Samsung beats Apple to a 12-inch fanless laptop

[DieAllianz]

http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/30/7469067/samsung-ativ-book-9-2015-announced-price-release-date

CPU: Apple A4 -> nice troll amazon

 

[Mildredop]

CPU: Apple A4 -> nice troll amazon

What does this mean?

 

[DieAllianz]

What does this mean?

Amazon claims the CPU is a Apple A4. Found it funny because all the rumors about an ARM-based MBA from Apple

specs from samsung-website:
http://samsungtomorrow.com/%EC%82%BC%EC%84%B1%EC%A0%84%EC%9E%90%EB%85%B8%ED%8A%B8%EB%B6%81-9-2015-%EC%97%90%EB%94%94%EC%85%98-%EA%B5%AD%EB%82%B4-%EC%98%88%EC%95%BD%ED%8C%90%EB%A7%A4-%EC%8B%A4%EC%8B%9C

 

[chleuasme]

The question remains, will Apple keep using 15W chips and make a rMBP12, or will Apple experiment with the ultra-low power Broadwell and preparing for better future generations, now that Core M chips are able to deliver minimal performances but not being able to sustain heavy load as the price to remain cool, to make a rMBA12.

Btw, this Samsung laptop will be on shelves some time in Q1'15, Apples never shows you what's in labs, and make products announcement when close or ready to ship (iPhone, nMP, aWatch, etc are counter-examples of course). So technically, you can't yet say Samsung has released a fanless 12" laptop with a retina screen before Apple.

Interesting laptop, would like to see it tested on thermal and power consumption vs perfs, to see how Samsung handles the fanless design. Ativ might stand for "Always throttling impedes vaporization".

 

[gnasher729]

To be honest, I cannot imagine an Apple advert with _these_ colours for the screen. This is ugly.

 

[26139]

Cool!

So this means Apple will see what someone else has already done, improve on the original in nearly every way, and make their version?

I'm good with this.

 

[Newtons Apple]

I would also like to see some ratings on it's ability to shed thermal load. If the CPU has to constantly throttle down due to heat, it will not be good.