Just a question - will all the MacBooks (the regulars and the Pros) have the new i7 processor?
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Will new MacBooks be Core i7?
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So just faster chips, chipsets, graphics, and of course, cool new designs?
(mouth starts watering...)
(mouth starts watering...)
So just faster chips, chipsets, graphics, and of course, cool new designs?
(mouth starts watering...)
Well... not quite. Mobile Core i7 chips won't come out until Q3 2009 so the new Macbooks which will be released on 10/14 will likely only feature slightly faster Penryn chips, so nothing radical in the processor regard.
Q4 2009 for quad-core.
January 2010 for dual-core.
We'll see a Q1 2009 speed bump (+133 MHz) and a cheap quad-core (2.0 GHz $348), and maybe another CPU update like that at mid-2009 or so.
January 2010 for dual-core.
We'll see a Q1 2009 speed bump (+133 MHz) and a cheap quad-core (2.0 GHz $348), and maybe another CPU update like that at mid-2009 or so.
intel and apple have a close/weird relationship, i could see intel mass producing the i7 for apple already, i mean they did do a custom c2d just for the macbook air, i mean a total redesign on a chip just for 1 company, and 1 laptop? so them giving apple a early version of the i7 isnt out of the question.
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For the air, they crammed a existing merom-like processor into a montevina/penryn 45nm shell (that they'd been working on for years) 6 months ahead if schedule. That is a far cry from brand new chip/chipset technology (have you seen the nehalem list) 1+ years in advance, exclusive to apple, in mass quantity? I don't think so.
If intel had if to release now, we'd all be getting nehalem notebooks, and not whatever is coming in the interim.
For the air, they crammed a existing merom-like processor into a montevina/penryn 45nm shell (that they'd been working on for years) 6 months ahead if schedule. That is a far cry from brand new chip/chipset technology (have you seen the nehalem list) 1+ years in advance, exclusive to apple, in mass quantity? I don't think so.
If intel had if to release now, we'd all be getting nehalem notebooks, and not whatever is coming in the interim.