iPad Air 2 Benchmark Points to A8X Chip With Triple-Core 1.5 GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM

[fourthtunz]

But it didn't?

I assume it did, but in any event I don't care that it doesn't have
2 g of memory

 

[NMBob]

arm-based 3-core CPU? hmm.. something really odd, to be honest

It's like a Geo Metro/Suzuki Swift!

 

[MacOSXI]

Just imagine if Apple were using 8-core processors running at 2+ GHz and 3GB of RAM like some of their "competitors" HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHA, it would be a bloodbath.

 

[cababah]

I want one

Time to sell my Air

 

[Peace]

And you guys call me crazy when I said the Macbook Air is destined to use the Apple ARM.

Ha !!

 

[agsystems]

Hmm.. this is now tempting me to retire the old iPad 2 and get and Air 2

Bestbuy is running a great deal - if you want to flip your Ipad 2

*Guaranteed minimum of $200 toward the new iPad Air 2 with trade in of iPad 2nd generation or newer

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/t...D=1&siteID=BHGfseUWtPc-fUJPemPcTLJmwVXg8FVOyQ

 

[manu chao]

This will upset the posters in another thread that insisted that the X versions of Apple chips mean quad-core.

While all X versions so far had extra graphics power for the same (or slightly higher clocked) CPU performance.

 

[Ted13]

That the base storage config is still only 16GB and it should be at least 32 or 64GB.

Is someone forcing you to buy the base model? You are properly informed about the implications, after all.

If your gripe is "64GB/128GB version is too expensive" then we can talk, but as is...

 

[milo]

I am far from a fanboy. It was a post made in jest. Lighten the hell up.

Amusing response to an accusation of being too defensive. Way to prove his point.

 

[Brian Buttplug]

2 GB RAM was all I needed to know, thanks.

Will order one first thing tomorrow.

-Brian

 

[agsystems]

Exactly. STILL not enough of a reason to upgrade from my iPad 4, which works just fine, thank you very much. If I didn't have one, I would get this in a heartbeat, but for now I'll hold off until these iPad Pro rumors either come true or die.

You are probably safe as the first processor to go would be the A5 - meaning your Ipad 4 A6 will be supported for a minimum of 2 or more OS releases.

 

[fourthtunz]

Just imagine if Apple were using 8-core processors running at 2+ GHz and 3GB of RAM like some of their "competitors" HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAHHA, it would be a bloodbath.

HA HA HA Right!! Oh the Humanity!

 

[milo]

And you guys call me crazy when I said the Macbook Air is destined to use the Apple ARM.

The issue isn't lack of power, it's that apps wouldn't run unless they were all recompiled. And mac developers won't go for that.

 

[pearvsapple]

Only to be held back by that phone OS called iOS.

 

[Rodster]

arm-based 3-core CPU? hmm.. something really odd, to be honest

Kinda like the 5 cylinder Audi back in the days when "4 cylinders were too little and 6 was too much".

 

[JoEw]

4477 is insane...

 

[MrVinney96]

Just found out the A8X eats my 2011 MacBook Air with the 1.7GHz i5-2557M. Like seriously. The first thing fits in an iPad. The other thing is a 3 year old computer with an i5. AN I5. FOR DUCK'S SAKE

 

[MyopicPaideia]

The iPad air 2 crushes my 2010 MacBook Pro. This is how far we've come...

This. It smokes my 2010 Mac Mini Server in my sig...that I use and am very happy with as the house's primary desktop, that runs Yosemite flawlessly, manages our photo and media libraries, that is used to edit and create our home movies, convert/encode our Blu-ray collection into iTunes compatible digital files...

It also matches my maxed out core i7 2011 MBA in my sig. that is my work computer used for everything a finance professional can throw at it, also running Yosemite flawlessly.

Indeed an impressive bit of kit...if this was quad-core, ran with 8GB RAM, and larger cache allotments - an ARM MBA would be more than completely acceptable.

If you could hook up an external RAID array via some kind of Lightning hub (after a jailbreak or something?) it could replace my Mac Mini as a media hub. Heck, if I could run OS X on it, even if it was limited to doing that in "external monitor" mode only, and connect a bluetooth keyboard and trackpad to it, I could replace my MBA with it!

Nicely done, Apple.

 

[justin216]

The issue isn't lack of power, it's that apps wouldn't run unless they were all recompiled. And mac developers won't go for that.

In all fairness, they've did it before with the PPC to Intel transition. If there was justifiable reason to do it, and they made porting in XCode smooth, then I could see it happen.

 

[rwilliams]

Amusing response to an accusation of being too defensive. Way to prove his point.

Sometimes I don't know why I bother with this place.

 

[NMBob]

That was my first guess. Disabling a core dramatically improves yield rates.

Maybe it started with 4, and they disabled 1 to make the yield rates. They couldn't leave it with 4 cores or all of their stores would be attacked by us Mac mini owners.

 

[itr81]

That extra gb makes me want to upgrade my air to an air2... I bet it's speedy w that extra ram

 

[Peace]

The issue isn't lack of power, it's that apps wouldn't run unless they were all recompiled. And mac developers won't go for that.

11.0 will fix that.

 

[apolloa]

Sounds really cool, this isn't the first tablet with triple core either. Seems like a pretty powerful device, not the most powerful but fit for 2014/ 2015. Shame they made it so thin and ditched the mute switch, they should have kept it the same thickness and boosted the battery life, oh well Ive gets his way again..

Still a nice power upgrade.

 

[kycophpd]

Three cores? So does this mean it will blend three times faster? I am confused.