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Hopefully new quad core's will be in mac book pro update who is with me.
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I'm waiting for quad core MBP's and 8GB of ram to be cheaper. My SR 2.4ghz 17" is working great still. Current MBP's aren't much of an upgrade IMO.
Quad Core chips in the MBP and dual in the MB would differentiate the pro's from the non-pro's very well. It makes the most sense. It won't happen until the Mac Pro is 8 core standard though. Quad Core MBP would probably be close to as fast, in some things, as the current 4 core Mac Pro.
Hopefully by 2010 the Quad Core MBP's come out. That's when my Applecare expires!
Quad Core chips in the MBP and dual in the MB would differentiate the pro's from the non-pro's very well. It makes the most sense. It won't happen until the Mac Pro is 8 core standard though. Quad Core MBP would probably be close to as fast, in some things, as the current 4 core Mac Pro.
Hopefully by 2010 the Quad Core MBP's come out. That's when my Applecare expires!
As someone who regularly maxes out his 2.5GHz dual core MBP (At work, I often run 2-3 virtual machines) , the idea of a quad core MBP is very tempting indeed. I need quad core to make any upgrade worthwhile.
Here's hoping.
Here's hoping.
The current MacBook Pros already get very hot under full load so I don't think they can easily take a Quad without some good redesign. However I did look at the internal shots of the 17" and I noticed quite a lot of cavities where they could add heat pipes, or extend the motherboard and place another fan at the top. Here is an image that illustrates the empty space:
