This just in: new computer is better than old computer!
Agreed. It was why I just bought a 2.3Ghz MBP rather than the 2.6. According to the GeekBench figures the 2.6 had a 9% higher speed for 20% more money.A 10% increase over a 2011 is very minimal would be crazy to spend money just for a 10%-15% on a 2012 model. Great if your coming from something lesser than a 2011 MBP or picking this up for the first time
Idiotic sentence of the day.
Why is there a huge disparity between the 2012 Macbook Air i5 and 2012 Macbook Air i7?
Here's the thing: performance benchmarks for laptops no longer matter. Or at least there's absolutely no reason to benchmark laptops that get super hot and loud when you take advantage of all the processing power that's available.
Remember, people were returning the high-end 2011 MacBook Pro because of heat and fan noise issues, exchanging it for the lower specced model (e.g., http://www.marco.org/2011/09/20/heat-and-fan-issues-with-2011-15-inch-macbook-pro).
Whenever benchmarks like these get posted, there should be a decibel level, ambient temperature, and battery life estimate that goes alongside them.
Here's the thing: performance benchmarks for laptops no longer matter. Or at least there's absolutely no reason to benchmark laptops that get super hot and loud when you take advantage of all the processing power that's available.
Remember, people were returning the high-end 2011 MacBook Pro because of heat and fan noise issues, exchanging it for the lower specced model (e.g., http://www.marco.org/2011/09/20/heat-and-fan-issues-with-2011-15-inch-macbook-pro).
Whenever benchmarks like these get posted, there should be a decibel level, ambient temperature, and battery life estimate that goes alongside them.
I know, its mind blowing!!!Gotta love slow news days at MacRumors
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The 13" has no retina display....or getting a retina display.
And USB 3.0.The biggest improvements are going to be in graphics.
hmmmmm... My Mac Pro does 21000 on GeekBench 2...
Apple doesn't realize a laptop will NEVER be able to keep up with a real Pro machine... This makes me even more disappointed that they don't seem to care about their fastest Mac...![]()
are these benchmarks CPU only?
Geekbench provides just a rough estimation. For a real benchmark use this test:Is it just me or is the difference in performance between the '12 air and '12 13" Pro pretty small.
Exactly.Yes, which makes geekbench scores relatively useless except for people who need confirmation that the sky is blue.
Is it worth picking up the 2.9Ghz i7 over the 2.5 Ghz i5 for the difference in performance? I know it has an extra 250GB and 1MB extra cache.. But I'm going to put in a SSD. That should keep me satisfied, right? I only consider it because I'm run tons of applications at once, hardly any editing stuff like that.
Hard to justify the extra $300
Yeah, I really want a new computer with USB 3.0. I will have to wait for these to hit the refurb store or that rumored 13" Retina MBP. I was tired of USB 2.0 5 years ago.And USB 3.0.
I'm sure you write better sentences.Idiotic sentence of the day.
No.In other news, water is wet.