could be, know one knows nor was apple telling anyone that the next mbp 100% had to have sandy bridge. They could do an update soon, and then a late year one as well to implement it once all the quirks are out/ or wait for ivy. They could make 2.8ghz standard instead of a BTO, add lots of flash memory, better gpu, simmer etc. A refresh of decent significance in theory still makes sense and is possible. Guess well find out,