Re: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple
"Gene Jones" <jasin@janus.com> wrote in message
news:jasin-D12641.20475726012008@mpls-nnrp-05.inet.qwest.net...
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> The MacBook Air is the first to have this fast, super low temp chip.
> Apple correctly says it's the world's thinnest Laptop, but they don't
> mention it's also the world's coolest running.
[http://www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3201]
I read that this is the old Merom core in the new small packaging that Intel
is rolling out for their next generation mobile chipset.
The bad news is that it isn't especially powerful or low-temp- the actual
CPU isn't anything special- but the good is is that Apple should be able to
cheaply upgrade to the next generation chipset, when it becomes available.
I assume Apple intends to do this. There's not really much point in using
the smaller packaging if not; It's not like the normal packaging is so big,
or the MacBook Air so small.
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> you can learn more about the most powerful laptop for its size in the
> world here:
Not so. The ordinary MacBook is the same size, but is more powerful.
It may be the "lightest laptop for its size", however. As far as I've seen,
the only laptops lighter than the MacBook are ultra-portables, which are
also smaller (and therefore have smaller screens and keyboards). The MacBook
Air is as light as an ultraportable, but bigger. Personally, I don't see
much of a market for that. That's probably why advocates here sometimes try
to pass the thing off as "small".