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Intel Chip Delivery Moving Up?

New Merom vs. Yonah Tidbits

http://www.xbitlabs.com/web/display/20060505150459.html


Interesting results and speculation if follow the embedded links. One statement I found interesting was "Yonah, maybe is the shortest life of all CPU history. From Q1 started and Q3 replace by T7 model, his big brother, Merom."

I haven't been as excited about waiting to buy a new Mac since the G3s and G4s first came out. I'm psyched for a Merom 'book!

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...(allow me to introduce myself, long time lurker, first post, as i figured i'd wait until i bought my first mac to register. bto mbp, on the way; i know, it's like rolling the dice, but regardless of all the problems, i NEED a computer now, so ordered what was available. i'd love to be able to wait for merom, but i just can't. and it kills me.)

i've been thinking, if i purchase this mbp with applecare, and a year down the road, something happens to it, and it's in need of a replacement... would they replace my yonah spec mbp with the same, old out of production yonah mbp? or would they simply replace it with a merom or 'rev b' model? anyone have similar experiences with powerbooks?
 
Old Mac Will Get Old Parts

tehdee said:
...(allow me to introduce myself, long time lurker, first post, as i figured i'd wait until i bought my first mac to register. bto mbp, on the way; i know, it's like rolling the dice, but regardless of all the problems, i NEED a computer now, so ordered what was available. i'd love to be able to wait for merom, but i just can't. and it kills me.)

i've been thinking, if i purchase this mbp with applecare, and a year down the road, something happens to it, and it's in need of a replacement... would they replace my yonah spec mbp with the same, old out of production yonah mbp? or would they simply replace it with a merom or 'rev b' model? anyone have similar experiences with powerbooks?
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Welcome tehdee. No you won't get a new mobo and processor. Apple keeps plenty of spare parts in stock to repair your computer for 3 years. If anything will go wrong, it is most likely to happen at the beginning of its life rather than later. Best bet is to sell your MBP when the Merom ships for almost as much money and then just pay the difference to get the new one. You don't really need to buy Applecare until almost a year is up if nothing goes wrong. If you keep it you DEFINITELY should buy it within that time since anything can happen and often times does happen to portables. But you can sell it within that year as "Applecare upgradeable" since multiple owners can still buy Applecare until after a year from the first buyer's purchase date. :)
 
new name for Merom

http://news.com.com/The+second+coming+of+Intels+Core+Duo/2100-1006_3-6069307.html

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