Arachnotronic
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- Mar 10, 2006
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Well unfortunately a "poor launch" would seem to indicate to me a product that is not quite living up to expectations. It is already late, and I dont know how long we can keep making excuses for the performance based on the platform. The chip is part of the platform, and its performance has to be evaluated in that context.
That said, I think too much criticism is being made about the performance of the low TDP parts, but I was hoping for more from the 15 watt ones. I mean that was supposed to be the point of Broadwell, much better performance per watt allowing all these super thin and light devices without sacrificing performance and giving better battery life.
That Dell XPS 13 sure looks sweet though, and the performance is probably "good enough" if the battery life is outstanding as it is claimed to be.
The XPS 13 does look fantastic, but I'm going to hold off until Skylake. Broadwell simply isn't worth it with Skylake just around the corner.