So when Haswell comes out all Ivy bridge Macs will suddenly be slower?the iMac will become obsolete
...it will only be another six months time before ivy bridge is replaced by the significantly better haswell which means this particular iteration of the iMac will become obsolete in a much shorter time frame. Lame!
So when Haswell comes out all Ivy bridge Macs will suddenly be slower?
...it will only be another six months time before ivy bridge is replaced by the significantly better haswell which means this particular iteration of the iMac will become obsolete in a much shorter time frame. Lame!
...it will only be another six months time before ivy bridge is replaced by the significantly better haswell!
I guess nobody's told you that Moore's law is being held together by smoke & mirrors, and is effectively dead...
As just mentioned, Haswell means practically nothing for desktops over Ivy. It will be great for MBAs though.
I don't agree that Moore's Law is effectively dead. I think that what we are seeing is that that doubling the number of transistors you can fit in a given space offers diminishing returns in some applications. The value of moving to a smaller process in the laptop and mobile space is still significant. That's not to say there is not value desktop CPU die shrinks, just that the value is not as significant as it is in the laptop/mobile space.
What is it about Haswell that you consider *significantly* better than Ivy Bridge. The only significant improvements I know of are
1. Much improved integrated GPU (irrelevant on the iMac which uses discrete GPU's)
2. Lower thermals ( a significant improvement for laptops, maybe a nice to have in a desktop)
3. Lower power requirements ( again, more of a benefit for laptops)
According to Anandtech Haswell will offer a 5-15%, performance boost over IB, nice but hardly significant
I guess nobody's told you that Moore's law is being held together by smoke & mirrors, and is effectively dead...