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what's Intel version?

GuillaumeB

GuillaumeB

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hi all,

I got a 2.4GHz Macbook Pro in June 2007.
Am I using the Santa Rosa Intel plateform?

Also how does it differ from Perynn?

Could you enlighten me here?

Thanks you
 
Yours is using a Merom processor on a Santa Rosa platform
The current ones are using a Penryn processor on a Santa Rosa platform.

The Penryns are just an improvement of the Meroms, there 45nm based, and supposedly run more efficiently, and of course are faster.
 
Santa Rosa is a platform. it is the chipset, and socket, and front side bus, and all the goodies on the motherboard.

Penryn is a CPU, it is the engine.

You use a Penryn CPU in a Santa Rosa motherboard.

The next platform is Montevina, which will continue to use Penryn CPU's until the next CPU refresh
 
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hi all,

I got a 2.4GHz Macbook Pro in June 2007.
Am I using the Santa Rosa Intel plateform?

Also how does it differ from Perynn?

Could you enlighten me here?

Thanks you
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Santa Rosa:
Motherboard + Socket P

Merom:
CPU in your computer

Peryn:
CPU introduced in January, used in the Feb 2008 revision.

Your computer: Santa Rosa + Merom
Current revision: Santa Rosa + Peryn
 
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ok cool thanks for the clarification
 
alphaod said:
Santa Rosa:
Motherboard + Socket P

Merom:
CPU in your computer

Peryn:
CPU introduced in January, used in the Feb 2008 revision.

Your computer: Santa Rosa + Merom
Current revision: Santa Rosa + Peryn
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Who else is glad Apple's marketing wizards are smarter than Intel's? I know Intel doesn't really market the different CPU lines and those are merely code names, but can you imagine OS X 10.5.1 as Merom, 10.5.2 as Penryn, etc.? Mass confusion without the M. :)
 
Thanks to a little program that I learned about in another thread, coconutidentityCARD, I now know that my 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro was built in Shanghai, China between 1/21/08 and 1/27/08. I bought it from Amazon in late March. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what version of the Intel chip I have and how much difference it makes, if any? Many thanks.
 
gwsat said:
Thanks to a little program that I learned about in another thread, coconutidentityCARD, I now know that my 2.4 GHz MacBook Pro was built in Shanghai, China between 1/21/08 and 1/27/08. I bought it from Amazon in late March. I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what version of the Intel chip I have and how much difference it makes, if any? Many thanks.
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Well I'm assuming your referring to the MBP in your signature, so since it's a 17" and the current revisions start at 2.5GHz, and you have a 2.4GHz, therefore by deduction you have a Merom-based MBP. ;)
 
alphaod said:
Well I'm assuming your referring to the MBP in your signature, so since it's a 17" and the current revisions start at 2.5GHz, and you have a 2.4GHz, therefore by deduction you have a Merom-based MBP. ;)
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I had assumed that mine had the older Merom based chip, because I was able to buy it on sale. Still, I was unsure enough of the answer that I thought I should ask. Thanks.
 
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