I've been a little surprised Apple hasn't considering what Apple could build under semi-custom and Apple's links with AMD graphics now. But as the article suggested, power was still the lynchpin - if power is close enough, the uplift in graphical performance is really the weakest point in Surface's lineup, and this helps that pretty well.

That's what I been saying too. I think the NMP will fall quickly behind some of these new CPU's coming out. It will be over priced and lose in performanceto high end PC workstations if TH3 turns out. Which, it should based on how Eypic and Zen 2 are doing.They will have to rely on Intel to stick with that socket or they will have to re-design with an updated socket. That is lot of money wasted to RND. And,lets be real, we all know how Apple loves their money....:D:D:D

I don't know why they haven't offered a lower tier MacBook air with and AMD CPU/GPU. Plus, a really affordable mac mini could sell better and get

more people using their hardware who couldn't other wise afford the "Apple Tax"

[LEFT] This would also make it less likely people would turn to the Hackntosh rout. So they could take that small .5% of sales from there too...... [/LEFT]

Sales by volume can add up too, look at Walmart anybody? My 7 year old daughter said one time while were in the toy aisle "Daddy, why don't they make all toys $1 so everybody

could afford them? they would sell millions and everybody would be happy and still make money!!!.....I tried to explain to her that then the "companies

would be able to make money" but I started thinking "Man, she is kind of correct in a lot of ways,



I think its their image of "elite" looking products that they don't want to stray from. Like, What the Fu$k? poor folks cant have Mac's and IPhone's too?....lol..."nope, sorry

got to be minimum upper middle class; Come back when you sell your soul, then you can look awesome using our IPhone while using your $45,000 New Mac Pro"....



ok, rant over, back to the topic.....