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Intel's 'Kaby Lake' Processors Still on Track for Late 2016 Launch

American Hero said:
Apple will release their newest MacBook Pros with Skylake processors, even well after the release of Kaby.

Sometimes I wonder why people spend $1,500 or more for a laptop with outdated and under-powered specs.

Oh wait, this is Tim Cook's Apple we're talking about.

Engineering team: "Tim, Intel released these new processors today that are two generations ahead of what we have in our laptops."

Tim: "Is that so? Well, lets just put new chips in the laptops... So now we're only one generation behind instead."
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And Steve Jobs' Apple released the MacBook Air and 13" MacBook Pro in October 2010 using the same Core 2 Duo chips that were in competing PCs in 2009, almost a year after the original Core i5/i7 chips were released. There was an even bigger performance gap back then there there is between Skylake and what is promised for Kaby Lake (or for that matter from Broadwell to Skylake or even Broadwell to Kaby Lake).

Microsoft rushed the Skylake Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book to market last fall, and got tons of bad press and reviews for system crashes, most of which were the result of bad drivers from Intel. That only recently got sorted out.
 
Don't you get it? The PC is dead. It is an appliance now.... Jobs whispered to Cook "milk it as long as you can".
 
Codeseven said:
Lol, had a laugh over that post.

I'm still snapping the whip on my ol' 2008 MBP and it's 'still' chugging along just fine. And that brings something up. Many folks, myself included, have waited a long time to replace their aging MBP only to find their old laptop is still handling daily tasks just fine. Because of that, I've gradually lost my buzz for buying a new MBP. I was craving one before but now I'm like, well, actually I don't 'need' to spend a few thousand dollars anymore when what I've got is still working just fine.
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What version of OSX is yours running? I made the mistake of updating past Snow Leopard. It ran perfectly ok on Snow Leopard, but now, it's slower than my weight loss. However, once photoshop and illustrator manage to open and get going they work smoothly. With that said, I don't even dare open iTunes because I don't want it to combust in flames.
 
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guerro said:
This is a symptom of a larger problem at Intel. They continue to hire "under represented minorities", refuse to fire under performing employees of the same, and refuse to hire good people if they are not a member of a minority group. So, what they now have is a situation where they have ticked a bunch of boxes to appease multiple groups to the detriment of the company.

With this latest labor reduction, Intel's hope is to cut staffing in half (unofficially). They are firing employees who have long tenure, are white, and male. Black female employees get a pass unless their performance is severely sub par.
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Lemme guess, you are a white and male? :D
 
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"but it will not feature support for DisplayPort 1.3"
- oh geeeeeeezzzz..... commmmmmooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn! really.
 
Mr Fusion said:
That's a cop-out by Apple. Nothing's stopping them from releasing new equipment that's upgraded in other areas besides processor architecture. Their customers are already telling them with their wallets that "spec bumps" don't cut it anymore. Time to toss Ive to the curb and hire someone who can come up with a halfway decent product at least once a year, as opposed to Jony who can't be bothered for years at a time.
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Nothing stopping them from incremental updates? Yeah, except a massive supply chain. If the titanic were moving at top speed, d'you think it would be able to turn on a dime? And dump Ive because of it? Making such wild suggestions while blatantly displaying your ignorance regarding basic manufacturing realities should be at least mildly embarrassing. Which is ok; public shaming can sometimes become excellent motivation towards self-improvement.

My god, listen to me... I've definitely been playing too much Overwatch.
 
If KL supports usb-c and usb-c supports dp1.3 in alternate mode, just like an alternative to tb3, how can you say that KL does not support dp1.3 (without tb3)? Just forget the tb and route the dp signal straight from gpu to usb-c without tb encapsulation!
 
inhalexhale1 said:
I don't think Ive is responsible for not updating the 21,5" iMac, for instance, to sky lake. The designs can handle updated hardware that obey thermal requirements. Why they don't include available, and current, hardware is beyond me.
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They do it because they can and most people will pay the APPLE premium not knowing its 2 to 3 generations behind in tech.
 
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apolloa said:
I want the writer of this article to provide these so called 'rumours' because they do NOT exist. I want the article writer to show me exactly where KGI Securities explicitly stated the CALENDAR fourth quarter and NOT APPLE'S fourth quarter!

Because it simply does not exist because they never said it!!
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Now, Now...one forgets that this is a "rumors" site as the name of the site refers too. If you live in the U.S. it is the equivalent to "The National Enquirer" publication or "Mad" magazine. Why do people believe whatever is on the Internet is true? Just "Google it" and you will find what I say is true... ;)
 
kinless said:
The Broadwell architecture does not natively support DP 1.3 (and neither does Skylake for that matter). But that doesn't mean Apple can't integrate their own discrete controller to make it possible on the next Mac Pro. Also, AMD/Nvidia are incorporating DP 1.3/1.4 in their latest round of discrete graphics this year, so I'm sure Apple will figure out a way to make it work.

Yes, we all want to hook up a 5K display to our Mac Pro with one cable. :)
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Preferably two displays with one cable (or even two cables), but yes. :)
 
apple barely has any skylake systems out, and the new technology is already right around the corner...
 
Asianpork said:
What version of OSX is yours running? I made the mistake of updating past Snow Leopard. It ran perfectly ok on Snow Leopard, but now, it's slower than my weight loss. However, once photoshop and illustrator manage to open and get going they work smoothly. With that said, I don't even dare open iTunes because I don't want it to combust in flames.
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Hi Ap, "slower than my weight loss" lol

It's running the latest version of El Capitan. It's slow but it's been so long ago that I don't remember how fast (or slow) SL was so I just accept it.
 
bpcookson said:
Nothing stopping them from incremental updates? Yeah, except a massive supply chain. If the titanic were moving at top speed, d'you think it would be able to turn on a dime? And dump Ive because of it? Making such wild suggestions while blatantly displaying your ignorance regarding basic manufacturing realities should be at least mildly embarrassing. Which is ok; public shaming can sometimes become excellent motivation towards self-improvement.

My god, listen to me... I've definitely been playing too much Overwatch.
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Your post not only missed the mark completely, but your personal insults have gotten your reported. Well done.
 
Well, since Apple will always be the retarded hardware spec. wise I guess if they don't release a new MBP in June I just might as well buy last year's model, this unibody macbook from 2008 probably doesn't have another month in its life.

it runs core2duo
 
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