New Intel chips sooner? Worth the wait?

There is no Quad-core chips for the mobile segment in any of Intel's processor road maps.

If you need it I would go ahead and buy it now.

 

you can wait forever for the next best thing..

in the meantime, i am loving my blackbook and it's problem free, fast, and absolutely gorgeous.

don't pay so much attention to the "omg my macbook sux!!!1!1" threads - yes, those people did have problems, but the vast majority bought their macbooks, had no issues, loved them, and felt no reason to post about it.

that said: as the rule goes, if you can wait, wait. if you need it now, buy it now.

 

It's just some Ultra-Low power parts.

Would you really be satisfied with a 1.33Ghz or 1.50Ghz chip?

It would probably be great in an ultra-portable but I don't see it in a revised MacBook. The current chips would be faster.

 

That article says nothing about quad mobile chips. It says they will be introducting low voltage Core 2 Duos. Again nothing about quad mobile chips.

 

santa rosa is the name of the new chipset/processor/wireless platform, replacing the existing Napa platform. The new chipset is called Crestline, the processor is STILL codename Merom, but with an 800 MT/S FSB and a new socket.

the LV/ULV chips are always going to be a step down in performance versus the full scale line.

 

If you need your computer now, then buy one. Odds are you won't get a defective machine, and those odds are fairly heavily in your favor. As for an update on the Macbooks...I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

Yeah, I think you were a little confused...ULV processors will not be an upgrade to current Meroms. They will be for things like ultrathin tablets and subnotebooks. Once the Merom appears in the Macbook, I say get one because that will be the best thing in notebooks for awhile.