I'm just curious about this. I know heat and battery are issues at this size, but one of the great things I think they did with the new iPads was keep the specs the same. It helps keep you device agnostic because the experiences are consistent between both devices, you just pick a screen size.
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When will we see a quad core 13 MBP
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Most likely never unless they drop the clock speed down to MBA level. Biggest differentiating factor in the iPads is storage capacity and screen size. It's in Apple's favor to make their specs equal (for many reasons). With computers, it is in Apple's best interest to have multiple levels of specs. They do the same thing with the MBA and the iMac. It's doubtful they will ever put a quad core in a 13" MBP and leave that to the 15" MBP.
Sorry which physical aspect(s) rule out putting a quad-core in the 13" case other than speed/heat??
What? Are you talking about hyper-threading? Yes, the dual cores have 4 threads, but the the quad cores have hyper-threading too so they have 8 threads.
None that I can think of. With today's CPUs, cost and heat are big ones. But the biggest one is that it would be a downgrade in performance for the main basic tasks for most people because of how slow the clock speed would need to be to keep the CPU cool. There really isn't an upside to trying to put a quad core in a 13" right now.
Yes. Although I've never heard of anybody having problems with a dual core 13" MBP.
I'm just going to say when the Broadwell chips come out because intel said that those would be much more targeted towards tablets. with that said, if they can put a nice CPU in a tablet for good battery life, and no need for a fan.