13 rMBP vs 15 rMBP... 13 a faster machine... no 15 spec bump to match?

[Brows]

I would have thought that they would have at least done a spec bump on the 15 rMBP to the 2.9 i7 that you can order in the 13. Currently the 15 rMBP only goes as high as 2.7 i7 vs the 13 rMBP at 2.9 i7

 

[theuserjohnny]

I would have thought that they would have at least done a spec bump on the 15 rMBP to the 2.9 i7 that you can order in the 13. Currently the 15 rMBP only goes as high as 2.7 i7 vs the 13 rMBP at 2.9 i7

Umm but the 13 is only duel core where as the 15 is quad core.

 

[Purant]

I would have thought that they would have at least done a spec bump on the 15 rMBP to the 2.9 i7 that you can order in the 13. Currently the 15 rMBP only goes as high as 2.7 i7 vs the 13 rMBP at 2.9 i7

The 13inch is a dual core and the 15inch ais a quad core.... so...

 

[Brows]

ok nvr mind didn't see that, I take it all back

 

[Mr MM]

I would have thought that they would have at least done a spec bump on the 15 rMBP to the 2.9 i7 that you can order in the 13. Currently the 15 rMBP only goes as high as 2.7 i7 vs the 13 rMBP at 2.9 i7

now I know why apple didnt put the i7 3612qm in there, people would think that they are buying less instead of much more

 

[Maczor]

now I know why apple didnt put the i7 3612qm in there, people would think that they are buying less instead of much more

Of course that's also one of the reasons...
Many people will only see 2.9 vs 2.7 ... "OOooo, 2.9 is better, get the 2.9 model".
... and there you have it! A sure strategy to success.

 

[bob24]

now I know why apple didnt put the i7 3612qm in there, people would think that they are buying less instead of much more

Sadly ... it is probably true for a large part of the potential customers for this laptop.

 

[leman]

I would have thought that they would have at least done a spec bump on the 15 rMBP to the 2.9 i7 that you can order in the 13. Currently the 15 rMBP only goes as high as 2.7 i7 vs the 13 rMBP at 2.9 i7

Sigh. Please educate yourself on modern CPUs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_(microarchitecture)#Mobile_processors

What matters is not only the base frequency but the turbo noost clock (automatic overclocking) of modern Intel CPUs.

The max CPU in the 13" is the i7-3520M (max clock 3.6Ghz), the max CPU in the 15" is the i7-3820QM (max clock 3.7Ghz and more cache). Also, as already pointed out the i7-3820QM is quad-core while i7-3520M is dual-core. For single-threaded applications both CPUs will be comparable, for multithreaded the i7-3820QM will be significantly faster.

P.S. The reason there is no spec bump is because there is nothing to bump spec to. These CPUs are already the fastest consumer CPUs available.