Apple MacBook Air: smaller Intel Core 2 Duo processor explained thoroughly
January 19, 2008 | Filed under Computer Hardware, Computers, Mac News
In simple terms the new Apple MacBook Air processor is 60% smaller, but just how did the Intel Core 2 Duo processor get that improvement.
If you want to know in detail then you should head over to AnandTech, as they have thoroughly looked at how this has been achieved and how the Penryn processor (not due out to the second half of 2008) has helped the Mac Air processor.
The MacBook Air uses existing Intel Core 2 Duo technology but instead with a lower voltage spec and a miniaturized packaging design. Although it’s not a ULV processor.
Read the thorough report at AnandTech.
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There is a severe problem with DVD playback on the MacBook Air Processors. Basically the processor cannot keep up with even standard DVD playback,
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Apple released an update on Friday for their MacBook Air addressing an issue concerning one of the dual processors shutting down during video playback. Not everyone seems to experience this issue, however a number of users on MacRumors forum had been complaining about this shutdown which apparently is heat related. In order to work around the issue they’d been using a program called CoolBook which kept the Air running even when video playback maxed out the processing power (driving up internal heat and causing a processor to shut down). Users who have installed this update report that it cures the processor shutdown but requires that CoolBooks usage be discontinued and according to several forum messages the fix seems to work in part by backing down both processors’ speed to 800 MHZ during periods of intense video use.