Hello, so I two days ago ordered a Lenovo t460 with a 6th gen - /g/ - Technology

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2016-06-01 18:50:24 Post No. 54859305
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:50:24 Post No. 54859305 [Report]

Hello, so I two days ago ordered a Lenovo t460 with a 6th gen i7.

The next day I see Intel announcing their 7th gen procs that are, from what I read, aimed at providing higher features to lower end machines.

So now I'm considering canceling my order and waiting till the 7th gen drops to get more bang for my buck.

Does anyone have more insight into the practical advantages of the 7th gen chips? Not to mention AMD's 7th gen chips as well.

Anyone have reasonably supported expectations on what these new generations will mean beyond the obvious?

This is my first time posting to /g/ so I don't know if I should expect the typical /b/ response or if you guys can actually discus something without...well being b/tards.

Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:52:43 Post No.54859340
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:52:43 Post No.54859340 [Report]

Kaby Lake adds HEVC Main10 hardware decoding & VP9 10bit hardware decoding, HDMI 2.0 native support, slightly faster Gen 9.5 GPU

Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:53:58 Post No.54859358
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:54:14 Post No.54859359
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:54:14 Post No.54859359 [Report]

>>54859305
just buy a t420, newer ones are shit

Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:55:06 Post No.54859367
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:55:06 Post No.54859367 [Report]

You'll be waiting almost a whole year for a 2-5% performance increase at best.
No, it's not worth it.

Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:55:23 Post No.54859369
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:59:48 Post No.54859434
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 18:59:48 Post No.54859434 [Report]

>>54859367
Thats what I was looking for. Thanks friendo.
I figured that. As I understand it this is supposed to be one of the lesser upgrades in their tick tock cycle thing.

Anonymous 2016-06-01 19:02:41 Post No.54859467
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 19:02:41 Post No.54859467 [Report]

>>54859359
>t420
I would but that seems to be an older model, and I like the t460's power bridge shit so I can hot swap a spare battery and keep working.

What makes the t420 so recommendable even in the face of its age?

Anonymous 2016-06-01 19:05:07 Post No.54859501
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 19:05:07 Post No.54859501 [Report]

>>54859369
>>54859358
From the tdp or powerdraw whatever I'd imagine those wont be well suited for a mobile platform.

But correct me if I'm wrong here, is not their 7th generation called apollolake? Is kabylake 8th? or like 7.5?

Anonymous 2016-06-01 20:46:57 Post No.54861020
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Anonymous 2016-06-01 20:46:57 Post No.54861020 [Report]

>>54859305
kaby lake is just a skylake with slightly better igpu