somewhat the quality of hardware... but the real reason is that it is IT-supported Linux.
Looking ahead to the seemingly inevitable, AMD and Intel when pushing ARM (or RISC-V?) CPUs, will need to formally adopt good linux support for the hardware.
An instruction set changeover cannot succeed through non-technical consumers in Windows. It won't in games. The only beachhead for AMD/Intel in non-x86 will be a good Linux laptop. Otherwise Apple will have the advantage.