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Quote: Originally Posted by Dlux I think that right there is enough to discredit the rumor. Thunderbolt is welded to Intel's x86 chipset. ++++++
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Actually AMD has been demoing a 45 watt chip that is expected in notebooks next month. It has a far better GPU than the Intel offering and actually draws far less power than Sandy Brudge under load. Well w…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 To put it simply we will get quad cores because that is what Apple needs to propel Mac OS going forward. Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 Well I don't see Intel having much impact here, it is s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by John.B It's coming... Intel Aggressively Dropping Power Consumption in Future Notebook Processors http://www.macrumors.com/2011/05/19/...ok-processors/ What makes you so certain those will be Quad core chips? Th…
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Interesting article reporting that Intel are going to shift laptop cpu production towards ULV chips. I think this is a recognition by Intel that most laptop users are not cpu constrained.
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Quote: Originally Posted by RetroRichie Actually, what the MBA tells us is that most MBA users aren't CPU constrained. What you should be wondering is: How much of Apple's portable market would be captured by the MBA if it started to approach MB…
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Quote: Originally Posted by wizard69 The impact of SSDs are well known, they however don't make the CPU itself faster. Any app that is CPU bound suffers on the AIRs. Certainly the general case with AIR has been very positive for most users but…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tailpipe .....Whatever we get, I am expecting a big step-up in performance and a modest gain in battery life. .... My biggest question about the next Air is: to what extent will it overlap with the 13" MBP? . Tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by RetroRichie T... but whatever losses are endured by a slight downgrade in graphics will be obliterated by CPU performance gains with a move to sandy bridge. I am not going to sit here and tell you and everyone else th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by quaternio They are planning to pay in cash?! Why not just use a check? Actually Skype owners are getting paid with X Box Live points.
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism That just seems crazy on all levels. Not sure why they paid 8.5 billion for Skype when they could have gotten it for 10 billion.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Goldenclaw Other than that, it's a minor announcement for Apple. They place a higher priority on the white iPhone, as evidenced by their home page. I think this is a huge update IMO. Quad core across the line up …
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM I think we both mean the same thing, but from opposite viewpoints. I'm referring to the host's point of view, you're referring from the peripheral's point of view. I think we'll see them eventually. There alm…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM Do you mean TB to USB3? USB3 to TB defeats the point of TB. . No I mean USB 3 to TB. That way if USB 3 HDD become commonplace as I suspect they will I can plug them into the TB slot using an adaptor an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleStud why? TB is infinitely better, and I imagine many peripherals (such as DSLRs and external HDDs) will come with both a TB and USB port. Because they may *not* come with both a TB and USB 3 port. If they …
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Quote: Originally Posted by aplnub No USB 3 and two Thunderbolts ports... Are there any USB3 to TB adaptors available?
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Quote: Originally Posted by Apple v. Samsung Hi I would really love to run Mac os ten with out the apple hardware. I can't bring my self to buy a completed PC from any vendor. I just don't like not having any control over computing Hardware. I pr…
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Quote: Originally Posted by mobius your grammars sucks. t,ftfy.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bancho While it's not up to me to dictate the needs of others, I'd like to point out that selecting the 3G option for the iPad costs $130 over the WiFi version. If Apple offered this strictly as an option for the Air, …
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Quote: Originally Posted by hmurchison Macbook Air (Thunderbolt) connected to Quad Core Thunderbolt iMac = Winning Looks like Charlie Sheen has hacked into Murch's AI account. On a serious note I'm so ready for these. I can't wait for them…