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17'' MBP Update What/When

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bigvb@hotmail.c

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So im going to buy one of the new 17'' unibody MBPs, and need to do so before mid June. I was wondering if there is likely to be an upgrade by then.

If so, what would they change, would the price be constant? Would they just increase CPU?
 
bigvb@hotmail.c said:
So im going to buy one of the new 17'' unibody MBPs, and need to do so before mid June. I was wondering if there is likely to be an upgrade by then.

If so, what would they change, would the price be constant? Would they just increase CPU?
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Nothing will happen by June. Most people haven't even received theirs yet...
 
bigvb@hotmail.c said:
So im going to buy one of the new 17'' unibody MBPs, and need to do so before mid June. I was wondering if there is likely to be an upgrade by then.
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There could be an update then, but not as likely as the other MacBook Pros.

bigvb@hotmail.c said:
If so, what would they change, would the price be constant? Would they just increase CPU?
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Similar price. 133 MHz CPU bump. Not sure about anything else.

Tallest Skil said:
At this point, the next update will just be Q1 2010 and Clarksfield Nehalem.
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If that happens, then it is likely that the MacBook Pros will be quite limited in CPU until Nehalem (since next step is 2.8 GHz and 17" has 2.67 GHz), unless the 17" gets a CPU-only bump too.

And since most Clarksfields will be too hot for the MBP, we may not see it in the MBP. Or, we could see the low-end Clarksfield (most likely low GHz) and a bigger distinction between the 17" and 15". Also, Apple will need to allow lower-clocked quad-cores in the same line as higher-clocked dual-cores.
 
Nehalem

How about the chance that MBP 17 will be updated to Nehalem in June? The chips will be available before then. Apple could be waiting for them to update.
 
There might be an update in September with a new 'main' GPU and perhaps BluRay if we're very lucky.

But no changes on the integrated graphics GPU which also means no changes on the max RAM side as the Nvidia chipset only supports up to 8GB and we're there already.
And no change on the screen resolution either.


Intel Core i7 for mobiles were originally scheduled for September-December 2009 but were pushed back until 2010. So no i7 anytime soon.

And with Intel's current quarrels with Nvidia about whether the next gen Nvidia chipset can support i7 or not it is possible that the Nehalem MacBooks will have to use a differnt GPU setup again.
Which might delay them quite a bit, perhaps well into 2010.


If you want Nehalem in 2009, buy a desktop.
And none from Apple (yet).
 
Dreamail said:
There might be an update in September with a new 'main' GPU and perhaps BluRay if we're very lucky.

But no changes on the integrated graphics GPU which also means no changes on the max RAM side as the Nvidia chipset only supports up to 8GB and we're there already.
And no change on the screen resolution either.


Intel Core i7 for mobiles were originally scheduled for September-December 2009 but were pushed back until 2010. So no i7 anytime soon.

And with Intel's current quarrels with Nvidia about whether the next gen Nvidia chipset can support i7 or not it is possible that the Nehalem MacBooks will have to use a differnt GPU setup again.
Which might delay them quite a bit, perhaps well into 2010.


If you want Nehalem in 2009, buy a desktop.
And none from Apple (yet).
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hahaha blu-ray in September
hahahaha

good joke man

apart from that,

Internal Blu-Ray 2014

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Your right with the internal Core i7's though
 
Given the average time span between updates, the MBP line would see its next update in three months. This would correspond with the speed bump Intel has planned for the Core 2 Duo. It can be assumed that both the 15" and the 17" model will get the new processors in order to keep the speed differences between the models constant.

For the 17", this would mean a 2.8 Ghz and a 3.06 Ghz CPU respectively.

Other than that, no updates to the 17" model should be expected. Possibilities include, however, a 500GB harddrive (optional) and a price drop for the RAM and the SSDs (depending on the market situation).

Waiting for a mobile Nehalem might not only be a long wait (maybe until Q2 2010) but also it is far from certain whether it will live up to its expectations regarding power consumption, performance etc.
 
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