It is good for a new purchase but Skylake is lackluster unless you are running some old hardware. The lifetime of computer hardware in the past decade has gone from 2-3 years to 4-6 years.
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Intel's Skylake Processor Lineup for MacBook Air Unveiled
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Well.....
(The first generation 12" PowerBook G4 was the first Apple product I had ever bought brand-new.)
I'll be keeping my eye on this. My daughter needs a laptop for school next year, and a 13" Air seems like the most likely candidate. The Skylake enhancements seem worthwhile, so hopefully they will arrive in time for Christmas. Probably not worth the upgrade if you already have a recent MBA though.
Well, to each their own. If you don't want an 11" MBA that's fine but I am sure there are many others like me who would prefer one. I doubt Apple will release one but it does not hurt to wish for one.
Oh yeass,oh yeass, oh my aching yeass, my dream machine!
I agree! But I guess I'm a real Debby Downer on the odds of this happening, especially as it would effectively kill the rMB. But oh, that's what I wanted as I settled for the newest MBA.
Very happy with my MacBook (rather work on it than the iMac, especially the keyboard). Not noticeably slower than my 2011 quad core i5 iMac either, very surprising. So I'd rather Apple moved to fanless MacBook inspired machines than perpetuate the Air line. A true 16:9 MacBook, like the 11" Air would be nice, not to mention more ports, that support Thunderbolt, of course.
Where's the Core M roadmap?
Where's the Core M roadmap?
To be fair, Intel has far more and far broader product lines than Apple has.
As an older user I really want the 13" screen, and the MBA form factor is excellent. Let's hope Apple makes the MBA and it is technologically on par with its other portable offerings.
They swapped around the names of the Macbook and the Macbook Pro in the past (In 2009, the Macbook Aluminium was renamed the Macbook Pro 13 inch less than a year after the aluminium Macbook was introduced).
Why can't they maintain a broad lineup... The MB and MBP don't suit everyone.
I wish they would rename the MB to MBA and rename the MBA the MB. The Non Retina Macbook Pro should get a rename to Macbook Classic, and also a spec update. The Macbook Pro retina could then just be called the Macbook Pro.
And I hope that, whatever they do, they do NOT touch the 13" screens.. If Apple wants to decrease the size, they can work on the aluminium or glass frames..
I love my 13" MBA and I still demand better battery life (yes even better than 12 hours)..
On the other hand, the lack of not having retina on an MBA does not bother me at all, what bothers me most is the reflection under the bright light.. After every update we hear that they made a better screen to reflect not as much, however I don't see any great improvements on that issue yet..
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Yay, huge bezel with fuzzy screen.
How about info on whether these chips are candidates for the 12" macbook with RETINA?
Macrumors just cuts and pastes from real news sites but leaves out most of the info.
Thanks.
Fuzzy to you, perfectly good for many others.
Some prefer battery life over a retina display. I certainly would.
None of these processors will be used in the Air. Apple uses the big GPUs as in 6000.
The 520 is the GT2 variant. The HD 6000 equivalent will be called something else like 540 or 620.
Also the iX 6X00 have always been the GT2 CPUs the GT3 will be called 6X50 or 6X58 or something along that line.
The 520 is the GT2 variant. The HD 6000 equivalent will be called something else like 540 or 620.
Also the iX 6X00 have always been the GT2 CPUs the GT3 will be called 6X50 or 6X58 or something along that line.
So do you guys think these processors are going to end up in the rMBP instead of MBA? I don't see them going into the air personally. The Iris Pro 5200 is faster than the 6100 in the current 15" rMBP so if the 520 is just a rebranded IP 5200 with maybe faster speeds, it'd be even better for the current rMBP. Since the TDP of these new CPU's are so low they'd be perfect in the rMBP as it'd greatly extend battery life which Apple would then use to cut the internal battery and make the computer smaller.
I wish, but no.
That would be great, probably be my next laptop, any my brother if I can convince him to wait.
no, as said before its a confusing 520
who even measures GHZ these days?
and I agree with you that the skylake CPU for 15" rMBP will come even later
I am pretty sure thunderbolt controller is on the intel CPUs,
would do you mean? retina on macbook air would be best update to the mac line. been waiting for that for years
nothing really
I think apple will continue to sell a laptop at every processor class intel makes, so as long as intel is still making mobile CPUs at 3 different classes, apple will follow. So its more up to intel if they decide to merge the lines.
I personally don't think they should
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I am with you guys about the naming schemes, its almost like they are intentionally making it confusing, because they don't want consumers to understand them
would be nice, but I don't think apple would change the resolution of a laptop, without doing a full redesign
me too
I would have guessed core M would come out at the end of this year, I would have also thought it would have came out before the 15W skylake CPUs