No Turbo Boost on new Airs?

[Chipg]

Please tell me I am wrong, I went to the apple site, no mention there of turbo boost on the new processors (intel's specs: http://www.custom-computers.com/articles/intel-announces-three-new-ulv-processors/ ) and this thread is saying Apple does not allow Turbo boost On the Airs because it creates to much heat: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3189358?tstart=0

Gezz, please tell me this isn't the case.

 

[GGJstudios]

Turbo Boost and Hyperthreading
Turbo Boost Specs not Mentioned ?

 

[QuarterSwede]

Not sure but the benchmarks so far are that the new 13" Airs are faster than 2010 17" MBPs. Crazy.

 

[h00ligan]

I don't think that is correct.

 

[mac jones]

It's a curious thing though.

it will depend on how the fans kick in as it can only boost if it's under a certain temp.

The better it's cooled, the better it boosts (and the longer it's active).

There's an Intel app for Windows that shows the boost.

I have a MBP quad and it works fine but it has two fans.

 

[warren705]

Hyper Threading enabled on i5 13" MBA

See the attachment. Its from slash gear : http://www.slashgear.com/macbook-air-13-core-i5-hands-on-mid-2011-20166389/


On the left you see the new MBA with an i5 1.7ghz. Number of cores 2. Number of threads 4.

Wahoo!

Not sure about the boost though, the frequency is 1.7Ghz.

 

[mopatops]

I spoke to some of the chat staff on the Apple website and on the first two occasions were told they don't have the information available to them. The 3rd time the guy contacted a Senior Mac Expert and told me that the specification was exactly as listed in the Intel website meaning that yes they did support TurboBoost. Can't say I'm not a little worried given the uncertainty of the chat staff.

 

[mathov]

genius on apple store tell me all new macbook air don't have turboboost because they are dual core

 

[mac jones]

genius on apple store tell me all new macbook air don't have turboboost because they are dual core

Shocking isn't it, what's happened to the term "genius".

They are going to have to make an adjustment in the English language.

def: Genius

1) A very smart person.
2) A very stupid, clueless servant to the great and powerful Jobs
3) Mac Jones

 

[neteng101]

genius on apple store tell me all new macbook air don't have turboboost because they are dual core

Dumbest comment ever - TurboBoost may not run when both cores are cranking, but when running a single core process is when it kicks in. Shows their ignorance I guess.

 

[trondah]

They are going to have to make an adjustment in the English language.

def: Genius

1) A very smart person.
2) A very stupid, clueless servant to the great and powerful Jobs
3) Mac Jones

Genius ! = knowledgeable

You could argue that a genius would know better than to talk about things he doesn't know though.

 

[pandamonia]

Who seriously gets tech advice from the often polite but spotty students working in the apple store?

 

[Elwe]

If someone has one already

http://www.bresink.com/osx/TemperatureMonitor.html

can you download and run this app? This could settle this question of whether Apple has disabled Turbo Boost. The two pictures I have seen indicates two cores and four threads . . . plenty of ways to confirm that. To confirm boosting, please run an intensive app (Seti, Handbrake, openssl speed, etc) and let's see.