Macbook Air processor mystery almost solved.

Posted by Bhavishya Kanjhan on Jan 19, 2008 in Default | 0 comments

Anand at anandtech.com has given an explanation of the mystery that surrounds the processor being used in the new Macbook Air notebooks. I was certain that Apple wasn’t using the smaller, faster Penryn (Santa Rosa Refresh) processors which come out this year and Anand confirms it. He goes on to tell that Apple is indeed using the existing Santa Rosa Merom processors running at Low Voltage, and here is the kicker, these aren’t the traditional LV (Low Voltage) processors provided by Intel. For those unfamiliar with Intel’s mobile processor technology, it comes in forms of Standard Mobile Processors, Low Voltage (LV) and Ultra Low Voltage (ULV). But instead Paul Otellini, CEO Intel and Jobs’ newest Lapdog has got his engineering team to produce the chips running at lower than Standard Mobile Processors in a package designed for the Penryn platform.

This is neither a good or a bad thing, but just shows Apple has managed to walk its own path here. The real concern here is of heat dispensing. Even at a lower voltage, the body of the laptop is really small and will require extensive engineering to remain cool over longer periods. Judging from Apple’s previous shortcomings, I wouldn’t really be surprised if more thighs are burnt. Gel packs anyone ?

Apple’s success built on Windows.

Posted by Bhavishya Kanjhan on Jun 11, 2007 in Default | 0 comments

On the day of WWDC07, Apple have release a Public Beta of Safari 3 for the Windows Platform. I don’t think I’m the only one who’d say Huh? It’s amazing how Mr Jobs doesn’t spare an opportunity to diss any Microsoft related products and here we are, another of their ‘revolutionising’ pieces prepared for Windows (after the iPod and iTunes). Join me in a vision will you; picture the stage set at WWDC’08, Jobs is halfway into his oh-so-lovely keynote speech and he brings out the Safari Card. He tells us how fast it is, how it ‘changed the way we surf‘ and more importantly, the market share it has.

Has anyone else stopped to think a sizeable chunk of Apple’s success is attributed to Microsoft. Sales shot up tremendously after the Intel Macs with Windows support were announced. A majority of the 10million iPods sold belong to Windows users who also attribute to the 2billion songs and 2 million movies sold by the iTunes Music Store. And now Safari; itching for #3 behind IE and Firefox.

Apple Safari : http://www.apple.com/safari/

Auspicious start: http://findigi.com/Forums/nohardwarecontrol.JPG

B