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Intel Details Chip Roadmap 2007-2008: Penryn and Nehalem

matticus008 said:
Then go bother display manufacturers. The LCD and related parts consume well over half of the battery of a notebook computer. Current processors draw so little power that they're not even in the top three anymore.
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Actually, LED screens are supposed to be much less power hungry. And they're supposed to be just around the corner. So that part at least might get solved. Then again, I'm quite disappointed by the rate of innovation in screens and even more in batteries... we were supposed to have batteries that ran for 48 hours by now according to various optimistic reports a few years ago, Toshiba even made a prototype model... then it all died.

Anyhow: how about waiting till 08/09 for a laptop with: new form factor + Nehalem + LED screens + SuperBattery + OSX 10.6 Lion :) :) :)... it's only 18 months - 2 years away!
 
haha i hate to be a loser but I just realized that... since I live in beaverton, which is where Intel is currently located, the chipset names are based off street names and neighborhoods around the Beaverton and Hillsboro area.. I live on Nehalem haha neeeeeeeeeeat :cool:
 
Bye Bye Baby said:
Everyone is wondering why don't Apple upgrade their processors every time there's a new product, but they don't understand that Apple has inventory. In order to get a decent price from Intel Apple has to agree to buy so many processors- they can't buy the next thing if they haven't sold what they have already bought!!!!
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That may well be true, but:

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(from here: http://www.apple.com/getamac/intel.html )

The quad-core chips came out er.. when was it?

November? The last ice age?

Cheers :)
 
OldCorpse said:
... we were supposed to have batteries that ran for 48 hours by now according to various optimistic reports a few years ago, Toshiba even made a prototype model... then it all died.
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When it comes to energy, you are battling mother nature and her rowdy laws of physics. and she's one tough mother...

She makes it very, VERY difficult to make a long lasting battery which is not only safe, but cost effective and won't destroy the planet (or at least a small town) during it's creation.
 
Make7UPYours said:
haha i hate to be a loser but I just realized that... since I live in beaverton, which is where Intel is currently located, the chipset names are based off street names and neighborhoods around the Beaverton and Hillsboro area.. I live on Nehalem haha neeeeeeeeeeat :cool:
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I live on Lake Conroe.
 
I graduated from Conroe High School, in Conroe Texas.

nice place to visit except for july to september...

@johnee - thanks for the reference to slaughterhouse five :)
 
One thing for sure going to get the next revised iMac hopefully it will have the first 45nm core with it and BD player and OS 10.5.

Then wait 3-4 years for the 22nm core booyah!

2 more months until I move. Apple please dont release it after June but hey, if you have to ... i'll be waiting until September when school starts!!!

Release it please already my iMac G5 is just not cutting it anymore.

Man oh man it takes forever to convert a dvd to mp4 h.264 or even avi to mp4 h.264.

ARGH
 
matticus008 said:
And I agree 'MacBook' is indeed a stupid name that I will never get over. The "Core" brand is pretty boring and generic, but at least it's not a horribly assembled portmanteau like MacBook.
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Should've called it a "mactop". It emphasises the integration that makes them unique from all other notebooks. Undoubtedly, fanboys would have been up in arms about how such a name disavows Apple's role as the inventor of the laptop (heard this said so many times...), even though they don't mind speaking disparagingly of PCs, even though own fandom attests the fact that their relationship with their macs is anything but impersonal, and their confusion regarding the invention of laptops stems from the fact that Apple actually coined the term "Personal Computer".
 
I will NOT be tempted to wait for Penryn I will NOT be tempted to wait for Penryn I will NOT be tempted to wait for Penryn...

Says it all, really...
 
"Then should I just wait for Gersher?"?

Anandtech link is great, one of my favorite sites. Looks like:

2007 Penryn, 45nm Core2
2008 Nehalam, 45nm introduces memory controller, threading
2009 Westmere, 32nm
2010 Gesher, 32 nm in design now

Many Bothans died to give us this information, so we know its true.

No actually, it's all about the new Intel. Ever since they got their ass handed to them by Opteron and Athlon 64 they've been a much more open company but also with a much more aggressive strategy, which is why we're seeing so much innovation now. I love the new company, and yes, if Intel was a pretty girl I would marry her.
 
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