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Ivy Bridge Question.

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apolloa

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I was wondering if anyone could answer me a question. Holding my lovely hot Mac, how much cooler can I expect an Ivy Bridge 15" MacBook Pro to be? As I understand Ivy Bridge is a die shrink yes? So it should consume less power and generate less heat?
I appreciate that we could see a new design next year so no one can definitely state how much cooler an Ivy Bridge mac will be but I thought I'd ask.
 
The CPUs will be 10W cooler at the most for a quad, so basically the same as the previous gen MBPs if the design didn't change.
 
A 2.3 i7 Ivy Bridge CPU will definetly be cooler and more energy efficient. But if you will get a high end model with 30% higher clock speeds, you'll end up around the same temperature and battery life as the current Sandy Bridge.
 
No one really knows right now. Some can tell you the theoretical thermal differences between Sandy and Ivy, but in practice results always differ.

Truth is you won't be seeing any noticeable differences in heat if the same model design stands, Apple would have to come up with a new MBP design with better heat dissipation for you to notice any real difference.
 
apolloa said:
I was wondering if anyone could answer me a question. Holding my lovely hot Mac, how much cooler can I expect an Ivy Bridge 15" MacBook Pro to be? As I understand Ivy Bridge is a die shrink yes? So it should consume less power and generate less heat?
I appreciate that we could see a new design next year so no one can definitely state how much cooler an Ivy Bridge mac will be but I thought I'd ask.
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Apple will make the next-gen MacBook Pro's thinner, therefore everything will have less space to cool down & there will be less ventilation. Ivy Bridge chips are designed with slim & sleek notebooks in mind, so you would hope that there will be less heat whilst giving more power.
 
Hmm, not much of a difference then and if Apple make the next one thinner I would imagine that reduction benefit will be gone anyway? And we don't want faster fans! Maybe Apple could use bigger fans if they drop the ODD?
 
apolloa said:
Hmm, not much of a difference then and if Apple make the next one thinner I would imagine that reduction benefit will be gone anyway? And we don't want faster fans! Maybe Apple could use bigger fans if they drop the ODD?
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The space gained from dropping the ODD will be used partially by the higher capacity battery.
 
What would the point me in buying a faster MBP processor update? Why not just wait for Ivy Bridge?
 
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