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The Ethics of Desktop Chips Stuffed Into Laptop PCs
squareBIT writes "I recently found this article on THG about my SmartStep 250N having a desktop CPU stuffed into it. That's all fine and dandy. but when I paid for this thing, nobody told me it would run at HALF SPEED in battery mode. I don't recall there being any mention of this before I handed them thousands of dollars. Shouldn't there be some sort ethical ramifications put into action here? I feel so dirty ..." The least-satisfactory computer I've ever owned (won't even boot now) is a Toshiba with just such a chip -- wish I'd asked about that in the store.
how speedstep works is no secret.. i'd figure you'd do some research before you go and drop that kind of cash...
This article doesn't make any sense. Why is it posted on Slashdot?
'Desktop CPU stuffed into your laptop' - what exactly is this supposed to mean anyways? Why would you complain about that? Did you want an Alpha in there instead, or a nice 8088? Am I missing something here?
Speed step slows your processor down to save batteries. It's a very handy feature, but is easily disabled if you need a speed burst while on batteries. I'm not sure what you're trying to do with it, but personally extra battery life is more important than extra FPS in Quake or whatever.
So what is your complaint? That you're having problems with your laptop? Try writing something informative on that instead of ill-informed ranting!
Oh and you'd better check into your laptop and make sure that 16MB of RAM isn't mysteriously missing...and added to your video RAM.
wasn't you unaware of that? don't read tech reviews, dude!