CrippsCorner
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Really hope they follow up with an XPS15...
Really hope they follow up with an XPS15...
What evidence is there it has a 5Y70?the Core-M 5y70 used in the base MacBook
What do you mean? You hope they reduce the bezel on the XPS 15?
This is no netbook.
In some workloads, the Core-M 5y70 used in the base MacBook outclasses the i5 in the SP3.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8515/quick-look-at-core-m-5y70-and-llama-mountain
The reality is that the average student/business traveler/typical user has not been cpu-limited for many years now. They value lightweight designs that run cool and silent with good battery life over cpu power they don't really need. This MacBook is a reflection of this reality.
I do not think what Intel achieved with Llama Mountain will be achieved by a commercial product.
They all seem to be space-saving techniques which indeed sound like brilliant ideas, until you figure out that they all ended up in a slower, thicker and heavier product at the end of the dayWell, a few things are innovative IMO:
1) trackpad that doesn't clic but vibrates instead;
2) keyboard;
3) disposition of the batteries;
4) miniaturization of the logicboard (which is very small - smaller than the Raspberry PI);