Why Are Apple And Microsoft Using Old CPUs In Their New Computers?

we already know why,

Kaby Lake GTe3 aren't ready.

Apple can't puck a new CPU the doesn't exist yet into their laptops.

 

I don't understand why this has to be explained every time Kaby Lake comes up. The way people are talking about Skylake, you'd think it was stone age technology.

 

There is very little difference between Kaby Lake and Skylake. I think Caby Lake allows for better 4k decoding? I might be wrong there. Caby Lake is what Skylake should have been. Intel dropped the ball on that release.

 

I hear you, those Skylake were forged with stone and bronze chisels

Skylake is the best option out at the moment and the only option, and it really isn't that old, all these Kaby Lake, Cannon Lake and Coffee Lake will all be on the same sized Die.

It'll only be improved instructions we will see and better battery life.

Embrace what we have right now, it is actually finally here, there is always something better coming up, but it'll be a wait.

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The performance increase will be minimal, like it was pointed out,

Better 4k coding instructions.
Better Batter life.

 

The Microsoft inclusion in this article is weird-MS announced the Pro 4 and Surface Book when Skylake first launched they aren't expected to release new updates really until next year sometime in the spring from the rumor mill. As for going with an older dGPU they probably didn't want to do too much extra work while working on an updated unit anyways coming out so soon.

The Apple bit was interesting because I was wondering about that a little. Makes sense and I doubt there is much of a loss in going with Skylake for them anyways.

The other thing as MS learned with the SP4 and SB is being the first out the gate with new processor tech isn't necessarily in their best interests given all the issues they had to fix with updates and working with Intel. If you sell laptops based on their reliability I wouldn't be jumping into the Kaby lake fray so soon after launch...just in case.