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Intel is mainly pushing Haswell for better mobile solutions and this review is of the desktop chip! Features like the Iris Pro GMA 5100/5200 will only be available for the mobile versions and support for the full range of S0ix power states will only be supported on the mobile chips for maximum battery life potential. So expect more bang for your buck
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Dime size and thinness references can be a bit misleading, should probably clarify they mean the diameter of a dime or under 17.9mm thick... So basically something about as thin as a thin Ultrabook or a fairly thick tablet... It would be nice if it is the Switchblade, it was a nice concept and if they use Bay Trail it could be a decent little device
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Well, it depends what's going to happen to RT after the Code Blue (Windows 8.1) upgrade... Basically, RT is included in the update and the basic rumor is that MS is merging RT back with Windows 8... Exactly what that means hasn't been explained yet but could mean that aside from the limitations of running on ARM instead of x86 that the experience
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AMD will retain their price advantage against Intel's higher end products but the ATOM SoCs are pushing to be competitive with ARM and that's below what AMD can go yet... Besides, AMD's still targeting the performance range between ATOM and Core i-Series... Even Temash, which is the new 28nm SoC APU that's primarily intended for tablets
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Actually, Bay Trail will be using a GMA based on the Ivy Bridge HD4000... not all the specs are known, like how fast it will be clocked, but it will be scaled back from the 16 execution units that the HD 4000 has to just 4 but it's suppose to still deliver around 3x the performance of the present Clover Trail GMA, which uses a SGX545 at 533MHz.
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Bay Trail promises to more than double performance, and it likely will because they're basically cramming 5 years worth of upgrades all at once... Present ATOM is still based on the same architecture as when it was first introduced over 5 years ago. While, regardless, RAM will be less of a issue because Bay Trail will support up to 8GB and pushes
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Here's another way of looking at it... basically, getting a upgrade/update in just the first year is literally unheard of for Windows... Service Packs usually don't change much besides accumulating and simplifying all security and bug fixes up to the point the SP is released and they still usually take up to two years before being released.
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Well, foreign commercials can appear weird to US viewers but they're not hard to understand... all three were intentionally meant to be funny and emphasize a basic concept they were trying to promote... namely the power of touch and how that can lead to creativity, multi-tasking, and a simply faster way of getting things done! Btw, that wasn't
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Bay Trail Tablets should be able to go below $300... and they'll be running full Windows 8 instead of RT, which is only for ARM tablets.
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Android is better optimized for tablet usage, but the point of these products will be the low cost... and unlike many previous Smartbooks, these will have touch screens. So won't impair on the natural function of the OS... While, they'll be based on the upcoming Bay Trail ATOM... meaning x86, up to 2x the performance of present Clover Trail