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Haswell Arrives to High Anticipation

It seems as if in the last month we have had release after release pounding my head against the grindstone to make them all and if a reviewer’s job looks glamorous think again as its hours upon hours of testing and writing and filming to bring these things to the table.  With saying that obviously we are on a yet another new release, but this time its CPU instead of GPU technology we are talking about. Today is the day that Intel’s latest CPUs hit the Market and yes we are talking Haswell Folks and for many it is long awaited day. The only drawback I see is that customers will have to buy a new Socket 1150 motherboard to support it and depending on circumstance that will be deal breaker, but for those who have to have the latest tech it will mean nothing.

CPU technology is like rocket science and in truth a lot of the technical details are very in-depth and beyond most users comprehension so I am not going to try and explain it anything other than in layman’s terms so all not just all not just the super tech types can digest it. My initial test kit arrived D.O.A so I was actually running a bit behind in everything, which put enormous stress on me the team to even make the launch in time. We were however able to pull a rabbit from our collective assess and make the deadline. Testing takes time and a lot of it my friends as multiple test runs help insure a better quality result and when a test fails its back to another run to insure everything is okay.

There have actually been so many leaks that I have written several articles already about Haswell, but now that we really have a final CPU we can do our own personal evaluation of it. Haswell has a lot of new technology under the hood and I feel a lot of that technology is feared for the mobile arena as many of the best features of Haswell will really shine in new laptops and portable devices that require lower voltage and therefore generate less heat. For the desktop Haswell will be a bit faster and offer some diverse ways of accomplishing overclocking, but better HD-6000 Graphics will matter not to any gamer or enthusiast worth their salt and power saving means little when plugged into a wall socket. Most people know that Intel has now abandoned the motherboard business and this shows me that desktop is a waning market that is losing ground to mobile on a daily basis.

I do not think that the desktop market will ever go away, but as technology keeps pushing for the mobile market it will eventually become a very niche market as most people will either just use their super powered notebook or hook it up to a larger display when at home. Personally the ASUS AIO transformer is a great direction combining tablet and desktop together for those who want the best of both worlds. The idea of being able to work seamlessly between a tablet and desktop is something I have been wishing for this move since tablets first starting rearing their heads as I feel that is the best way to move forward. Haswell is the latest technology to come from the folks in Santa Clara and even before its release the anticipation is high and I expect sales to go wild in the initial days after the launch so lets get going and delve into the technology and what it brings to the table and see if its something you want to jump onto.

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