Well, I'll buy a mbp the firsts days of august, do you think Montevina will be available by then???, I think Intel is releasing Montevina the 15th of July, normally how much time does apple take to release the new laptops with the new Intel architecture,processors,etc.??
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Montevina Platform 2008 Thread
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Possible Launch Date for Montevina MBP
If Apple follows the same 8~9 months release cycle for each MBP refresh, Montevina MBP will be launched in October of 2008. However, if we use the Santa Rosa platform refresh back on May 10th 2007 as Intel official launch date, it took Apple less than a month to release Santa Rosa MBP on June 5th 2007.
Assuming Apple followed the Santa Rosa pattern for Montevina official launch date on July 14th 2008, we may expect Montevina MBP in second week of August. You may refer to MBP refresh dates below as reference.
If Apple follows the same 8~9 months release cycle for each MBP refresh, Montevina MBP will be launched in October of 2008. However, if we use the Santa Rosa platform refresh back on May 10th 2007 as Intel official launch date, it took Apple less than a month to release Santa Rosa MBP on June 5th 2007.
Assuming Apple followed the Santa Rosa pattern for Montevina official launch date on July 14th 2008, we may expect Montevina MBP in second week of August. You may refer to MBP refresh dates below as reference.
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Do you really think we will have the option for quad core MBP? I asked few months ago and people told me that we won't see them till 2009. Do you still think it is a valid argument or do you believe that we will actually get quad core? I would love to wait for quad 
I really don't care about montevina, nehalam or what the future revisions of chipsets and processors are called.
I just want the "new" keyboard from the macbook and the macbook air in the new macbook pro. That's all I'm waiting for.... seriously!
I just want the "new" keyboard from the macbook and the macbook air in the new macbook pro. That's all I'm waiting for.... seriously!
Really? I so hope they won't do that as it would look really bad. The silver keyboard is really nice and it goes greatly with the style of the laptop. Putting there the one from macbook or MBA is like taking the word PRO from the name and replace it with DELL. Macbook Dell would that be
QC QX9300 2.53GHz/12MB 45W will be available for Montevina platform from other notebook vendors initially. For Montevina MBP it will be less likely due to TDP. Unless Intel managed to improve QC in newer stepping with 35W TDP, such as the rumored QC Q9100 2.26GHz/12MB around Q1 2009, then Apple may use QC as BTO models.Do you really think we will have the option for quad core MBP? I asked few months ago and people told me that we won't see them till 2009. Do you still think it is a valid argument or do you believe that we will actually get quad core? I would love to wait for quad
These processors specs are available upon Montevina update (Q2 2008):
MBP
Intel T9600 Penryn 1066MHz/6MB 2.80GHz 35W
Intel T9400 Penryn 1066MHz/6MB 2.53GHz 35W
Really? I so hope they won't do that as it would look really bad. The silver keyboard is really nice and it goes greatly with the style of the laptop. Putting there the one from macbook or MBA is like taking the word PRO from the name and replace it with DELL. Macbook Dell would that be
I really like the keyboard design of the macbook air!
I got the external keyboard from apple and it works very great for me in terms of usabilty. A friend of mine has an macbook pro, I tried typing and the "feeling" isn't quite as good as with the new keyboard.
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Florian
if that ever happens..
i'll be so glad i purchased the current MBP..
having black on a silver doesn't appeal me at all.
You know they can make it that style of keyboard but still keep the keys silver...
Blu-ray Support in Montevina MBP?
Montevina integrated graphics device may support the following general features, it is about time for MBP refresh with blu-ray option:
* HDMI 1.3
* Display Port
* Integrated HDCP
Montevina MBP will support 8GB RAM given that the desktop counter part (GM45 chipset) support up to 16GB RAM.
Both existing MBP keyboard and MB style keyboard look good on its own. Though moving toward more MB style keyboard will further helped Apple to reduce the cost on keyboard parts.
Montevina integrated graphics device may support the following general features, it is about time for MBP refresh with blu-ray option:
* HDMI 1.3
* Display Port
* Integrated HDCP
Montevina MBP will support 8GB RAM given that the desktop counter part (GM45 chipset) support up to 16GB RAM.
Both existing MBP keyboard and MB style keyboard look good on its own. Though moving toward more MB style keyboard will further helped Apple to reduce the cost on keyboard parts.
DDR3L 1.35V to Further Improvement Power Consumption
An improved DDR3 standard has been presented by JEDEC called DDR3L (low voltage) from the initial 1.5V down to 1.35V, another 20% power saving. With continue improvement on fabrication, 1.25V or lower can be achieved. This will further improve devices using DDR3 memory modules. Source
Since Montevina platform will be the first platform update to use DDR3 memory, we may expect DDR3L to become an option. 6+ hours battery life on MBP is not a dream.
An improved DDR3 standard has been presented by JEDEC called DDR3L (low voltage) from the initial 1.5V down to 1.35V, another 20% power saving. With continue improvement on fabrication, 1.25V or lower can be achieved. This will further improve devices using DDR3 memory modules. Source
Since Montevina platform will be the first platform update to use DDR3 memory, we may expect DDR3L to become an option. 6+ hours battery life on MBP is not a dream.
Montevina MBP Key Features:
* Newer chipset (PM45/GM45) using 65nm process
* Newer south bridge (ICH9M)
* Faster processor, up to 2.8GHz 1066MHz FSB, 6MB Cache using 45nm process
* Faster memory, up to 8GB DDR3 1066MHz speed at 1.5V
* Newer graphics card Nvidia 9xxx series
* Cooler overall system
* Longer battery life
Features available in other Montevina notebooks may or may not include in Montevina MBP. e.g. WiMax, 15.6", 17.3" LCD, HDMI, Blu-Ray. etc.
Montevina MBP possible release dates:
* August 2008 (if follow Santa Rosa MBP release pattern which was one month after Intel official announcement of the new mobile chipset)
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* October 2008 (if follow MBP normal release recycle, 8~9 months)
No, it's not official, but very likely. It wouldn't make financial incentive for Apple to stick another 8600m both from cost and performance perspective. MB will soon receive integrated graphics device (4500MHD) update which will bring faster graphics performance than its predecessor. It wouldn't make sense to use the same 8600M for MBP upon platform chipset update while other competitors used much faster discrete graphics device. Montevina update is not just speedbump refresh, it is the platform update. Montevina platform also aims to bring longer battery life, MBP will benefit from smaller die (55nm) Nvidia chipset such as 9xxx series.