Intel 8th gen Core i7 review What happens when thin laptops get quad core speed
Intel 8th-gen Core i7 review What happens when thin laptops get quad-core speed.
Intel's 8th-generation Core CPUs solve a problem for the superlight (sub-three-pound) laptops that are becoming increasingly popular. Up to now, these laptops could handle only dual-core CPUs, because quad-core CPUs created more heat than their slimmer profiles could manage.
That's all changing with Intel's ground breaking 8th-gen mobile CPU. Quad-cores once confined only to much larger and heavier laptops can now be stuffed into a tiny laptop, or so the company claims.
But can the 8th-gen CPUs actually give you the performance you expect and you're paying for? Or this is this just a cynical attempt to sell you on some quasi-"quad-core" for you next laptop?