REPOST: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple
REPOST: Once again, Intel builds a CPU just for Apple
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"Gene Jones" <jasin@janus.com> wrote in message
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> macs run more software than any computer made, don't forget that.
What are you talking about? How can any Mac advocate argue with a Windows
user and talk about the amount of software they have available? Is this
just some dumb reference for Macs being able to run Unix programs, and the
Intel hardware to run Windows apps by running Windows itself? When you are
talking about the amount of native software, nothing comes close to Windows,
and Macs cannot even run most of Macintosh software natively anymore, with
all the processor (Motorola > PowerPC > Intel) and OS changes (MacOS > OSX)
you keep having.
> plus the macbook air is quite a bit more feature rich than the x-series.
LOL. Compromise is what happens when you design an ultra-compact, and to
get the Macbook Air that thin, for posing fanboys, there have been far more
compromises than ever!
What is your definition of 'feature rich'? So what are these better
features you were talking about exactly? I can only see a higher
resolution, as the screen is quite a lot bigger.
The main feature of this Macbook Air is its thinness, and there are a lot
of common features missing in it. It is compromised!
My Thinkpads have more than one measly USB port. They have Firewire. How
could an Apple not even have Firewire??
They have high speed 7200rpm 2.5 hard drives. This Macbook Air has 4200rpm
1.8" drive like those used in iPods. Do you realise that? Thinkpad X4x
series had 1.8" drives, and they moved back to 2.5" for the X6x, as 4200rpm
drives are 'performance dogs' (quote from the Thinkpad division). I think
you will find that this is going to be the biggest criticism of this laptop
when it comes out. It's going to be s-l-o-w. SSD's are very very
expensive, but you'd have to get one of those if you want better performance
as you cannot even get 5400rpm drives in 1.8" size, let alone 7200rpm.
And this thread was started on the basis that it uses a processor especially
made for Apple. This new small form factor was apparently planned for
Penryn all along, according to the AnandTech link posted. It's just Apple
wanted the smaller size on the older Merom core, that has been out for ages.
And by the way, it took ages for Apple to move from the Core Duo to the Core
2 Duo once it came out. I think we can expect to see Windows/Linux PCs with
Penryn chips long before we see them in Apples, and Penryn is a major
advance in processor technology.
I'm not against Macs for any reason, but some of their fans are knob.heads
and this Macbook Air is just a toy, made for iPosers. Have you
pre-ordered one already then?
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