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Will Macbook Pros ever going to have real quad-core processors?

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secrethero

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I am mostly mobile and run process heavy apps...was wondering if Macbook Pros ever going to have real quad-cores.
Not the hyper-threading crap.
 
Based on apple history, they focus on battery life and form factors more than power. Average users do not need quad core, but they want more battery life.

Unfortunately, apple cannot make laptops based on small number of users who want to run latest 3D games and intense applications.
 
Of course, as "ever" is almost infinite in describing time related issues.

Like all these "best cheese ever" or "never" slogans.

Btw, they will even get more than four cores one day, if the CPU technology actually makes progress, which it seems to have done since the Zuse Z3.
 
spinnerlys said:
Of course, as "ever" is almost infinite in describing time related issues.

Like all these "best cheese ever" or "never" slogans.

Btw, they will even get more than four cores one day, if the CPU technology actually makes progress, which it seems to have done since the Zuse Z3.
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We've been following this trajectory since the late 19th Century 😱
vant said:
Late 2011 or Early 2012 is your friend.
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Intel has moved it up to 2H 2011
 
Mobile phones will have quad cores at some point.

A very good guess is that the MBPs get Quad Cores onces intel shrinks to 22nm. I don't think you will see those CPUs in a MBP before 2012.
 
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dusk007 said:
A very good guess is that the MBPs get Quad Cores onces intel shrinks to 22nm. I don't think you will see those CPUs in a MBP before 2012.
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Exactly, the releases due in 2011/2012
they will feature ivy bridge processors, in which even the entry level chip will be 22nm and feature 4 cores. the desktop version will feature up to 16 cores on a single die. (hence I don't get the fuss about Sandy Bridge!)
Wikipedia said:
Ivy Bridge processors may be released as early as the second half of 2011. Ivy Bridge will replace dual-core processors with quad-core processors at the entry level segment, while delivering eight-core and sixteen-core processors for mainstream and higher-end level segments.
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ouch...i guess i have to wait till late 2011 or 2012.
Or get a smaller iMac with a large carry bag.
 
secrethero said:
I am mostly mobile and run process heavy apps...was wondering if Macbook Pros ever going to have real quad-cores.
Not the hyper-threading crap.
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Like another poster said, late 2011 to early 2012. Most likely when Ivy Bridge comes out which will be 22nm (Down from the 32nm Sandy Bridge.)
 
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