Not to mention, most people dont take into account, that Ghz dont mean anything. Its all about make, model, and year. Just because it is moving at a faster rotation speed, does not necessarily mean you are...
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Intel's Processor Roadmap Leaves Uncertainty for Apple's 2014 Mac Updates
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Not to mention, most people dont take into account, that Ghz dont mean anything. Its all about make, model, and year. Just because it is moving at a faster rotation speed, does not necessarily mean you are...
In 10 years you will need all that extra phone cpu speed/power. No one can predict the future.
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Not all of us have the millions of dollars you do to dip into to purchase new computers every other year.
I'm with you on this, I'm a semi-pro user and I've been more and more disappointed by their pace with the updates and their software. I feel like they're leaving me behind so they can focus on their bigger stuff. I understand this from a marketing standpoint, but do they really want to sacrifice the pro market? I'm trying to move to Linux for this reason (wish me luck) and I often wonder if there are others like me doing this for the same reason.
When 1TB SSDs are of a reasonable price Apple will do this. But now they are just too expensive. That's probably why the whole fusion drive thing exists.
This Broadwell delay is exactly why I bought into Haswell rMBP. Given this timeline I'm sure I can resell it in early 15 for a reasonable loss or if Broadwell is meh just wait the 2+ years to Skylake
Exactly. It's customers are Apple and Dell and not Joe Average who buys a PC.
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You haven't been on this site much have you?
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The iPad is a personal computer. You are wrong. Just one of a different form.
There are times when CPUs don't advance quickly, such as mid-2007-2009 with the Core-2 Duos, but, there are other enhancements to be had. Move to all-SSD. 3840x2400 displays. 16 GB memory standard on all models. True matte screen.
The iPad is a media consumption device, a tablet, a computer is much more than that.
I see the Airs becoming an iOS device. Hence the 64-bit CPU in the A7, the push for iOS users to get iWork, iLife mobile apps. You already got everything you need out of the box, but in a laptop.
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The prime example is how my 5S constantly randomly reboots. And always when I'm trying to do something important or in hurry (like trying to snap a photo before the moment is gone, or do a quick Google search).
Drives me crazy. Apple wants me to download everything, but yet only give me 256GB drive - at a ridiculous price. You can't count on the cloud because 1) Apple STILL hasn't been able to put iPhoto in iCloud other than the mess they call Photostream 2) Apple can't guarantee me they'll keep a license for me to download the media again even though I already paid for it. So then I need to shell out for an external, which defeats the purpose of carrying lighter and easier.
Is there eventually going to be a point in ti,e to where processors are so fast that we dont need to get faster?
It seems to me Apple aught to bring CPU and GPU in-house. They certainly have enough cash on hand to build factories to produce their own CPU and GPU - then they'd be able to free themselves of Intel's timeline. They can keep the x86 ISA if they want (so that existing software is still compatible) or they could ditch it in favor of something else (maybe ARM? Or Apple could create their own.)
This still requires the need for an operating system a little more complex than ios, no?
Macrumors and other outlets stoking up unfounded fears is the problem and not what Intel is and isn't doing. I mean, come on - first we had the news article about Johnny Ive being dropped from the executive team photo montage page and now this? are Macrumors moderators/article writers that desperate to churn through the clicks that they need to post this nonsense?
I'm surprised we are still having this argument. I do most of my writing on an iPad. That's not media consumption.
As someone who just purchased rMBP, I don't mind Apple slowing down on upgrade cycle.
Regarding faster CPUs, while certainly they enable sloppy coding, more abstract applications becomes also possible by the luxury of having excessive processing power as the developers to concentrate on high level tasks and let system handles the lower level tasks at lower efficiency.
Regarding faster CPUs, while certainly they enable sloppy coding, more abstract applications becomes also possible by the luxury of having excessive processing power as the developers to concentrate on high level tasks and let system handles the lower level tasks at lower efficiency.
Many long years ago, when I first took programming classes (I'm retired now to give you an idea how long ago that was) one of my instructers explained to the class that there was no need for computers to get any smaller, or faster, than they currently were at that time.
Computers from the 80's could too, writing isn't something that advanced.
Typing a bunch of letters doesn't change anything.
They used to do the typing on typewriters. Were those computers too?
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In the mean time Windows PCs have bettered Macs in screen resolution, battery life, creativity of form factors, touch screens etc. This article reminded me how Apple was waiting for two years for Intel to add USB 3.0 to their chip set while every other PC manufacturer was using third party USB 3.0 controllers.