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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

New MacBook Pro Leaks Reveal Tim Cook's Big Risk And Bigger Reward





"Although no big consumer facing changes are expected to Apple’s Mac and MacBook line-up this year beyond keeping pace with Moore’s Law, Apple analysts are expecting the crop of 2018 machines to feature in  Apple’s push to become self-reliant with regards the design of its chips



Both the Touch Bar enabled MacBook Pro (with the touch input focused T1 chip) and the iMac Pro (with the power and security focused T2 chip) ship with Apple designed co-processor chips. Further afield the AirPods, along with a handful of Beats headphones) have the W1 wireless peripheral chip, the Apple Watch runs with the W2, and iOS devices have had Axx chips running all the way back to the A4.



But the goal may not be restricted to co-processors. In my opinion, and that of many in the geekerati, the  goal will be complete control of the design of all of the silicon in your Apple hardware..."



New MacBook Pro Leaks Reveal Tim Cook's Big Risk And Bigger Reward

Sunday, January 28, 2018

The Surface Book 2 Didn’t Work As My Only PC | Digital Trends





"Microsoft wants the Surface Book 2 to be your only PC. Its website calls the Book 2 a “versatile laptop, powerful tablet, and portable studio in one,” going on to tell users it will “speed through intensive tasks,” and even handle Windows Mixed Reality.



It’s an appealing idea. I’ve long been a three, even four-PC guy; I have a desktop and laptop for work, and often have both at home, too. That’s a lot of computers, and while cloud connectivity has bridged most gaps between them, it seems wasteful. What if one PC could do it all?



I thought the Surface Book 2 15-inch would be that device. It certainly seems powerful enough on paper. With a Core i7 quad-core processor, Nvidia GTX 1060 graphics, and 16GB of RAM, the Book 2 is quicker than my work desktop. Seeing a chance, I eagerly cleared it a place in my battlestation — but it wasn’t meant to be..."



The Surface Book 2 Didn’t Work As My Only PC | Digital Trends