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New MacBooks from Foxconn?

Commercial Times claims that Foxconn Electronics has received notebook orders from Apple and volume shipments of one new MacBook model by the of the year.

While the news is being reported by Digitimes, the source of the information is Commercial Times, a Chinese-language paper, which, in turn, cites Vincent Chen, an analyst at Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia.

While this report only addresses a new MacBook model, rumors continue to claim that MacBook Pro and MacBook updates are planned before the holiday season.

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70 months ago
Not a surprise, really. I would be quite shocked if the MacBook/MBP lines were not updated before the holiday season, so I'm sure there's some truth to this report. The question, as always, is when. I'd really like to see new models before the end of October... :cool:
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70 months ago
Good news? or bad news?

What does this mean to us?
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70 months ago

Commercial Times claims that Foxconn Electronics has received notebook orders from Apple and volume shipments of one new MacBook model by the end of the year.

Small error there. ;) Sounds interesting, certainly an unpredictable update cycle, although with apple it always is.
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70 months ago
I doubt very much Macbook is getting updates at the same time Pro Models do. Thats not how Apple operates. First the pro models will be updated then that tech will show up months later in Macbook with some crippling like in the Gpu.
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70 months ago
So it comes from a source from a source from a source etc. et.c anyone remeber chinese whispers.


Anyway this is pretty much expected.
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70 months ago

I doubt very much Macbook is getting updates at the same time Pro Models do. Thats not how Apple operates. First the pro models will be updated then that tech will show up months later in Macbook with some crippling like in Gpu.


Exactly! That's why the iMacs didn't get the Intel procssors until 7 months after the Mac Pros, right?
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70 months ago

Exactly! That's why the iMacs didn't get the Intel procssors until 7 months after the Mac Pros, right?

Apple was in transition working from the bottom up to the pro models but now that the transition is complete I guess it will be back to the old way of doing things. I could be wrong and would love to see everything updated. You just never know with Apple because of the backroom deals they make with manufactors.
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70 months ago

I doubt very much Macbook is getting updates at the same time Pro Models do. Thats not how Apple operates. First the pro models will be updated then that tech will show up months later in Macbook with some crippling like in the Gpu.


Actually, it wouldn't be the first time if Apple decides to update the MacBook and MacBook Pro together. They have done a full update with laptops before, though I will agree that I remember it being not too common.
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70 months ago

Exactly! That's why the iMacs didn't get the Intel procssors until 7 months after the Mac Pros, right?


Well the reason for that is because Apple was waiting for the Xeon "Woodcrest" processors to put into the Mac Pro. A Core Duo in a Mac Pro...I don't think so.
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70 months ago

Exactly! That's why the iMacs didn't get the Intel procssors until 7 months after the Mac Pros, right?

Well the iMacs did get the Core 2 Dou processors after the Mac Pro. The Mac Pros came out with Core 2 Dou first.

The PowerMacs/Mac Pros are 64 bit systems. So Apple couldn't upgrade the Mac Pros with 32 bit processors from its old 32 bit processors. Because people who have Powermacs/Mac Pros needed the 64 bit processor.
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