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To the thread starter's defense, some information is hard to sift through, even when you search. Lets just take one of the specs he's asking about... the processor (not chipset).

Is there a consensus of the most likely CPU's to be in base, mid and high end for the MB and MBP? As in the exact processor and the speed levels?

There are indeed a million threads on the chipset (nVidia), the ports, etc... but I am having trouble finding the best educated guess/rumors as far as the processor itself. Could $899 be the low end if 2.4Ghz is the low-end processor?
 
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