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Now, however, things are faster paced and the systems improve more rapidly. After one or two years you may realize that there are newer systems that will work better for you.
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Intel Announces Setback in Production of Chipsets Destined for iMac Revision
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When Scully and Amelio were in charge of Apple, they'd last a long time.
Now, however, things are faster paced and the systems improve more rapidly. After one or two years you may realize that there are newer systems that will work better for you.
Can you explain to me what the big deal is on sandybridge is in lamens terms? I'm good with computers but I don't understand the technical details.
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It's not Intel I'd be concerned with.
The fervor at Apple is with iOS, everything else is on the back burner.
To counter that, Apple will "talk it up" using their standard tactics. The hype machine will tell us OS X users what they've determined we want to hear so that they keep us waiting. Great stories will be woven to buy time as asset allocation is channeled into iOS with full force.
We have two distinct channels at Apple. iOS, and everything else. Channel One iOS gives Apple the attention they so desperately seek. The money they can't live without, and the opportunity to climb up the ladder of consumer electronics & appliance companies.
iOS IS Apple.
To someone who use iMovie, iPhoto, and iTunes a lot. Going from a C2D processor with a SSD, to a i5 processor. Would I see any difference in speed????
Sandybridge incorporates a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) within the CPU (Central Processing Unit). What this gets you is improved battery life and performance, as well as the new CPU being faster.
Yay, I got even more justification for my upcoming MBA purchase.
Anyways, this delay may cause Intel to do a more thorough bug check, so that when iMacs and MBPs will be released with Sandy Bridge, they will almost be guaranteed to be bug free. An extra month now may be worth a year later.
Anyways, this delay may cause Intel to do a more thorough bug check, so that when iMacs and MBPs will be released with Sandy Bridge, they will almost be guaranteed to be bug free. An extra month now may be worth a year later.
I am so glad I got tired of waiting for a decent refresh for my mid 2008 13" Unibody MacBook and dropped in a SSD. I really don't care anymore.
Yikes. Sad news for those waiting for a refresh. But the current offerings are just absolutely not worth the money now. Maybe if their prices dropped, but that hardware is very outdated at the current price points.
From gizmodo's article, it sounds like Intel is already manufacturing "fixed" chipsets
Source:
http://gizmodo.com/5747876/intel-kills-sandy-bridge-chipset-shipments-after-admitting-design-flaw
Source:
http://gizmodo.com/5747876/intel-kills-sandy-bridge-chipset-shipments-after-admitting-design-flaw
Probably the usually advertised amount. For Arrandale it was 8-9 so for SB I expect 10-11 to be advertised which means 5-6 during normal use.
Not sure if there are many statistics out there on that yet, but it should be significant enough to warrant the wait. Less strain on the battery means that you can leave your laptop running without being plugged in for longer, which in turn means you don't have to be as careful about keeping it charged, (which is also good for the battery because it needs to be used to stay healthy) like i have to on my macbook (see sig for model).
This is not good but let's hope apple can get it into there products. All I know is apples next event will be a BIG one
I'm still using my 2005 G5 PM but would love to get my hands on the next iMac.
CPU-ILF's :lol:
Using 'Cougar' in the name should have been a clue.
Well, yah, that's what i meant, woops,
No no, actually you were right. I thought I remembered seeing photos showing the GPU on package, but actually it is on die.
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Thks for the info.
But that really s*cks, 'cause most likely (based on former updates etc.) the new mbp (after the on in April or so) will be in jan.-feb. 2012
That's to late
Than that mean I will be sitting in college for 4 monds whit no mbp
I'm gonna need a lot of pations
There's no reason you have to buy as soon as they release the update -- just wait until they actually release Lion. It's not like you need the computer sooner than that. If they haven't released it by the time classes start, buy the computer anyway: if they release Lion within the next 30 days, you'll probably get a free upgrade (based on previous releases), and if not, you still have a good computer and can upgrade the OS later.
New Dell XPS17 laptop that just shipped could be affected by this problem. I'm not sure if it uses the same chipset or not. But there are more than a few laptops that are shipping as we speak with Sandy Bridge i5/i7 chips.