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MacBook Air 2018
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But no Time Machine backup, much MacOS stuff doesn't work on iOS, and and...
Even though they call it Pro, the iPad won't replace until they make a MacOS Pad.
The problem is many people (including me) need to and want to use a laptop for certain task (heavy excel work, storing and cataloging photos, whatever). The problem is Apple's laptops are becoming less and less of a value for that. The iPhone and Ipads are excellent, but it may make sense to get a good Windows laptop instead of a Macbook nowadays
They didn't. It's still $999 on the website.
Apple hates poor people. I guess we'll still see this glowing-logo MBA in college campuses around the world for MANY years to come...
Apple site states:
1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz, with 4MB L3 cache
Also has the Intel UHD Graphics 617???
Which CPU is this?
1200$ + dual core + butterfly keyboard...
Well, thanks, but I'm skipping this one out.
On the other hand, mac mini looks really promising
Well, thanks, but I'm skipping this one out.
On the other hand, mac mini looks really promising
I mean in other retailers. I can imagine heavy discounts on Black Friday.
Nope, that CPU has 1866mhz RAM limit and an UHD Graphics 615 iGPU. The clock speeds are also different to what is stated on Apples site:
1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz, with 4MB L3 cache
2133mhz LPDDR3 RAM
Intel HD 617
Tbh, I don't know which chip this is...
It's probably the slightly updated version of the i5-8200Y with higher turbo/faster igpu. Disappointed it's not the U series.
Its an Apple specific AmberLake processor:
[doublepost=1540914689][/doublepost]Not sure what to do. Ive sent back two of the MBP because of the throttling issue.
This Amber Lake processor is on paper just a tiny bit better than my old 13inch MBP with 4558U processor, although its already 5 years old. Whiskey Lake would have been a noticeable upgrade...
[doublepost=1540914689][/doublepost]Not sure what to do. Ive sent back two of the MBP because of the throttling issue.
This Amber Lake processor is on paper just a tiny bit better than my old 13inch MBP with 4558U processor, although its already 5 years old. Whiskey Lake would have been a noticeable upgrade...
Given the number of 'they can keep it' comments I'm seeing here, I guess this is going to be one of their all-time top selling models this year.
The pricing is high and they got a lot of stuff right but they lost me with the keyboard unfortunately
Ok so Ive just checked the Geekbench scores for my 5 year old i7-4558U vs last years Kaby-Lake i5-7Y54, which is as close as you can get to the new Apple specific Amber lake processor, although the new generation will have a slightly increased performance.
The new processor performs just as good as my 5 year old 22nm processor....
After the disappointment with the new MBP wich is literally unusable due to it's overheating issues, this MacBook Air update was highly anticipated but seems like a disappointment again.
Next hope would be the update of the 13inch MBP non-touchbar with Whiskey-Lake.
The new processor performs just as good as my 5 year old 22nm processor....
After the disappointment with the new MBP wich is literally unusable due to it's overheating issues, this MacBook Air update was highly anticipated but seems like a disappointment again.
Next hope would be the update of the 13inch MBP non-touchbar with Whiskey-Lake.
It's recycled Aluminium too, yet still so expensive compared to the 13" rMBP relatively speaking.
I thought they'd kill the base MBP (my 2017 nTB is crying int he corner).
This thing is made out of used 7Up cans (cheaper!) use $299 Dell processors (cheaper!) yet it's expensive as hell.
Maybe I'm just poor.
Just placed my order for the T480s.
I've had it.
I've had it.