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New MacBook Pro 6,1 on Geekbench!!

I don't know how Apple works, but when the new Macbook Pros come out, will they sell the previous version that is being phased out for a cheaper price on the Apple Store?

Thanks in advance.
 
There are now released photos of the possible iphone 4.0, we have even seen a glimpse of a photo of the new MBPs.. this make me uncomfortable about seeing a release tomorrow. Unless back when intel accidentally have that sign of arrandale inside the new mbps, apple denied that but that might have beeen just to keep it a secret, A cover up.
 
Bumble Bee said:
There are now released photos of the possible iphone 4.0, we have even seen a glimpse of a photo of the new MBPs.. this make me uncomfortable about seeing a release tomorrow. Unless back when intel accidentally have that sign of arrandale inside the new mbps, apple denied that but that might have beeen just to keep it a secret, A cover up.
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If I recall, the photos in the poster were for much older Apple Laptops.
 
Bumble Bee said:
There are now released photos of the possible iphone 4.0, we have even seen a glimpse of a photo of the new MBPs.. this make me uncomfortable about seeing a release tomorrow. Unless back when intel accidentally have that sign of arrandale inside the new mbps, apple denied that but that might have beeen just to keep it a secret, A cover up.
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what photo of the mbp?
 
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Who said "no i7 in a notebook"?
You do know that article is way old...
 
haledakota said:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/09/23/alienware.core.i7.notebook.and.new.area.aurora/


Put that in your "no i7 in a notebook" pipe and SMOKE IT!


Im selling my macbook pros, because i figured they would soon update to the i7.


I love mac :apple:
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For the thousandth time:

"i7" means NOTHING.

It's just a stupid COMMERCIAL moniker.

There are LOTS OF different CPUs called "i7" ranging from 18W to 130W of TDP.

Stop using i7 like it means something specific.
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gianly1985 said:
For the thousandth time:

"i7" means NOTHING.

It's just a stupid COMMERCIAL moniker.

There are LOTS OF different CPUs called "i7" ranging from 18W to 130W of TDP.

Stop using i7 like it means something specific.
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Now wait a second- I was smoking that!
 
Mbp 13"

I am looking to buy a new laptop and I have decided to buy the MBP 13 but now I am hesitant to buy right now because I do not want Apple to release an new MBP a week later. Does anyone think that the New "i" core processors will be in the 13" or just as an option in the higher end 15's and 17's?
 
medic965 said:
I am looking to buy a new laptop and I have decided to buy the MBP 13 but now I am hesitant to buy right now because I do not want Apple to release an new MBP a week later. Does anyone think that the New "i" core processors will be in the 13" or just as an option in the higher end 15's and 17's?
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It's up in the air. I think they will be in the 13 but anyone's guess is as good as mine. So just hold your horses and wait.
 
I say the 13 remains relatively untouched at the moment, and the 15/17s see some i7 action as well as graphics updates. (possibly better SSD options?) A shift to the ATI 5850 or 5830 would be pretty good, too. Tomorrow seems to be getting a lot of attention for this update...24 hours from now we will all know if it's actually happening.:apple:
 
medic965 said:
I am looking to buy a new laptop and I have decided to buy the MBP 13 but now I am hesitant to buy right now because I do not want Apple to release an new MBP a week later. Does anyone think that the New "i" core processors will be in the 13" or just as an option in the higher end 15's and 17's?
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Really bad idea to buy right now- I would defiantly wait for the next refresh. Even if you have to wait 3 months, it will be a large jump in value.
 
Just looked at the specs of the 13/1 inch 2010 Sony Z laptop.
Mighty impressive to say the least. That machine warrants the pro sticker, unlike the 13' macbook pro which seemed to be aimed at the 'facebook' consumer (although it has plenty of power regardless)

link
 
anthorumor said:
Just looked at the specs of the 13/1 inch 2010 Sony Z laptop.
Mighty impressive to say the least. That machine warrants the pro sticker, unlike the 13' macbook pro which seemed to be aimed at the 'facebook' consumer (although it has plenty of power regardless)

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Yeah, but the "Facebook" MPB is $1,199 and this machine is $1,899, or $2,399 has posted on Sony's Website. It's an impressive machine, but they are in completely different categories.
 
medic965 said:
I am looking to buy a new laptop and I have decided to buy the MBP 13 but now I am hesitant to buy right now because I do not want Apple to release an new MBP a week later. Does anyone think that the New "i" core processors will be in the 13" or just as an option in the higher end 15's and 17's?
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Seriously, wait. The current MBPs are outdated and overpriced and an update is obviously overdue. I'd say it's a matter of days rather than weeks.
 
I'm kind of tired of my stop-gap MSI Wind...hackintoshes are fun and all, but I want to finally get my MBP. Please, Apple? Tomorrow? :cool:
 
I'm no stranger to Macs though, I mean in my household we've had three iMac G3s, an eMac, and now we have the computers in my sig as well as a 20" Core2Duo iMac. The MBP will be the icing on the cake. (aluminum icing, tasty)
 
twilightrose said:
Turbo Boost, is basically, the processors ability to OverClock itself to a higher clock speed in certain tasks when only a certain amount of CPU is being used.
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What most folks commonly refer to as the "processors" is a physical chip package. "Turbo Boost" has more to do with having multiple cores (cpus) and using a fixed amount of energy. If only one processor core is being used then the "turbo boost" processors can shutdown the unused cores and use some of the power that would have been used to run them to clock the one remaining core at a higher speed.

So if you just run one program at a time. Start one, use it , finish/quit, start the next one . You can easily end up in a "Turbo Boost" situation. You can have mostly dormant applications to but "one at a time" drives home the point.

In contrast, if you have iTunes playing a song, while Spotlight indexes your hard disk, while time machine copies files to your time capsule , while playing some first person shooter game, then you will not get speed boost. Many cores will be busy doing work and the power will have to be distributed to all of them. You'll finish the collective tasks faster because have multiple cores and get work done in parallel but the individual tasks may not finish quicker.


"Turbo Boost" is follow on to "Speed Step" where the individual core goes faster/slower depending on how much work is thrown at it (basically dynamic frequency scaling). Only it is also about power redistribution.

All the folks who think they need an 4/8 core CPU package or will just die .... won't see much of any "Turbo Boost". However, if have gobs of horsepower not really using, ironically , your individual thing will run faster.

On many of the cheesy synthetic benchmarks it is going to help alot. The benchmarks aren't very parallel and don't do much more than what a single core/CPU can do.
 
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