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12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - Intel's upcoming Ivy B... · 0 replies · +2 points

Windows is garbage, so I didn't bother to read everything you said. The last good use windows has is gaming, but that's what VMs are for (Mac and Linux are beginning to get much more games these days anyway -- Steam for Mac has been out for quite a while now and Steam for Linux is reportedly near the final stages of development).

Other ultrabooks are actually not priced that much better than the MBA. Sure, they're better by a bit in price/performance -- but you also lose OS X and Apple's great customer service. In a strictly hardware-to-hardware comparison, yes the MBA suffers a bit of a loss.

To be quite honest, it's a close call in my book between an ultrabook with a decent version of Linux (read: not ubuntu) and a MacBook Air. But "good" versions of Linux are definitely not for your average joe -- many people don't want to have to deal with command-line interfaces in 2012.

12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - Intel's upcoming Ivy B... · 0 replies · +1 points

You won't see the i7-3770k, however you will probably see the i7-3770. The 3770k has an unlocked multiplier and supports overclocking; the 3770 is just as fast but cannot be overclocked.

The 27-inch iMac has the option for an i7-2600, which was at the time the iMac was updated the fastest quad-core CPU from Intel sans the 2600k (assuming you overclocked it, which it does very well -- typically goes from 3.4GHz @ stock to 4.6-5.0GHz).

12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - AT&T vs. Verizon LTE s... · 0 replies · -2 points

Here in New York City I consistently get between 30 and 40 Mbps down on Verizon's LTE network... one time I even got 50Mbps!

12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - Apple confirms A5X wit... · 1 reply · +3 points

"dual core" and "quad core" mean nothing. The architecture's IPC and clock speed matters. For example, an AMD FX-8150 8-core will usually lose to an Intel Core i7-2600k quad-core.

If this is Cortex A9, we'll see no boost on the CPU side. If it's Cortex A15, the CPU side will be faster than everything on the market.

The GPU is a complete mystery, but the iPad 2 is dual-GPU so I doubt a new quad-GPU solution would be anything short of twice as fast.

12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - Digitimes: 14 inch Asi... · 0 replies · +3 points

lol digitimes.

does anyone actually believe anything they say?

12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - Intel: Ivy Bridge 22nm... · 0 replies · +1 points

Well then you can say that all Apple computers have Apple processors in them because Apple designs the motherboard. Doesn't make much sense. The A5 is a system on a chip that contains PowerVR graphics and ARM CPU cores among other things such as Hynix RAM, SATA, I/O, etc. Just like how the MacBook Pro's Logic Board is a motherboard that contains an Intel CPU, AMD GPU, Hynix RAM, Intel SATA, IMC, I/O, and PCI-E among other things.

It's not a question of the CPU it's a question of the architecture. There are no Macs on the market with AMD CPUs but AMD CPUs run fine in hackintoshes due to them being based on the same x86-64 foundation as Intel.

12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - Intel: Ivy Bridge 22nm... · 0 replies · +1 points

Not really, the problem is underutilization. If all programs were coded specifically with AMD's latest instruction sets in mind the FX-8150 would blaze past the i7-3960X in virtually everything. Considering how well Apple has done with things like Grand Central Dispatch before, that could very well be possible.

12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - Intel: Ivy Bridge 22nm... · 0 replies · +2 points

That'd be a pretty bad thing IMO unless they let the AMD division do their thing, ie sell black edition processors to system builders and overclockers. in that case it would greatly benefit AMD as they could finally get proper funding for their R&D

12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - Intel: Ivy Bridge 22nm... · 7 replies · +3 points

No

The A4 and A5's CPUs are based off of a CPU architecture and chipset package designed by ARM and their GPUs are designed by PowerVR

Apple engineering their own desktop architecture would be on a whole 'nother level and would be a great challenge, even if they went with x86. Look how difficult it is for companies like AMD to compete in the CPU space. Their only saving grace is their graphics team which makes a kick ass IGP (and their affordability in low-cost systems)

12 years ago @ 9 to 5 Mac | Apple Int... - Intel: Ivy Bridge 22nm... · 1 reply · +4 points

yes, but they're quite a bit better than previous gen

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