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Intel Skylake Processors: Up to 20% Performance Boost, 41% Faster Graphics and 30% Longer Battery Life

Sonmi451 said:
It's a laptop. What kind of radical design can possibly exist?
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I'm expecting them to replace the keyboard and trackpad with one giant force touch screen with taptic feedback within a few years. But they may not call it a MacBook Pro - it'll be part of their line up of hybrid iOS/OS X devices.

I'd be willing to bet a few hundred dollars on it being in development, even if it gets the ax eventually.
 
Chaszmyr said:
I wouldn't go that far. There's really nothing special about Skylake, it's just the next iteration of ever-improving processors.
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I disagree. It adds in support for several new connections that I expect will become standard shortly after its release. IE, support for 4K+ external displays. That's why I've been waiting for Skylake - if I buy something before Skylake I'll be limited to HD screens that were made before 2015 when I'm still using the laptop in 2020. Skylake seems more future proof. 4K+ external displays that are released in 2020 will work with my Skylake laptop. Probably/hopefully.
 
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Given the small performance jump from Intel over the past year, and the big performance jump of the last Apple A8X, I wonder if it's possible for Apple to catch up in pure performance with processors designed for the lower power envelope slate or tablet-sized devices (including the new 12" Macbook as well as the big iPads).
 
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Sonmi451 said:
It's a laptop. What kind of radical design can possibly exist?
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paulrbeers said:
You lost all credibility when you used "lulz"...

Please learn to post to threads as a mature individual and we might take you seriously.
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Please explain the point of putting in a more expensive devils canyon processor when it can't be overclocked.
 
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~15% performance increase for rmbp?

Eh, I'm glad I didn't wait for Skylake and purchased my mid-2015.
I'd rather wait for the 2nd generation of the redesign anyways, since first gen redesigns always have had problems.

I guess I'm upgrading late 2016/early 2017.
 
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- Y-Series (MacBook): Up to 17% faster CPU, up to 41% faster Intel HD graphics, up to 1.4 hours longer battery life
- U-Series (MacBook Air): Up to 10% faster CPU, up to 34% faster Intel HD graphics, up to 1.4 hours longer battery life
- H-Series (MacBook Pro): Up to 11% faster CPU, up to 16% faster Intel HD graphics, up to 80% lower silicon power
- S-Series (iMac): Up to 11% faster CPU, up to 28% faster Intel HD graphics, 22% lower TDP (thermal design power)
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Nice summary. Not that I wouldn't love 1-1.4 hours of extra battery life, these are fairly minor set of improvements.

The article is missing one thing that I am looking forward to the most, Thunderbolt 3 (with USB-C connector) that opens up possibility for long awaited retina 27" 5K display.
 
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nepalisherpa said:
Broadwel?

*EDIT* Nevermind, I see that the last letter is shifted down. Jeez, at least make the presentation look good.
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It's not Intel's fault, this happens when somebody gets a Powerpoint and the recipient doesn't have the special corporate font installed.
 
nigerson said:
They don't have over-clockable cpu's.
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iMac 27" Retina sells with a 4790k processor. It's overclockable but Apple doesn't allow you to do so. In fact, even if they did, you'd probably fry the CPU since the cooling in the iMac is awful, which explains why in benchmarks it actually scores LOWER because its being throttled. This was confirmed by Linus Tech Tips (2:31 minute mark)

 
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bladerunner2000 said:
The lower TDP will allow for some nice overclocking...

OH WAIT A MINUTE, despite Apple selling iMacs with overclockable CPUs, they don't offer any control to actually overclock. lulz.
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yes they do. apple now allows all users to also buy a pc with their money. so spend your time doing that instead of creating words here.
 
Longer battery life! Exactly what I'm waiting for and not buying a MacBook Pro before Skylake comes out! I want the battery life of the current MacBook Air 13 inch in a MacBook Pro! Bring it on, Intel!!
 
bladerunner2000 said:
iMac 27" Retina sells with a 4790k processor. It's overclockable but Apple doesn't allow you to do so. In fact, even if they did, you'd probably fry the CPU since the cooling in the iMac is awful, which explains why in benchmarks it actually scores LOWER because its being throttled. This was confirmed by Linus Tech Tips:

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this great, we found a new hobby for you. why don't you overclock all of your pcs and spend less time telling us about overclocking. we all have better things to do than overclock macs (hint, it's why we buy them, use them and resell them unlike windows machines that burn out and have no resale value) and read your posts.
 
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