The literally benchmarked the *slowest* 10th Gen i7 CPU on the market. And I got...

gburdell3 · on Nov 10, 2020

Which means that, according to Apple, it's better than the CPUs in the other laptops it's competing against. That slow i7 is typical for thin+light 13" machines. I fail to see how this is a bad thing or even sneaky marketing.

chaos_a · on Nov 10, 2020

Intels marketing is more at fault here. i7 cpus range from slower 4 core 1.8ghz thin and light cpus to high end desktop 8 core 3.5ghz ones.

When the name i7 is mentioned people are more likely to think it's one of the high end desktop processors rather than the mobile processors.

JAlexoid · on Nov 13, 2020

If they targeted exclusively the consumer or media editor market - sure.

But then they throw in code compilation... that's where they stop being honest.

akmarinov · on Nov 10, 2020

They also said it's the fastest laptop CPU?

garmaine · on Nov 10, 2020

"in its class"

tcgv · on Nov 11, 2020

Classic Apple claim

sjwright · on Nov 11, 2020

So you're disappointed that the MacBook Air doesn't beat the CPU and GPU performance of a hulking "desktop replacement" style notebook?

garmaine · on Nov 11, 2020

The complaint is that Apple interprets “in its class” to mean literally the slowest mobile processor of the prior generation made by Intel. It’s not even “fastest in the class of low-priced value notebooks for everyday use” which is what a reasonable person might interpret that to mean.