Quad Core i7 13" MBP is coming.

[macgeek18]

With Intel's new 15W Core i7 8550U quad core 13" MBP's can finally be a reality! I may finally buy a new MBP when these get released. I ran across these chips while researching new Dell laptops for our design team. What do you guys think?

https://ark.intel.com/products/122589/Intel-Core-i7-8550U-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz

 

[jerryk]

15W is the TDP of the non-TB Machbook pro. Not sure they would upgrade this before upgrading the 28W TB MBPs. And those 8th gen chips are not going to be ready until 2018.

Also, a little concerned about how they are going to thermally manage these chips. 4 cores is going to get hotter unless you throttle more aggressively and better cooling, or both.

 

[leman]

These chips are using low-end graphics - half the processing capability of the chips Apple currently uses and also no eDRAM cache... so yes, they offer some advantages in CPU performance but they are still low-end chips. Apple usually uses higher-end ones with full GPU.

The problem here is that the average consumer doesn’t go into such details and the only thing that they see is “Dell has these new CPUs and Apple doesn’t”. Was the same with Kaby Lake last year.

Finally... those are still 15W CPYs, same TDP as MacBook Air or 13” without TB. Intel has really polished their efficiency game and true quad core will be able to get more work done, but don’t expect these CPUs to be as capable as their larger cousins.