You will never be satisfied with any laptop if that is your issue. CPUs get hot when used. When they get hot, fans spin up. It's just the way it is.
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Intel Preps 1.7GHz and 1.8GHz Processors Suitable for Next MacBook Air
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You will never be satisfied with any laptop if that is your issue. CPUs get hot when used. When they get hot, fans spin up. It's just the way it is.
I don't believe it is a power issue. Two points to consider when upping the pixel density on the laptops.
1) Distance to screen. A laptop will likely be used at a further distance than either a smart phone or tablet. Still, a bump would be nice.
2) Yield. The larger the screen size the lower the production yield. There is a significantly higher risk of a defect in a 13" screen opposed to a 3.5" screen. Also by increasing the pixel density you also increase the chance of a defect. So manufacturing gets dinged twice on this one.
With that said I think we will see pixel densities increasing over the next few years. It is just a matter of timing.
Except the GPU should be doing the work when possible. If I'm doing rendering, which is CPU intensive, the last thing I want is to play a video at the same time* and see everything slow down because the drivers aren't making proper use of the dedicated GPU. Most Macs have it, some don't. And depending on criteria.
* multitasking is too commonplace nowadays not to consider
I'll agree those are good points, but for a higher-priced machine, people perceive quality. Therefore, especially as the OS is said to be finely tuned to the hardware, the people being bummed out do have a valid point.
Given that the GPU and CPU now share the same die, this will inherently present conflicts and tradeoffs. You can have a fast CPU or an OK GPU but not both at the same time.
Then ask Apple to add support for AMD and Intel GPUs to the VDA framework.
None of us should be asking or need to ask in the first place, if the OS is finely-tuned to the hardware in the first place.
Thankfully, video playback isn't a major issue for me, but it is for others. They're worth considering as well.
HTML5 is a tag-based coding language, which tells the browser to play the file. It isn't a codec.
h.264 is the video coded I believe you're referring to, and Apple has a direct stake in its success. (hence the weirdness that it's not fully optimized on all Macs, but I have read that ATi acceleration is in development. It's just weird that, given 2009/2010 Mac Pros and 2011 MacBook Pros using ATi have been left on the wayside in this instance and, again, it'll be addressed so it's a matter of patience and time...)
And, while a year old, there's more to the HTML5/flash discussion than meets the eye:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/youtube-html5-does-not-yet-meet-all-of-our-needs/8809
I mostly mean that it doesn't run as choppy as the flash version as flash is quite demanding on mac os for whatever reason.
"Intel is working on three new ULV (ultra low voltage) Sandy Bridge processors due later this year"
Does the above quote mean they are still working on the chips? That would set the June release speculation way off, right? Does this mean we wont see and update before the end of August?
Thanks,
Swayne
Does the above quote mean they are still working on the chips? That would set the June release speculation way off, right? Does this mean we wont see and update before the end of August?
Thanks,
Swayne
At this stage it's most likely manufacturing details being worked out. No one appears to know exactly when they will come.
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She got it cheap for nursing school before I converted her to the Mac side.
Sadly it's slower than dirt, overheats and the battery barely holds a charge but the thing won't die! And she isn't a tech head so the motto "if it isn't broke don't fix (replace) it" is what she swears by.
Can't fault her, she saves more than she spends!
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She got it cheap for nursing school before I converted her to the Mac side.
Sadly it's slower than dirt, overheats and the battery barely holds a charge but the thing won't die! And she isn't a tech head so the motto "if it isn't broke don't fix (replace) it" is what she swears by.
Can't fault her, she saves more than she spends!
I thought that since a new MBA is coming out in june/july that meant there won't be one coming out in october? I was pretty bummed by this cause I just got a MBA like a month ago
It would be nice to see some specs on the IGP. The current 1.4-1.6GHz Sandy Bridge chips have integrated graphics processors that run at 350MHz normally, with turbo boost to 900-1000MHz (depending on the model). On the whole, I'd see it as a positive if Apple delays the new MacBook Air a little bit to get these processors in them. It would be a significant CPU boost, and if the IGP is an improvement over the current Sandy Bridge, then perhaps it wouldn't be quite as much of a step backwards in terms of graphics.
Update: The linked CPU World article answers my question. The i7 gets a turbo boost increase, though the standard speed remains the same.
Update: The linked CPU World article answers my question. The i7 gets a turbo boost increase, though the standard speed remains the same.
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Apple has been known to get Intel chips ahead of official launches, as mentioned in the article. So a few months lead time in the MBA before the chips are publicly announced would not be shocking.
What I want to know - which does not appear to have been touched in this thread - is what we will see in the 13" machines. The 2.16GHz Core 2 processor CURRENTLY runs at 17W, and that's without taking the TDP of the 320M into consideration. Assuming the C2D and 320M of the 13" MBA pushes a bit beyond 25W, that leaves substantial room for a massive ULV i5 or i7. The current i7-2649M (http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=54611) has a TDP of 25W, a base clock of 2.3GHz, HT, and a TB of 3.2GHz. Plus, it supports the 8GB of RAM everyone (including me) seems to want.
My question is, if Intel is optimizing these Core i3's that sound like they would be perfect for the 11" MBA's, does that mean that they are optimizing more powerful chips for the 13" MBA's? Or will we see options (for which many people are asking) for a 13" option with a separate Nvidia or AMD graphics chip?
That may be but they have been out of the US market for a long time.
Even when they were here, they were junk. Most people bought from Dell instead.
potencial buyer here if this rumors are true.
what i would like to see in future macbook air model
-intel sandy bridge
-at least 4 gb ram user upgradable.
-at least 7 hours battery
-backlit keyboard
-stop soldering every single components.
-i dont mind to see the air gain some weight, if apple put sata3 on it.
-does ocz vertex3 are really blazing fast.
but all points thats not going to happend.
what i would like to see in future macbook air model
-intel sandy bridge
-at least 4 gb ram user upgradable.
-at least 7 hours battery
-backlit keyboard
-stop soldering every single components.
-i dont mind to see the air gain some weight, if apple put sata3 on it.
-does ocz vertex3 are really blazing fast.
but all points thats not going to happend.
Soldering improves reliability... and backlit keyboards runs down the battery quicker. Apple is headed for Thunderbolt, not sata III... and they looking for lighter not heavier. I do have the opinion that the AIR will replace Macbook. Macbook will likely die. FWIW
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I've heard as soon as this fall, will believe it when I see it though, it's not far fetched for the iPad 3 to come out that soon though.
TBolt doesn't replace SATA
This statement seems to be nonsensical - there will be no TBolt disks on the market.
A disk enclosure connected by TBolt will contain a TBolt controller chip (does the TBolt in/out for the daisy chain, and offers a PCIe bus) and a PCIe-based SATA controller, and SATA disk drives.
In other words, it's nonsense to imply that TBolt will replace SATA.
This statement seems to be nonsensical - there will be no TBolt disks on the market.
A disk enclosure connected by TBolt will contain a TBolt controller chip (does the TBolt in/out for the daisy chain, and offers a PCIe bus) and a PCIe-based SATA controller, and SATA disk drives.
In other words, it's nonsense to imply that TBolt will replace SATA.
I believe for Sata III he means for internal sata connections. As far as replaceable stuff... that's not going to happen. Backlit, um... I would like it, but prob. won't for battery drain, but who knows. I'd say 70/30 in favor (apple) of not having it, prob. opposite for those who purchase.