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Intel Mobile Processors to be Refreshed in April? Nehalem Soon After


Recently leaked roadmaps from VR-Zone indicate that Intel will be updating their mobile processors in Q2 2009. Digitimes pinpoints the updates for April.

The company will launch two processors along with the new platform, the Core 2 Duo T9900 and P8800.

These new processors will top out at 3.06GHz and likely be suitable for use in Apple's notebook line. The current MacBook Pro tops out at 2.8GHz.

However, shortly after their release, Intel will be migrating from the Montevina platform to Calpella in Q3 2009. This shift marks the move to the Nehalem (Core i7) based architecture which we've previously described. Nehalem is said to represent a major jump in performance due to many underlying changes in technology.

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43 months ago
Let the "should I buy now, or wait for the next revision?" begin.

Cool they'll break the 3.0 GHz mark.
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43 months ago
Awesome, so I guess their gonna wait to upgrade the macbook pro 17 inch...hopefully:rolleyes:
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43 months ago
Apple's begun testing the 10.5.6 update.

That's on AppleInsider at the moment as well. :)
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43 months ago
ohh damn I just bought a MBP, always could sell it and get the update :o
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43 months ago
already bought my macbook, don't care... :p
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43 months ago
Wow.... it's just so cool.. since the Intel switch we can read about these roadmaps, and they *feel* ours too.. not just meant for WinTel PC... :cool:
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43 months ago
Yeah, but a real-life Nehalem will never have the allure of a fantasy G5 PowerBook...
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43 months ago
I suppose I'll be waiting until these processors come out in the MBPs, and then realising I still don't like the glass. :rolleyes:

But seriously, the next gens and 8Gb RAM... hugely tempting.
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43 months ago

Apple's begun testing the 10.5.6 update.

That's on AppleInsider at the moment as well. :)


Yeah.. posted my thread too...
Didn't see AppleInsider's yet.... I'm too slow to be a real journalist ;)
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43 months ago
I guess I'm now waiting for an i7 2.8 (hopefully thats base by then) macbook pro 15 inch with Snow Leopard.

Thats going to be one monster of a machine.
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