Apple hasn't used 45W CPUs in MBPs before. It's not impossible as it also has IGP which draws some watts but it's up to Apple.
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Next macbook pro update?
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Apple hasn't used 45W CPUs in MBPs before. It's not impossible as it also has IGP which draws some watts but it's up to Apple.
You must realize, Alienware has a laptop out now running an i7 920 processor, it's a desktop-grade processor. The 2000 series Sandy Bridge i7 quad cores are mobile processors, not desktop processors. Their power consumption is significantly less, and these will be the first quad core processors with mobile power consumption in mind. It IS LIKELY that Apple will adopt one (if not two) of these quad-core i7 2800 or 2900 series Sandy Bridge processors for the next MacBook Pro high-end revision. It's inevitble, when it's available that Apple will use these processors to stay on top and offer consumers the best performance possible in mobile computing. These processors will perform on par with the Nehalem series quadcores in raw data figures.
As Hellhammer said, these processors have integrated graphics processing on the die, it's the first chip of its kind...
As Hellhammer said, these processors have integrated graphics processing on the die, it's the first chip of its kind...
Apple will likely never use Intel integrated graphics because that is the biggest barrier to making a hackintosh laptop. That's the reason for Apple using a very narrowly used graphics model instead of the latest and greatest cards that will have a larger user base.
On another note, is it possible that Apple will just abandon laptops altogether, announce that laptops are over and the iPad is the future? Apple has the iPad lined up with big media now and they would likely anoint the idea as genius with Apple leading a revolution.
Mac Book Air is three years old is it not? Still doesn't work much. C2D processors in 13" MBP. No new designs even rumored really.
Maybe it's over?
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Apple doesn't care enough about hackintoshers to design a roadmap to prevent such usage. The community already figured out what components work best, and even with a vanilla kernel, moderate hacking is still required.
If they did, we'd see serial numbers and activations on OS client products, like we do on (apple) server products.
Apple is achieving very healthy revenue on laptops and their Macintosh segment as a whole. Portables(iOS) can't replace that revenue without serious growth.
What else can they do with the MBA? And we already know that the C2D was kept on the 13" MBP because they wanted to keep the battery life intact, and to stuff an iX processor would decrease it from the previous version (= Not acceptable).
Hi I'm new here, and I was just wondering why apple couldn't just do away with the superdrive for the MBP 13' just like they did for the MBA? They'd have a ton of space to accommodate a larger battery, a core iX and discrete graphics then. Seldom would anyone use the superdrive anyway, except for reinstalling and some other programs.
Sandy Bridge would come in handy given its lower power consumption.
Sandy Bridge would come in handy given its lower power consumption.
You are forgetting two things. Apple likes thin laptops and laptops with long battery life, both of which they would most likely have to give up to use a quad-core processor at this point. I think you'll be waiting to at least Ivy Bridge before you see a 35w quad-core.
Apple can make a quad-core laptop running a 45W processor, easily, they are probably not going to use the 55W though because it will draw too much power. We will be looking at the 2.3GHz quad core most likely. Apple would just have to make a slightly larger battery or one with better capacity.
Hi everyone,
I am going to buy a macbook pro 15" but want to know when apple are expected or 'will' update their notebook line.
Thanks,
Harry.
Whenever they damn well feel like it.
We are not the higher ups at apple, the only answers you'll get are wishful thinking or speculation.
There's already one available! I'm using it with my 47" LCD 1080P TV and it works GREAT!!!!
http://store.apple.com/us/product/H1824ZM/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY
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A larger battery means a thicker laptop. Something Apple is not interested in. It's not "easy" for Apple, because there are certain things Apple doesn't want to compromise on, and that is battery life and form factor i.e. thinness. Something I can certainly get behind. I would love a quad-core laptop, however I understand it isn't realistic with Apple until there are 35w parts.
It's not the i7 920 - it's a mobile variant. Alienware's machines use the i7-940XM, which runs at a much lower clock than the 920 (2.13 GHz base compared to 2.66 GHz). That, and it's expensive - it's an additional $1,200 to your machine just to go from the base i3-350. They offer much cheaper quad-core processors with the laptops, of course.
That said, I'd love to see a MacBook Pro with a quad-core processor, but I'm not too put out by there not being one available. I've already got a quad-core desktop.
