s0x™ said:Hey..considering buying a 17" macbook pro (my first mac), _IF_ Apple announce core 2 duo inside the Macbook pro...would the price increase? Has this occured in the past?...Otherwise if its not updated I'll just buy anyway.
hyperpasta said:Well I don't mean to hold you off, but you do know that the general consensus is that the new MBP is expected more in the September-October neighborhood, right? The Core 2 Dup iMac is expected first, since Merom won't ramp up in production 'til late august-early september.
And if the prices went up, I'd eat a cantaloupe. And that's saying a lot for my confidence.
twoodcc said:is Merom really not shipping until September?
twoodcc said:is Merom really not shipping until September?
The current chipset is being "refreshed" for Core 2 Duo mobile. It's said to improve memory access times. It's not exactly the same chipset currently being used for Yonah. Santa Rosa won't be out till March '07 or thereabouts.s0x said:Hey, I don't mind with a core duo cpu, like I said in my previous edit Core 2 Duo is limited on the current chipset. Also it has to be bought soon i.e in this/next week, heh credit cards....
@Eidorian : Thats good to hear
Argh...the waiting game....
generik said:Apple and Leveno are said to have first dibbs on Merom. It's be stupid for Apple to push for a September launch just so "it can come out in Macworld" because there goes their early advantage, which I doubt Intel gave to them for free..
daveL said:The current chipset is being "refreshed" for Core 2 Duo mobile. It's said to improve memory access times. It's not exactly the same chipset currently being used for Yonah. Santa Rosa won't be out till March '07 or thereabouts.
Chaszmyr said:Part of the deal when Apple switched to Intel could have been for the first year Apple gets first dibs on all new chips or something like that.
Intel Mobile chipsets aren't being refreshed until Santa Rosa.daveL said:The current chipset is being "refreshed" for Core 2 Duo mobile. It's said to improve memory access times. It's not exactly the same chipset currently being used for Yonah. Santa Rosa won't be out till March '07 or thereabouts.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm... I can't wait for 802.11nEidorian said:Intel Mobile chipsets aren't being refreshed until Santa Rosa.
hyperpasta said:And if the prices went up, I'd eat a cantaloupe. And that's saying a lot for my confidence.
Chaszmyr said:It is pretty rare for the price to increase.
MacSA said:Maybe not in the US perhaps, but quite common in the rest of the world.
I'm thinking it was:poppe said:Hey this si the first i've heard about chipsets being refreshed. Do you have alink or can you go in to more detail. Or is that really it? (understand i'm not calling you a liar, my small mind can only comprehend things when spelled out in great detail...).
generik said:That's because of the rising US dollar.