What hardware async have to do with sli ? And also I would be more sceptical about this sli things after arrival of first games with dx12 implementation.
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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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Hahaha. Especially considering iGPU has been hidden from Boot camp for years if you had dGPU. Of course Apple will change its ways and highlight strong features of Windows.
Skylake iGPUs are also much more powerful than their Haswell or Broadwell counterparts, but if Apple was willing to use GT2 iGPUs, it could have already released Skylake MBPs by now. And for most users, it's not even clear that Kaby Lake U class chips with GT2 would be more effective than Skylake U class chips with GT3e.
Look, bottom line is your theory goes against Apple's entire historical practice for MBPs. It may not be impossible, but it's clearly close to it. Any sort of speculation that Apple suddenly decides to reverse course for an early release of Kaby Lake MBPs with lesser iGPUs is just entirely unfounded. You're not making a reasonable case for this based on any kind of substantiated evidence; there aren't even weak rumors (Digitimes, etc.) for this.
Sounds interesting. Have any benchmarks confirming these claims? The part where integrated graphics outperform dGPU.
Kaby Lake with GT2 would be a downgrade from Skylake with GT3e/GT4e . There will be a few percent computing gains at most, and the loss of a significant part of graphics performance that GT3/GT4e provides - upto 2x greater performance with GT3e (which has 64MB eDRAM that GT2 does not, in addition to 48 EUs vs 24 in GT2), and even greater performance from GT4e, which has 96 EUs and 128MB eDRAM.
The average user would notice the lost graphics capability with Kaby Lake GT2 much more than they'd a 2-3% gain in computing rate that most people would never 'notice' if they weren't told about it beforehand.
The average user would notice the lost graphics capability with Kaby Lake GT2 much more than they'd a 2-3% gain in computing rate that most people would never 'notice' if they weren't told about it beforehand.
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New MacBook refresh imminent ?
Maybe we'll see a refresh across the board ?
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/18/12-inch-macbook-out-of-stock-best-buy/
Maybe we'll see a refresh across the board ?
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/18/12-inch-macbook-out-of-stock-best-buy/
I'm still waiting for Apple to retromod the 2012 13" 2.9GHz Haswell cMBP (45Watt TDP) (non retina form factor)with a Quad Core Skylake 2.9 ghz Quad Core (45 Watt TDP) on a new Logic Board w/o soldered on RAM or SSD's and to put 4 RAM slots a dGPU a 2nd SSD and 5 BTO Ports where the Super Drive was with a 15"+ display in it...now that, is something worth waiting for.
Maybe stretch it .22 inches and make it a full 13" wide, stick some of those new flat layered batteries in the base and (optionally in the lid) to boost the Battery Life to 16-20 hours....leave the retina out of it and either go with a High Resolution or 4k matte display to do away with the peeling problem the retina coatings have.
With it being a full 13" wide they could actually fit a (edge to edge w/ 1/8" margin) 15.5" display in it.
That pre retina form factor actually has almost 9 more cubic inches of volume than the newer 15" rMBPs (because it is a 1/4 inch thicker) and could run cooler than any of the thinner/smaller retina 13's or 15's....
I'd certainly be happy to fork over $2800-$3500 for a 5/6 lb Apple 13" MBP SE - Quad Core 2.9GHz Skylake w/ 2 removable SSDs and a replaceable dGPU able to accept 64 GB of 2133 that was made to be 9/10 repairable by the user, with 16-20 hours of battery life....my life would be complete
They could go further and pull the single camera out of the top center and put in one on each side about 3/4 of the way to the top and use them for automatic 3D recognition of the users face or eyes and for scanning objects you want to print with a 3D printer...they could design a software program that adapted its recognition of the user to evolve as the user aged....waiting for Cannonlake....
Maybe stretch it .22 inches and make it a full 13" wide, stick some of those new flat layered batteries in the base and (optionally in the lid) to boost the Battery Life to 16-20 hours....leave the retina out of it and either go with a High Resolution or 4k matte display to do away with the peeling problem the retina coatings have.
With it being a full 13" wide they could actually fit a (edge to edge w/ 1/8" margin) 15.5" display in it.
That pre retina form factor actually has almost 9 more cubic inches of volume than the newer 15" rMBPs (because it is a 1/4 inch thicker) and could run cooler than any of the thinner/smaller retina 13's or 15's....
I'd certainly be happy to fork over $2800-$3500 for a 5/6 lb Apple 13" MBP SE - Quad Core 2.9GHz Skylake w/ 2 removable SSDs and a replaceable dGPU able to accept 64 GB of 2133 that was made to be 9/10 repairable by the user, with 16-20 hours of battery life....my life would be complete
They could go further and pull the single camera out of the top center and put in one on each side about 3/4 of the way to the top and use them for automatic 3D recognition of the users face or eyes and for scanning objects you want to print with a 3D printer...they could design a software program that adapted its recognition of the user to evolve as the user aged....waiting for Cannonlake....
HP wants to turn your Mac into a 44-core Windows PC
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...p-power-to-macs-with-remote-desktop-tool.html
HP rumor mill suggest apple isn't planning on upgrading the dgpu card anytime soon to a VR/4k(editing) capability, sad!
http://www.computerworld.com/articl...p-power-to-macs-with-remote-desktop-tool.html
HP rumor mill suggest apple isn't planning on upgrading the dgpu card anytime soon to a VR/4k(editing) capability, sad!
I am sure they'll figure it out, WWDC shows are always a bit on the slow side, so if they keep a nice tempo I am sure they will have plenty of time for everything.
With nice and simple videos showcasing all the new features and only demonstrating the big new ones I believe it will be an event full of surprises.
And by leaking the WWDC date via Siri, we know Siri will be one of the big parts of the event!
I seriously wonder how Apple is gonna handle all its lines update.
Too many things to present, too many Mac needing an update.
Maybe a lot of silent-upgrade?
Man, an all-Mac-focused event would be awesome...
12" Macbook will be silent updated this week i suppose. I hope for WWDC for:
1) Redesign 13" and 15" Mbp 99% chance
2) Redesign the mac mini 90% chance
3) Update for Mac Pro 90% chance
4) Thunderbolt 5k Display 90% chance
All of this can be in 1 hour
For the left hour: demo for iOS10 (focusing in a big way with new features for the ipads pro), MacOS (maybe siri), TvOS and WatchOS all 99% chance
Apple Watch S presentation 60% chance
A small wait to see this updated? https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
Epicenter of change for WWDC 2015. What for 2016?
Getting the date out without any marketing images with a caption for now I guess, but they'll need one soon enough surely. Then the Mac Kremlinology begins in earnest lol
Not so sure about a silent refresh for the rMB - isn't this the starting point of a larger line? If so, doesn't that make it a more important Mac, at least worthy of highlighting it's refresh?
Epicenter of change for WWDC 2015. What for 2016?
Getting the date out without any marketing images with a caption for now I guess, but they'll need one soon enough surely. Then the Mac Kremlinology begins in earnest lol
Not so sure about a silent refresh for the rMB - isn't this the starting point of a larger line? If so, doesn't that make it a more important Mac, at least worthy of highlighting it's refresh?
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@Serban, does your invite say anything that we could dissect for the next 50 pages?
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