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Intel aiming squarely at new Macbook deisgns with ATOM????
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Ivy Bridge graphics doesn't mean a lot without the variant or the clockspeed, but even if they're the full quality (GT2) graphics at 1300 MHz, I don't think Apple will pick it for the MBA. AMD Llano is more likely, or even an upgraded Bobcat.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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Originally Posted by P 
AMD Llano is more likely, or even an upgraded Bobcat.
Lolano. Oh that one flopped.
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Yes it did, but even that would be better than an Atom - and I should probably say Trinity if we're talking about future chips anyway.
It goes without saying that the most likely answer by far is the boring one - ULV Ivy Bridge.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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With rumors that the next MacBook will drop 20% in price wafting in the air, if true, what would be the component that gets the cheapening? CPU, GPU, wireless, case, storage, ram, battery?
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Originally Posted by The Godfather
With rumors that the next MacBook will drop 20% in price wafting in the air, if true, what would be the component that gets the cheapening? CPU, GPU, wireless, case, storage, ram, battery?
I would guess CPU by moving to ULV. The upper end end with real GPUs have no room to downgrade anyway (IMO).
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Atom is still too slow. Not interested.
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The atom of yesteryear is not the same atom of nowayears. With similar clockspeed but with dramatically higher bandwidth and graphics, it is nothing to sneeze at.
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Originally Posted by The Godfather
With rumors that the next MacBook will drop 20% in price wafting in the air, if true, what would be the component that gets the cheapening? CPU, GPU, wireless, case, storage, ram, battery?
CPU/GPU first, possibly followed by the display, but Apple has a LONG way to drop in the Intel price list before it gets to Atom. Right now they're shipping nothing cheaper than an i5. There are cheaper i3, Pentium and Celeron models.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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Originally Posted by The Godfather
The atom of yesteryear is not the same atom of nowayears. With similar clockspeed but with dramatically higher bandwidth and graphics, it is nothing to sneeze at.
It's still way too slow for a real laptop.
IMO, while the graphics boost is welcome, the chips are in far more need of a CPU boost. The CPU performance of even the fast dual core Atom chips is just way, way, way too slow.
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