The H-Series is Intels flagship mobile processor line.
Apple offers just two Thunderbolt ports on the MacBook Air and Pro with the new M1 chip.
Connecting an external display, which many professionals and gamers will do, leaves one Thunderbolt port.
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“That doesnt work for me, and it doesnt work for other professionals out there.”
This tacks a new 6GHz wireless spectrum to the 2.4GHz and 5GHz options you may already be familiar with.
Still, a laptop with Wi-Fi 6E will offer a boost when connecting to a compatible router.
Dell’s XPS 17 is among 80 new laptops equipped with Intel 11th-gen H-Series.Dell
Heres the short-and-simple: Intel 11th-gen H-Series laptops support more ports and more storage than the competition.
Apples M1-powered laptops dont support Wi-Fi 6E.
Intel is likely to retain an edge in Wi-Fi performance through the remainder of 2021.
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What About Performance?
Intel has developed a long list of niche performance enhancements.
“Some of the deep learning boost capabilities, the GPGPU stuff.
All that is applied across content creation workloads.”
Moorhead thinks Intel has an opposite take on Intels strength: raw grunt in a broad range of software.
Apples M1 performs best when it can use its own encoder enhancements and AI co-processor.
When it cant, Intel H-Series laptops pull ahead thanks to higher core and thread counts.
Until then, shoppers looking for top-tier mobile connectivity and performance will likely stick with Intels H-Series.
