Because Intel wants you to know that new CPUs will still be faster than the CPUs from five years ago even after all of the microcode security patches have been applied
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Intel Announces 8th-Generation Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake Processors Suitable for MacBook and MacBook Air
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Because Intel wants you to know that new CPUs will still be faster than the CPUs from five years ago even after all of the microcode security patches have been applied
Sadly these chips don't have hardware fixes for Spectre/Meltdown.
They're targeting dumb/captive Apple as the buyer for these chips. Only Apple can sell a 5 year old computer (at the original price mind you), then boast the new model is 50% faster. To be fair, there was a while when the new models were actually slower than the older models, but "with better battery life" as if we didn't feel ripped off having no choice but to buy Apple's only current offering. And that's the real reason Apple went on multi-year replacement cycles… so the processors could show some/any improvement.
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they weren't bugs, they were design features… the machine runs faster… you don't care if it's insecure do you?
Hah, that would be…interesting?
If only it were easy to plug into more CPUs and RAM.
I will purchase my next MacBook sometime in 2020 when Apple starts migrating the MacBook lines to their own chips. Yes, Apple plans to start saying goodbye to intel chips.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...an-move-from-intel-to-own-mac-chips-from-2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...an-move-from-intel-to-own-mac-chips-from-2020
I have 12" Macbook 2016 8GB RAM 500GD SSD ( Which I just bought off ebay for $800) - I do speadsheets, check my email and listen to news or music while I work its over kill already. The power user is not going to choose a MacBook or an Air
In fact, nearly no one buys a high end laptop every 1 or 2 years. I've often thought comparing increased performance to last year's model was silly. Almost no one buying a computer this year has real world experience with last year's model as their day to day computer. So the comparison is not informative. I love the five years ago comparison.
Agree. I think there's some similarity with photographers and photography forums.
Some people are on a constant quest for "the best" gear (body, lenses, accessories, etc). And that's what drives their photography. Even more than making compelling photographs. Which can be plainly seen.
I think it is unlikely that you will get a perfect answer. Lots of armchair engineers gripe every time something new comes out. "it's already outdated" they will say. They all talk about how their computer has a "Hemi" and quad carburetors and "posi traction" - it's all the same dumb talk. It's all water-cooler talk. Realize that.
Know that you, and I, and all of us, don't know. Or at least "probably don't know".
This is the best answer to "educate me" that I can think of - hope it helps.
My Sony laptop is 10 years old. I still use it and it still works. Can you believe it?
Core 2 Duo T9900 3.06 GHz with 8 GB RAM. If I could set up this machine to allow remote access with my iPad, I would probably keep it for another 5 years.
The 11" Air has been a useless machine that is too small.
Agreed the MBA is gone.
Apple will release a new 12" MacBook and introduce a 14" MacBook. 16GB RAM max and 1TB on 12" and 2TB drive max on the 14". Retina display. Only question will be whether the TB and T2 are included. Low power chips.
did anyone else catch the use of the FireWire logo on the connection to the SATA 3 bus? does that mean all storage media is connected to IEEE1394b?
I sort of expect the next revision to be called Ecstasy Lake, or whatever stimulant they use to keep trying to get to 10nm.
It still requires a separate TB3 controller chip unfortunately. But I don’t think a $999 MacBook Air replacement was ever going to have Thunderbolt 3 anyway. More likely a MBP-level feature.
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The current rumor is Kaby Lake Refresh and I’d be really surprised if a $999 MacBook Air replacement doesn’t use a 7th gen dual-core i3-7130U.
On the other hand, Apple would have been able to get sample parts month ago, so it’s certainly possible that a MacBook Air replacement could be using these Whiskey Lake parts.
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Indeed, when contrasted with the MBP13 upsell, I think it would be a stretch to expect the general public to care about the difference between a quad-core and a better-quad-core.
If a $999 model is quad-core, then I can only assume Tim Cook has been tied to a chair somewhere.
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