Negative, Pentium 4 was x86 and thus could only address 32 bits.
64bit CPUs started hitting the mainstream in 2003, but 64bit Windows didn’t take off until Win7 in 2009. (XP had it, but no one bothered switching from 32b XP to 64b XP just to use more memory and have early adoption issues. Vista had it, but no one had Vista).
That’s not due to new hardware, battery life is a conscious decision from design/marketing teams. Newer hardware, if it’s worth anything at all, can accomplish more operations at the same TDP as the previous generation. Or more accurately, new hw should always have better performance per watt than older hw (*generally. Of course there are always hardware architecture differences that can dramatically affect performance of very specific scenarios for better and worse, but I’m talking about on-average).
But that doesn’t stop hw manufacturers from bumping up the TDP recommendations to sell their latest chips (why new nvidia GPUs always suck another 100W of power each gen), and it doesn’t stop OEMs from using a higher TDP limit to sell the performance of their handheld (why newer handhelds seem to have worse battery life).
The team that designs a new handheld could use the newer compute hw with the same battery capacity and:
but they often determine neither of those will sell units as well as using a slightly higher TDP limit for higher performance review numbers at the cost of battery life.
This is why I like that SteamOS has a deliberately configurable TDP limit in the flyout menu, per-title! This gives the player manual control over what they consider important rather than leaving it up to a marketing team or some buggy power limit heuristics. Just one more reason why I’m excited to see wider adoption of SteamOS.
Meh, I’d rather people not be able to use the “steamdeck is older hardware” argument to avoid gaming on linux. The more users get used to gaming on linux, the more native support we get from devs.
PEBKAC.
But seriously, she needs to understand that, even though she (presumably) taught you how to tie your shoes, you don’t keep having her tie them for you. At some point there is no problem except that she isn’t accepting the solution.
Keeping with the analogy, if a person just refuses to tie shoes, not wearing shoes is always an option…
I think they’re just asking, from a categorical imperative perspective, what is the most effective way for all individuals with a bit of savings to help the climate situation.
And tbh, at this point OP is probably better off spending that $10k on preparing for:
At this point, there’s virtually nothing that can be done to stop the impact of climate change, there is only adapting to survive it. The best we can do is vote and/or hope for our global political situation to finally reach its inevitable crisis point. But I don’t expect that to be a pleasant experience.
I’m not seeing Elden Ring anywhere in the top voted posts, but if you’re looking for something like BotW, you should consider it. Always somewhere new to explore and very non-linear. The lore of the world is insanely rich, but there basically is no story.
Tunic is awesome. Lots of exploration and lots of secrets to find. Don’t look anything up, it’s a very unique experience.
Hollow Knight is the first metroidvania I liked. Great exploration, but it’s not exactly going to test the limits of your rig. Similar to the Souls games, lots of lore, little story.
Rimworld is so non-linear it’s literally a story simulator. It creates unforgettable experiences and has infinite replayability. You can save and quit at any moment, so it’s good if you only have an hour or two (but you could easily put hundreds of hours into it).
And I want to echo others who said Outer Wilds, RDR2, BG3, and CP2077.
Outer Wilds is an unforgettable experience, but has very low replayability. Everything is knowledge based, and playing the game means figuring everything out for the first time (so be sure not to look anything up).
But it’s all exploration, it has an excellent story, and I would recommend it to anyone.
Don’t you mean santorum?
All of that was introduced in 2004. When you said “25 years ago” I assumed you meant the original P4 from 2000.