Quote Originally Posted by mbox_bob View Post
Cool screen attachment. Not seen one before. Got a link?

Covfefe Lake is rumoured to be sometime in 2nd half 2017 possibly 2018. On 14nm. As Kaby Lake was pushing 14nm to the limit, I'm not sure whether 14nm Coffee Lake will be much better, although it will have more cores in mainstream.

7nm is expected 2018. That would be the one worth waiting for IMO. You get the second gen architecture and a die shrink, unless they just use first gen arch get a die shrink out. Hard to say.

Of course the rumoured dates are also for desktop CPU, not mobile, which is typically 6-12months behind, plus they've just released Kaby Lake R in August, so the chances of Coffee Lake are much slimmer. On the odd occasion they have released simultaneously, and sometimes mobile even came first, but certainly the last few releases mobile has been months behind.
For my latest work book, I waited for the 7th Gen mobile CPU's to arrive, and it was several months behind the desktop release. There was also a "big performance increase", which turned out to be FA (more noticeable with games of course).

Only thing about current gen laptops is making sure you get an i7 4+4core rather than an i7 2+2core. They were a bit sneaky with that one, although most gaming laptops do run the 4+4.
There are a few on the market, I've looked at this one as it's USB powered and DP (many are USB powered and use the USB to run the GFX). It's called Packed Pixels - https://www.packedpixels.com/

I know these things are never exact, but can I read into what your saying is the new gen Intel i7's are not around the intimidate corner (eg before Christmas)?
Start my new job in 2 weeks so thinking of using it as a reason to justify the new machine )

As you seem to know alot more than me, can I be cheeky and ask if you had a budget of around £2k ($2650) what would you go for?

Thanks,

Dan