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Intel Officially Launches First Quad-Core Ivy Bridge Processors

jnpy!$4g3cwk said:
Good point. USB 3.0 got off to a bad start with early chips+drivers, but, this should be a mature 3.0 implementation. Presumably what Apple has been waiting for. If they do go 3.0, I hope they don't drop FW immediately-- for those of us with FW devices, it would be annoying if there is no transition.
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I guess Apple could be a jackass, pull FW and say "Buy one of our $69 adaptors if you want FW!" Looks like Sonnet might have an adaptor:

http://www.thunderbolt-peripherals.com/thunderbolt-adapter
 
Thunderhawks said:
I think he misses the sticker : Intel inside.

How about putting it in the center of the screen, on all sides of outside packaging and feature it in the center of Apples website?

And, make an agreement with UPS and FEDEX that the drivers delivering your package have to say:

Intel Inside!

That ought to do it!
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We all want "intel inside" but the thought of a sticker is repulsive:D

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omgitswes said:
Nice, now I just need HDD prices to drop so I can start my HTPC build.

Hopefully the notebook versions comes out soon too. I really need a laptop
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HDD prices an availability is still up and down from the japan crisis.
 
Thunderhawks said:
I think he misses the sticker : Intel inside.

How about putting it in the center of the screen, on all sides of outside packaging and feature it in the center of Apples website?

And, make an agreement with UPS and FEDEX that the drivers delivering your package have to say:

Intel Inside!

That ought to do it!
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don't forget a badly designed default wallpaper by intel
 
From Ivy Bridge vs Sandy Bridge @ 4.8GHz Quad-Core CPU Showdown:

From the large pool of CPUs that we have tested/binned, Ivy Bridge uses 25% less power on average clock for clock…
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That's good.

Ivy Bridge's on-die temperatures (TJ Max of 105 degrees celsius) are a lot higher than Sandy Bridge…
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Enjoy your new HotBooks™


MacRumors said:
The launch of Ivy Bridge processors opens the door for a massive set of upgrades encompassing nearly all of Apple's Mac product line with the exception of the Mac Pro, which [will never be updated again.]
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Corrected.
 
Next up, new MBPs and iMacs and wow April is almost over. Looking forward to lower power consumption less heat, no more DVD drives and a sweet new design : -)
 
And there are still incompetent companies that continues to make laptops with crappy battery life, even with Ivy Bridge. Apple needs to bring the new refresh ASAP!
 
Now here is what is going to be interesting, how hot will it get? To be honest i would be overjoyed if apple introduced their MPBS's with SSD's already installed :p
 
Haarith :) said:
Now here is what is going to be interesting, how hot will it get? To be honest i would be overjoyed if apple introduced their MPBS's with SSD's already installed :p
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Why though? This will be my first experience with Mac's OS but I know with my 60 gb SSD windows install takes over half of the space.

I couldn't use a SSD as a main drive, just not enough space and they're really expensive once you start getting up into higher storage. A SSD as a boot drive is perfect, but until the prices lower no way I could use one as the main drive
 
omgitswes said:
Why though? This will be my first experience with Mac's OS but I know with my 60 gb SSD windows install takes over half of the space.

I couldn't use a SSD as a main drive, just not enough space and they're really expensive once you start getting up into higher storage. A SSD as a boot drive is perfect, but until the prices lower no way I could use one as the main drive
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this is going to be my first mac.. i heard they are super fast so thats why i want one..
 
Exciting times...

I'm waiting to see if my first mac will be one of the new MBPs or a refurbished '11 model.
 
glis said:
So according to AnandTech the battery life is worse than Sandy Bridge, and the graphic performance still sucks.
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the graphics of the 4000 have improved 40% over the 3000.

what I found most interesting is the claim made by Anandtech that haswell graphics will be really big improvement over the 4000 graphics.

It seems to me that if you have a 2011 mac with sandy bridge you need to wait until haswell. If you have an older mac go out and buy the 2012 with ivy bridge.
 
Haarith :) said:
this is going to be my first mac.. i heard they are super fast so thats why i want one..
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Yeah they are a lot faster than your standard HDD. You're sacrificing storage though, and paying a higher price....although HDD prices are still pretty pricey due to the floods last year
 
basesloaded190 said:
I think the average person knows apple doesn't magically make their computers faster and that intel provides them with processors.
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The average person does not know that Samsung makes the retina display or that Microsoft powers iCloud. Surely you're not going to argue that nonsense too.
 
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