How does the new Macbook compare to the iPad?

[poiihy]

How does the power of the new Macbook compare to the iPad? I don't know what iPads they have now (it's all a mess) but whatever is the default...

Is the Macbook more powerful or is it weaker?

 

[MartinAppleGuy]

How does the power of the new Macbook compare to the iPad? I don't know what iPads they have now (it's all a mess) but whatever is the default...

Is the Macbook more powerful or is it weaker?

Seeing as the iPad air 2's A8X is a hair off the MacBook Airs of 2013/14 in terms of CPU performance, it's extreamly likely the core m will be slower than the iPad.

 

[poiihy]

Seeing as the iPad air 2's A8X is a hair off the MacBook Airs of 2013/14 in terms of CPU performance, it's extreamly likely the core m will be slower than the iPad.

WHATT?! 😱 Unbelievable!!
Hopefully it will improve... it HAS TO!

 

[brand]

How does the power of the new Macbook compare to the iPad? I don't know what iPads they have now (it's all a mess) but whatever is the default...

Is the Macbook more powerful or is it weaker?

Does it even matter given that one runs iOS and the other runs Mac OS X.

 

[poiihy]

Does it even matter given that one runs iOS and the other runs Mac OS X.

Yes it does.

If the Macbook is weaker then the iPad, then with OS X it's probably less useful than an iPad!

But we'll see when they are released! 😀

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Oh also, how would the new MacBook compare to a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo? I can't find anything on google 😡

 

[brand]

Yes it does.

If the Macbook is weaker then the iPad, then with OS X it's probably less useful than an iPad!

No it doesn't.

Different types of applications or apps
Different types of optimizations
Different amounts of RAM
Different speed storage
Different architectures

 

[SlCKB0Y]

Seeing as the iPad air 2's A8X is a hair off the MacBook Airs of 2013/14 in terms of CPU performance, it's extreamly likely the core m will be slower than the iPad.

Define "a hair"? Also comparing benchmarks between iOS and OS X is rubbish given the drastically different overheads of the OSs i.e there are serious issues of validity in the sorts of comparison you are making.

 

[poiihy]

No it doesn't.

Different types of applications or apps
Different types of optimizations
Different amounts of RAM
Different speed storage
Different architectures

I mean in general usage.

Suppose you load a website on an iPad, then load the same website on the new Macbook. How would they compare?

 

[fisherking]

we could speculate for days, or...wait for the release of the macbook. then SEE the benchmarks, read the real use reviews...and check it out ourselves.

iOS is great, but it's not OS X. that's a huge difference right there...

 

[SlCKB0Y]

If the Macbook is weaker then the iPad, then with OS X it's probably less useful than an iPad!

Useful? An iPad can't run desktop applications. An iPad does not have a keyboard. An iPad does not run a full desktop OS. An iPad cannot run alternative operating systems. The usefulness of a device is entirely dependent on your requirements. 🙄

 

[newellj]

Useful? An iPad can't run desktop applications. An iPad does not have a keyboard. An iPad does not run a full desktop OS. An iPad cannot run alternative operating systems. The usefulness of a device is entirely dependent on your requirements. 🙄

It's implicit in all that you wrote, but just for perfect clarity: an iPad, for all of its advantages and benefits, does not give you access to the file system. For some needs, that's huge.