The June prediction is in line with the timeframe for release of Haswell processors. The latest news are that Intel is delaying Haswell until June: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...ll_Microprocessors_Expands_Mobile_Lineup.html
Just a correction, the Intel HD 4600 is x3 faster than the current GT1 Intel HD 2500. I know the comparison should be GT2 vs. GT2 but I guess they liked that x3 more for marketing.
Atom and ARM face off very closely now in terms of battery life. The Intel Y Series is only going to make matters worse but that gives you a full Ivy Bridge core instead.
Why does it have to match Intel's top of the line? The Macbook Air is their consumer oriented line of notebooks. It only needs to perform adequately. They still have the Macbook Pro line for consumers who need cutting edge performance and professional tools
If you're comparing the change from PowerPC to x86 it is clear that you know less that you were showing in your previous posts
Have a nice day, I give up.
A hint, PowerPC CPU's and x86 CPU's had similar performance
More apps sold in the mac app store = more $$$$ for apple. Sad but true.
At the high end the intel models were reasonably fast even through Rosetta. The mac pros were sometimes faster than the quad G5s.
Really folks, try owning a retina MacBook before commenting on the performance of them.
I unfortunately cannot unread this drivel.
If you mean graphics performance, why aren't you looking at a desktop, or at the very least, a PC gaming laptop.
You tell us. Why are you answering questions with more questions? Any idea how annoying and uninformative that is?So Apple and ARM are incapable of improving the performance/battery life? OS X can't be re-optimized for ARM?
Again, OS X and its applications can't be re-compiled and optimized for ARM?
Do you understand that a lot of people made similar arguments when Apple switched to x86 from PowerPC? Are you so unimaginative that you can't conceive that it's even possible that Apple could introduce a new architecture into ONE of their notebook lines? Are you so narrow-minded that you can't even allow that there might be *some* benefits in doing so?
If you need to resort to cursing to make your point, you haven't made it very well.
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If it makes you feel any better, I'll be jealous of you until the next one comes out.
Of course - less than 30 days after I purchased my 2012 MBA, a rumour of Haswell/retina appears!
As its likely to see a price bump with retina, glad I purchased when I did though...
They are rhetorical questions. Oletros claims Apple wouldn't (or couldn't...or shouldn't?) use ARM because OS X would run really slow on it. That makes the assumption that OS X can't be recompiled and optimized to run on ARM architecture and that the performance of ARM chip cannot scale to be competitive with any of the Intel chips. I don't know of any reason why any of that couldn't happen. So I simply asked if there's a reason it couldn't.You tell us. Why are you answering questions with more questions? Any idea how annoying and uninformative that is?
I've been selling Macs (Apple Product Specialist) for nearly 2 years, and using them for 15. I don't own a Retina model by choice. They're pretty to look at, and spectacular for certain professions, but for individuals like myself who need to squeeze out as much GPU performance as possible out of their machines... it is important to factor the necessary from the non-necessary (which is what Retina is to me at the moment, unnecessary compared to better performance).
You tell us. Why are you answering questions with more questions? Any idea how annoying and uninformative that is?
I haven't seen many articles on the Atom socs in some time. Did you find this in a review or benchmark testing? If it was a decent review I'd like to read it.
hmm... my read of it was Haswell, but just to invoke a crazy theory -- "new processor platform" - something not intel?
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That is why I don't think such a switch, if it does happen, would be a good thing. Quite the contrary, this might end up killing the Mac or relegating it to being glorified iPads with multi-tasking and closed eco-systems.
DVD drives needed to go 3 years ago, wasted space.
At least people still using can opt for a cheap apple external dvd drive.
And downgrade the performance to the iPhone 5 one?
What I meant was as i said a processor for the MBP range based on the iPhone5 chip... in what way would that downgrade the performance to the iPhone5 processor?......
True, that's why I think I'll wait this out for a change..My 13" 2011 is still fine and I have the more important dilemma of what / how to proceed wit my MBP 17". A new MBA would be nice, but it's really a luxury item, not a must have.
well, I don't think Apple's going to be making x86 processors, so then you'd have to invoke an ARM MacBook Air.
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Sorry, but that 2nd sentence, just no...
Apple's external superdrive is grossly overpriced. However, you can find a number of 3rd party USB external drives that are both just as good and about half the price of Apple's.
Apple isn't switching to ARM.... it is severely underpowered.