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iPhone 7 Series is Faster Than Any MacBook Air Ever Made

KiwiAdventure said:
What's the point of all this as you're not going to use an iPhone like an Air and why would you ever try.

The only item I'm interested in now is a better camera everything else works fast enough on the 6s plus. The new 7 does nothing for me and I'll wait until next year or the year after.
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So you're only interested in a better camera but the new iPhone 7 that has the best camera ever in a smartphone doesn't interest you? :confused:
 
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arkmannj said:
Apple truly is doing an amazing job (along with ARM, etc..) in making the A series of processors an amazing chip & platform, and I'm proud as an Apple device user to have them in my mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad.

With that said, I hope that Apple doesn't start putting them into their Mac line of Desktops & Laptops, not Even the Air.
The iPad Pro, and similar iPads serves the market where the A chip can shine. But if they put it in an an actual laptop called a "Mac" I am concerned that it would cause market fragmentation and confusion. Most people I know using Macbook's (Pro/Air/etc) also use VMWare Fusion or Parallels, or BootCamp, etc... and even people that don't will I think get confused why their Steam Games or GOG games, or other applications are no longer supported or no longer perform as well. Intel isn't shining like it was when it brought out the Core Duos, the i'series, etc. but They are still great chips, and if Apple would update to having current gen CPU's and chipsets then that would have more benefit I think.

As a fan, a shareholder, a (novice) developer, an Apple user since the Apple IIe, and any other categories I could be classified into, I do not want to return to a similar scenario we had with PowerPC's they also we good chips in their own right, but moving to Intel X86/X86_64 was a breath of fresh air that I hope we don't forget about.
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I don't know many users using a Windows environment on their Mac. Both our cases are anecdotal. Apple knows the figure much better than any of use do.

I'm sure Apple would do the same as they did in the PowerPC to Intel switch, emulate the old environment for a number of years. There is a lot more Windows software with Mac versions than there used to be. It would also gain from the massive number of ARM developers currently working in the mobile arena.

It would be interesting to see what Apple would be capable of with an ARM chip designed for desktop voltages, desktop scale RAM, desktop temperatures, and desktop space for more cores and graphics.

I would be happy for Apple to switch to ARM, but only if the benefits outweighed the problems and the switching inconveniences.
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satchmo said:
Sure, but at least the MacBook Air has a 3.5mm headphone jack. :p
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For now...
 
kamalds said:
Stupid test. Mac operating system and android phones can run things in background and run at much higher screen resolution, handle tons of other things that mobile centric-iOS does not have to deal - like inability to run applications in background like android and full blown Mac OS
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Yeah, accept the iPhone 6S beat the Note 7 in a real world speed test, where it's ability to multitask properly as you claim should have given it an edge:

https://www.macrumors.com/2016/08/22/galaxy-note-7-iphone-6s-speed-test/
 
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iapplelove said:
Even though it's slightly misleading, it's really only a matter of time when mobile devices blow away standard PCs.

It's already happening.
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Sure, mobile devices will be able to blow away Apple laptops ( due to being underpowered as yesterday's technology ), but not $2k gaming rigs or 'pro' based Windows Pcs, and probably not even a $400 PC either.
 
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Give John Gruber a 3D video and see how it goes.
Did he even performed the Weissman Score Test?

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Stella said:
Sure, mobile devices will be able to blow away Apple laptops ( due to being underpowered as yesterday's technology ), but not $2k gaming rigs or 'pro' based Windows Pcs, and probably not even a $400 PC either.
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I bet in 3 to 5 years they will. They will destroy those 'pro' based machines.
 
Stella said:
Sure, mobile devices will be able to blow away Apple laptops ( due to being underpowered as yesterday's technology ), but not $2k gaming rigs or 'pro' based Windows Pcs, and probably not even a $400 PC either.
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Wait. You're saying a 650$ phone with a battery can't match a multi thousand dollar gaming rig that doesn't have to worry about battery life? It's almost like physics matter or something.
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TheGenerous said:
Give John Gruber a 3D video and see how it goes.
Did he even performed the Weissman Score Test?

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Better question. How does one do that on iOS?
 
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They do realize that GeekBench 4 scores are different than GeekBench 3 scores, right?
 
kamalds said:
Stupid test. Mac operating system and android phones can run things in background and run at much higher screen resolution, handle tons of other things that mobile centric-iOS does not have to deal - like inability to run applications in background like android and full blown Mac OS
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It is about the processor, not the operating system! Apples for Apples, dude.
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Legend of Ive said:
Call me when it runs x64 applications
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Ring, ring: it has a 64bit architecture.
 
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Michael Goff said:
Wait. You're saying a 650$ phone with a battery can't match a multi thousand dollar gaming rig that doesn't have to worry about battery life? It's almost like physics matter or something.
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Better question. How does one do that on iOS?
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Like I said, I doubt the iPhone could outperform a $400 PC ( when running the same non mobile software ) ... so... you can figure out the rest.
 
KiwiAdventure said:
What's the point of all this as you're not going to use an iPhone like an Air and why would you ever try.
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Well, how about running an astronomy program?! Or, browsing the web with Safari?! Or, reading ebooks?

I do all three on the Mac, the iPad, and the iPhone-- and, in most cases, the iPhone and iPad (Mini or Air) are *far* more responsive and more enjoyable to use!
 
The writing is on the wall. MacBooks and Mac Mini's will be running a version of iOS soon.
 
Stella said:
Don't need numbers.. it's an obvious and safe conclusion.
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Oh. Some random person on the internet says it's obvious. Totally makes it true, right?
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NY Guitarist said:
The writing is on the wall. MacBooks and Mac Mini's will be running a version of iOS soon.
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Nah, I think they'll just recompile macOS to ARM. They stared with iOS, they'll likely finish.
 
Iconoclysm said:
It clearly, CLEARLY says it's faster than them all in OVERALL scores. EXCEPT that in the MULTICORE SCORE ONLY, one MBA manages to surpass it...but fails in the Single core AND the OVERALL SCORE. READ!
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You're completely right. My bad! Edited my earlier posting .
 
NY Guitarist said:
The writing is on the wall. MacBooks and Mac Mini's will be running a version of iOS soon.
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If they wanted iOS on a Mac that switch would already have been done as it is very easy to do, luckily they don't haven't so I hope they don't want it. However some assimilation has been done and will continue.
 
Keep drinking koolaid and lapping
Up cooks 'it's magical' if you think for one moment an A10 is going to outperform a $400, both running non mobile OS - I.e windows.



Michael Goff said:
Oh. Some random person on the internet says it's obvious. Totally makes it true, right?
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Nah, I think they'll just recompile macOS to ARM. They stared with iOS, they'll likely finish.
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Stella said:
Keep drinking koolaid and lapping
Up cooks 'it's magical' if you think for one moment an A10 is going to outperform a $400, both running non mobile OS - I.e windows.
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Who needs facts when you can insinuate that anyone who disagrees with you is a fanboy?
 
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