Its a Mac computer, not an iOS device and its a niche product at that. It won't sell millions but should do alright.
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Its a Mac computer, not an iOS device and its a niche product at that. It won't sell millions but should do alright.
It's my old friend dexterbell, posting nothing but opinion and conjecture once again.
While I have not aquired a crystal ball such as your own in order to rebuff your outlandish claim, I would venture to say that the numbers simply aren't on your side. Apple sold 5.5 million Macs in Q1 2015 alone. Over the next year, what % of those sales numbers will need to be rMB in order to reach your "won't sell millions" number? Tiny. 4.5% to reach your million assuming sales stay flat.
It appears, however, that this product is hitting all the right chords with people who haven't upgraded their laptops in 5 years.
My crystal ball prediction is that when the sales numbers come out, one of two outcomes will occur. If they are under your million mark, then you'll be the loudest poster here. If they are over, you won't even post at all.
Actually, according to the concensus on another thread, it may actually be that the 1.2 and 1.3 models could have more thermal head room than the 1.1, and thus less throttle-prone than the base model...
I'm going to buy it then justify it later.
Wait, buy which and justify it later?
I'm curious how this well affect battery life. I know generally the i5 gets a bit better battery life than the i7.
Hmmm I thought only the 13" air got the 4lane upgrade? Those read/write results look more like the 13" air black magic numbers? Does the 512gb Samsung SSD upgrade option of the 11" MacBook air give 4lane results??
The speeds you are seeing on the 2015 MacBook air and retina 13 are because Apple used PCe 3.0 this generation wich allowed them to use Samsung new SM951 SSD and thus a heave those speeds. I think that that is even x2 speeds since the SSD with 1TB capacity has speeds of up to 2,1 GBPS.
With both my MBP 2007 and 2011 the score was almost cut in half if the machine had been in use for a while compared to after cold start..
So, temp seems to make a big difference.
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No video of it actually running and that benchmark says 1.2Ghz and 1.3Ghz. The 5Y71 is 1.3 not 1.2
I'm just starting to read all of the reviews, but it looks like Mashable's geekbench scores but the 1.1Ghz Macbook model about in line with the Macbook Airs that use the Intel Core i5-4250U 1300 MHz chip, which is better than I expected.