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Frankly I think people are far too concerned about these performance numbers, I think they're excellent. It's on par with the Sandy Bridge CPU in my 2011 Macboo
by Synaesthesia 12y ago
Frankly I think people are far too concerned about these performance numbers, I think they're excellent. It's on par with the Sandy Bridge CPU in my 2011 Macbook Air, which is an excellent performer. In fact I have plugged that MBA into a 27" external and been quite happy with it.
Combined with 8gb of RAM and a very fast SSD, a decent iGPU and I think performance will be very satisfactory indeed.
- ohitsdom 12y agoCPU performance in 2015 on par with a CPU from 2011 is a terrible, even when considering the lower power consumption.
- bluedino 12y agoThe CPU's in the Air haven't really gotten that much faster since Sandy Bridge. The 2013's were actually a slight step down from the 2012's in many benchmarks.
- ohitsdom 12y agoThat is Apple's choice for the Air (and they are notorious for slow refreshes in general). But the article is talking about the CPU industry as a whole, which is why I strongly disagreed with the "good enough since 2011" line of thought.
- outworlder 12y agoI'm still happy with my 2012 Air, so I get where you are coming from. With less power consumption, it would be even better.