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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:52 pm
by dfumento
Lenovo couldn't build one if it wanted to:
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35789/118/
Apple has a special Intel CPU.
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:24 am
by noetus
I wonder how much battery life Jobs sacrificed by making the MBA .76" instead of .8" at its thinnest point?
(The battery apparently runs across the entire width of the device.)
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:06 am
by Flashman
noetus wrote:I wonder how much battery life Jobs sacrificed by making the MBA .76" instead of .8" at its thinnest point?
I assume you mean thickest, not thinnest.
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:32 pm
by ryengineer
dfumento wrote:snip....Apple has a special Intel CPU....snip
Correction:
Lenovo, Fujitsu planning to use Intel's MacBook Air chip.
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:55 am
by gunston
and Macbook air is using smaller scale merom chip too. which means only 20W power dissipation compare to normal scale merom processor which dissipate ~35W
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:01 pm
by donzoomik
Actually, that CPU's not special at all. Intel was planning to roll it out in second half of 2008 anyway, if you've been reading news. Just seems, that Apple got its hands on it a bit earlier.
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:29 pm
by gunston
donzoomik wrote:Actually, that CPU's not special at all. Intel was planning to roll it out in second half of 2008 anyway, if you've been reading news. Just seems, that Apple got its hands on it a bit earlier.
well, but it has less power consumption
Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 9:00 am
by donzoomik
gunston wrote:donzoomik wrote:Actually, that CPU's not special at all. Intel was planning to roll it out in second half of 2008 anyway, if you've been reading news. Just seems, that Apple got its hands on it a bit earlier.
well, but it has less power consumption
I haven't seen the specs, but i don't this it uses less power than LV or ULV nowadays, even the clock rate is similar.
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:07 pm
by ducky2802
I just held my first MB air here at the store and can say... WOW, it really is thin! By comparison, the X looks huge...those curves and slopes really give the air the impression of lightness all around. But Tthen I look at the $1699 price, think about the NON-user replaceable battery, 1.8" hdd (also probably a pain to get at) and figure, meh.... sounds like an x61s (~$1000) with a 32gb SSD (~600) is more fun!