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Apple to Announce New MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Possibly MacBook Air at WWDC
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There is no 15% delta and no battery gains. The only gain you will see is in the IGP (integrated graphics). The CPU share the exact same micro code and architecture as Skylake. It has the exact same IPC, so the only difference is a slightly optimised production node going from what Intel is calling 14nm to 14nm+. This gives you 100MHz higher cpu clock speeds at the same TDP. That's it.
There's a reason why a Intel Core i7-6700K and Intel Core i7-7700K at the same clock speeds gives more or less identical performance. It's because KabyLake is just Skylake rev2.0 and nothing more. But people keep getting fooled by the naming and tells themselves that it has to be better because it's newer and got a new name...
17" MBP 2011 weighs 3kg.
GTX 1080 laptops are heavier than that because of primitive engineering and/or the cooling necessary.
LOL, don't take it too seriously. It's a normal human reaction. Not intended for those who are in the market for a new machine at the moment.
TB3 only requires Apple buying the TB3 chip, hook it up to the PCIe bus and paying what-ever royalties associated. There is no technological reason you can't have TB3 on AMD.
That would mean that 12" MacBook price point would start from 999$.. and that won't happen easily.
more dongles please!!!! why do we need 4 USBC port? make it 2 so people can buy usbc dongle for more usbc
I agree that the Air is probably dead, but an update would be great. They are wonderful workhorse computers. I just picked up my daughter from college....used the same MBA for 4 years plus internships.....never a problem. It is probably the most popular computer on campus, since you can buy them all day long on sale new for $800.
People love the classic look and feel of this machine, plus: MagSafe, USB ports, SD card slot, illuminated Apple logo.....very nice. Plus, the MBA has amazing 12 hour battery life. If Apple updated the processor and replaced the standard trackpad with Force Touch, it would breath new life into this machine. Apple might even save production cost with these updates, since they can buy the current processors in larger bulk and don't have to manufacture two types of track pads.
As for the screen, retina would be great, but it is improbable, since this is a significant feature that differentiates the Air from the Pro Models. They could upgrade to IPS to improve viewing angles, but I suspect this won't happen. The good news is that laptops are pretty easy to adjust for viewing angles, since they are hinged and portable. But, if you can't live with the screen, pay a few hundred bucks more for the old MBP or spend even more for the new MBP. Choice is good.
People love the classic look and feel of this machine, plus: MagSafe, USB ports, SD card slot, illuminated Apple logo.....very nice. Plus, the MBA has amazing 12 hour battery life. If Apple updated the processor and replaced the standard trackpad with Force Touch, it would breath new life into this machine. Apple might even save production cost with these updates, since they can buy the current processors in larger bulk and don't have to manufacture two types of track pads.
As for the screen, retina would be great, but it is improbable, since this is a significant feature that differentiates the Air from the Pro Models. They could upgrade to IPS to improve viewing angles, but I suspect this won't happen. The good news is that laptops are pretty easy to adjust for viewing angles, since they are hinged and portable. But, if you can't live with the screen, pay a few hundred bucks more for the old MBP or spend even more for the new MBP. Choice is good.
How about a MacBook that turns into a real desktop when connected to an external display? Maybe switch to an external GPU built into the display? That way you could have really good video editing performance at home/work, but still be able to use the same machine while traveling.
You can do that since TB1 Macs and even with a self-built eGPU.
Apple just needs to fix OSX so that hacking is not necessary.
So wishful thinking here, if you will indulge me....
First, AMD's single thread performance with the Raven Ridge (i.e., mobile) platform is expected to be on part with an i5-6600. Granted, it does not best Intel (yet), but for most people it will be "good enough." Yuck. However, even with Ryzen, the single-threaded performance has seen gains to put it on par with Intel as software from Windows OS to games have become optimized for Ryzen's new architecture.
Second, AMD's Raven Ridge platform is set to be released around September this year. This puts it on track for Apple's mention of a rumored new MBP project.
Third, while you are correct that Raven Ridge only supports 128-bit registers for AVX (and AVX2), that is per core. Each core can run 128-bit AVX instructions separately or the two cores can be fused together to perform 256-bit AVX2 instructions, even if it's not quite as efficient as dedicated AVX2 registers. Although this will put AMD APUs at a disadvantage for lengthier workloads, Apple could showcase benchmarks which show AMD APUs on par or even beating Intel CPUs on shorter workloads. Perhaps the next revision of Ryzen will support 256-bit registers per core, which may then be utilized together for 512-bit AVX support.
Fourth, another unknown factor involves Apple's utilization of AMD's 11-core Vega GPU, which will be an integrated part of the APU.
Again, Intel is still slightly ahead of AMD in terms of performance, and the need to cobble together a solution for 256-bit AVX2 instructions is less than ideal; however, this would not be the first time Apple might be willing to take a step back in order to take a long-term two steps ahead. For example, the transition from 64-bit PowerPC CPUs to Intel's 32-bit Core Duo CPUs saw Apple step back for a generation until Intel had 64-bit CPUs ready. Consequently, I think such a transition to AMD is at least possible.
They may just be speed bumps and not major updates and really not even announced just changed in the store.
Apple usually completely focuses on software and the OS's at the WWDC and not hardware unless they really have.... One more thing
Apple usually completely focuses on software and the OS's at the WWDC and not hardware unless they really have.... One more thing
More Macbooks?
We have had enough of these overpriced, nothing special boxes.
Apple needs to get the iPhone 8 released ASAP since Apples revenue has taken a massive hit and Samusng has released the S8. So stop the Macbooks and concentrate on the iPhone 8....
We have had enough of these overpriced, nothing special boxes.
Apple needs to get the iPhone 8 released ASAP since Apples revenue has taken a massive hit and Samusng has released the S8. So stop the Macbooks and concentrate on the iPhone 8....
I hope this is true, but I fear for the inevitable price hike.
Touchbar be gone? Fingers crossed
Touchbar be gone? Fingers crossed
I'm hoping the rumors of high demand for the 2015 model were true and Apple will refresh that version with modern parts. If that were to happen, it probably would have magsafe and USB-A.
??? No reason... EXCEPT for the dual USB, Thunderbolt, SD Card slot and Magsafe!!!!!!!!! It's the only portable business laptop that you don't need a bunch of dongles for.
Boo! Hiss!
iPhone 8 is going to be an extremely limited supply, fingerprint-sensor-on-the-back, $1100 phone. I can wait for it. The increased focus on Macs is excellent.
