Interesting stuff from Ivy Bridge

[mark28]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...y_Bridge_Performance_Numbers_to_Partners.html

At the same clock speed, Ivy Bridge offers around 20% performance increase. At 22 nm, it produces less heat and energy than Sandy Bridge.

So if Apple uses Ivy Bridge CPU's with the same clock speeds as the current Sandy Bridge CPU's, it can make a new MBP that is thinner with also longer battery life while offering also a 20% power increase. Maybe Apple can manage to fit regular Ivy Bridge CPU's in the MBA ( and thus killing off the 13" MBP )

 

[psykick5]

Please no. No thinner and no killing 13". It's not going to happen (the latter, at least)

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

Why not thinner? I would think that would be a good thing, given that Apple increases the power of the computer at the same time...

 

[Gillespie81]

i would not want thinner, its one of the main reasons i bought the mbp instead of the mba. the mbp is perfectly proportional. and look how many ports the pro has to the air. any thinner and you'll lose firewire and i use that everyday. I've read many threads that say the pro doesn't have enough ports so why remove just to make it thinner. i believe thats why apple made the air

 

[Adamantoise]

Lol at thinking changing the processor is what's keeping the MBP from being thinner.

 

[mark28]

Lol at thinking changing the processor is what's keeping the MBP from being thinner.

The difference between the MBA and the 13" MBP is an underclocked CPU. The rest is the same ( except that the MBA uses a SSD )

 

[BlaqkAudio]

The difference between the MBA and the 13" MBP is an underclocked CPU. The rest is the same ( except that the MBA uses a SSD )

Um no. It's also missing an optical drive, a FW800 port, and an ethernet port. Also, the MBA's SSD is a fraction of the size of the MBP's HD.

 

[cirus]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...y_Bridge_Performance_Numbers_to_Partners.html

At the same clock speed, Ivy Bridge offers around 20% performance increase. At 22 nm, it produces less heat and energy than Sandy Bridge.

So if Apple uses Ivy Bridge CPU's with the same clock speeds as the current Sandy Bridge CPU's, it can make a new MBP that is thinner with also longer battery life while offering also a 20% power increase. Maybe Apple can manage to fit regular Ivy Bridge CPU's in the MBA ( and thus killing off the 13" MBP )

Um...

You do know that the screen uses by far the most power in a laptop (assuming a light workload). Making the processor 20% more efficient might get you 5-10% better battery life (get better saving if you went to SSD from spinning hard drive).

Unless the TDP changes down from 35 watts its not going in the MBA.

 

[S.B.G]

Someone (not me) wrote a really good article on Ivy Bridge over the weekend on AnandTech.com

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

any thinner and you'll lose firewire and i use that everyday.

You'll lose Ethernet before FW800, and you've got about .25" to .375" to go before an Ethernet port becomes absolutely impossible. I'd say the MBP can get quite a bit thinner before you lose FW800.