[api]

It would also be slow, not because the chip is slow but because if you do serious things with it it’s going to thermal throttle. Laptops have way better heat dissipation.

Most people put phones in cases which makes heat dissipation much worse.

[pipodeclown]

Sure but just for browsing, checking some e-mails, a bit of YouTube or other media consumption, you know what 90% of people use their macbook for 99% of the time, it would be fine.

Nobody is saying you should be able to render some 3d models on an iPhone..

[api]

Is that really true. Do non-serious computer users still buy laptops?

What I see is that non-serious users who only communicate and consume content use phones and tablets. Laptops and desktops are for work, non-trivial content creation, and serious gaming with high memory and GPU requirements. You’re not running “cargo build” or a VM with Docker or Cyberpunk 2077 on a phone.

Higher end phones almost have enough CPU but not enough GPU, RAM, storage, or heat dissipation.

[thfuran]

>Laptops and desktops are for work,

But that's mostly email, SaaS, web meetings, and spreadsheets. Most people have never in their lives run "cargo build" or launched Cyberpunk 2077. The actual market for sustained high local CPU/GPU compute is pretty small compared to the market for minimal load with the occasional small burst, and the latter works pretty well with poor cooling solutions.

[cubefox]

Modern iPhones can even run modern games like Resident Evil 4 Remake from battery. Which suggests thermal throttle won't be a problem for most ordinary Mac applications.