My only problem with Intel are their "delays", which for sure is annoying. But you seem to have a higher level of anger toward them?
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Broadwell CPU Delay and iPad Competition May Reduce 2014 Notebook Shipments
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My only problem with Intel are their "delays", which for sure is annoying. But you seem to have a higher level of anger toward them?
A reason the new chipset could be delayed is because Intel still needs to monetize the current chipset, and with worldwide PC demand slowing, it's taking longer for intel to do that. It isn't like any other PC CPU manufacturers are holding intel's feet to the fire.
That's the thing.
Despite AMD continuing to make chips that compete in the low- to mid-end markets, Intel has a practical monopoly. They are not receiving enough pressure to "force" their innovation. The market has slowed.
Yeah, that's annoying. :/ But then again I'm due to replace my current 11" during summer, so I suppose that's a good time.
Fantastic.
What's so good about Skylake?
This news is inaccurate, broadwell is no longer delayed, it is currently in production and will be available in macbook air come summer or even earlier. Not sure why macrumors is providing inaccurate or outdated information to people...
See for example:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20140120233109_Intel_on_Track_with_Broadwell_Production_in_Q1_Company.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/intel-broadwell-chips-2014-1
See for example:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20140120233109_Intel_on_Track_with_Broadwell_Production_in_Q1_Company.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/intel-broadwell-chips-2014-1
SATA Express (16Gbit/s) & PCIe 4 (16GT/s) amongst other things.
SSDs are already hitting the limits of SATA 6Gbit/s (600MB/s) & PCIe 3.x (800MB/s).
Although intel is currently pathetic at the moment...i will stay with intel than being with amd....so what?
Mate, don't be surprised; the Samsung Galaxy Gear has been a monumental failure (they're practically giving it away at this point with phones etc) yet we have moronic analysts claiming that it is the 'future trend'. Honestly, it as though such people create hype about something just so they can manipulate companies and consumers to get interested in something that isn't demanded but it'll allow these muppets to make a quick buck. These analysts are looking for the next big thing but they ignore the fact that the next big thing relies on infrastructure such as high speed broadband being available at a low price and accessible to the vast majority of citizens to allow the next wave of content delivery to occur.
Let me make a prediction: Desktops, Workstations and Laptops will all co-exist with tablets and smartphones as they're complimentary products rather than replacing - the sales are declining not because people are moving on mass to new devices but because the upgrade cycles are longer and when there are examples of replacement it is a cheap laptop being replaced with a tablet thus Apple gains either way - gain on the tablet and gain then gain on the computer sale.
It depends on what chips. Haswell E/EP would be the next thing for that line. Apple only uses those in the mac pro in case you're wondering. Everything else would be Broadwell.
You know that the tech sites can spin that any way they want right? They like to call things delays when they don't precisely correspond to a 12 month cycle, which may not even make sense for intel's business model.
The initial article claims the same timeline as yours. Note my comment above about tech site spin.
How are Intel pathetic? Their technology is amazing.
What is it that you want from Intel?
It's just expensive (not that it's an issue). I personally use Intel+AMD on my gaming PC build, but I'm probably going with Intel+nVidia next time round.