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Thomas]]>Oct 15th 2008 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/
Dear Engadget,

Please review the macbooks (and pros!) with benchmarks asap. Not just one model, all 4? Please?]]>Oct 15th 2008 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/Oct 15th 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/
*is sad*]]>Oct 15th 2008 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/
I use OS X because of the OS. Period. If there was no OS X, and no progress and refinement in OS X, I wouldn't buy it. The OS is what does it for me. Excellent implementations of multiple desktops (Spaces), Exposé, and even Dashboard is what makes it more practical to me.

It's not the aluminium or any mechanical parts inside. Get over yourself.]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/Oct 15th 2008 4:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/
Overall, you'll probably find it to be a really good laptop. The plastic MacBooks were always rattly, and didn't feel physically durable, although they probably are. The iBooks certainly were. The MBA has always been the opposite, feeling sturdier than the old MBP and MB, although having 1 USB slot was always rather stupid. If they had put in 2 USB slots and an ethernet port, half the complaints would have been gone. ]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/Oct 15th 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/Oct 15th 2008 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/
They got AMD. One down, one to go.]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/Oct 15th 2008 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR2_SDRAM). When moved to 2x the clock on DDR2, the speeds will typically be the same. With DDR3 you will be able to attain overall higher clock rates.

However, they do it in the name of more battery life. There are other benefits to DDR3 (on DIMM termination, lower voltage @ ~similar speeds, etc), but speed isn't one of them unless you're going a LOT higher than 1066mhz..

Just because it says DDR3 vs DDR2, don't assume it's faster. ]]>Oct 15th 2008 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/
I just don't understand why the battery life has decreased. Does the 9400M use that much more power than the Intel GMA 950 that the power savings from the CPU are more than offset by this 9400M? Should we expect even more heat from the MBA? ]]>Oct 15th 2008 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/
I'm glad Apple went with Nvidia this time. I considered a Macbook for my last laptop purchase, but I couldn't justify $1500 (once you added Applecare, DVI/VGA adapters, memory upgrades from Newegg, etc.) for a laptop that still came with pos GMA950 graphics.]]>Oct 15th 2008 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/Oct 15th 2008 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/
I can simulate the issue in the following way:

a) room temperature is warm (to be specific more then 76 Fahrenheit/26 Celsius)
b) I use iChat Video and after xx minutes.
c) Kernel_task (NOT PANIC) jumps in (this is process that Apple added in the specific Macbook Air System update) After a few minutes it takes over 100 to 150% of the cpu and then cutting my iChat Video. I can't do anything. Before this update my system was having core shutdowns.
d) I went already 3x times to Apple Store Genius and they told me several times (also with his super visor) that Apple knows about this issue and that Apple is working on a fix.
This was about 2 weeks ago.

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I am interested in the MBP benchmark though.]]>Oct 15th 2008 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/intel-macbook-air-sheds-custom-cpu-for-45-nm-penryn-s/Oct 15th 2008 9:35AM