MacBook Pro Targeted 2.8GHz Core i7 Processors Due Later This Year
A newly leaked Intel processor roadmap reveals that the company will be releasing a speed-bumped Core i7 processor this fall. The upcoming Core i7-640M will run at a base frequency of 2.8GHz with "turbo boost" speeds up to 3.46GHz. This new processor draws the same power as the current MacBook Pro processors so should be a natural upgrade for Apple.
The MacBook Pro presently tops out at 2.66GHz with the Core i7 processor. It is available in both 15" and 17" models. Apple last updated the MacBook Pro this past April. It's unlikely that Apple will refresh the whole lineup this fall, but could offer the new processor as a build-to-order option. They've done these quiet upgrades in the recent past with the the Mac Pro.
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22 months ago
Fantastic, wonder what options they will offer on the next GPU. Still Nvidia i bet
22 months ago
Still no love for the 13"?
You define love as a discrete graphic card (with slightly hotter machine, slightly shorter battery life, and slightly larger case) + i5/7 processors?
22 months ago
You define love as a discrete graphic card (with slightly hotter machine, slightly shorter battery life, and slightly larger case) + i5/7 processors?
Those aren't the reasons for why the 13 inch hasn't got iX.
22 months ago
fall is Sept-Oct. That would be the next expected update timeframe anyway. I would expect an update in that time.
22 months ago
new mbp updates later this year?
Great so we can expect it to happen in 2012 sometime.
Great so we can expect it to happen in 2012 sometime.
22 months ago
The title is a bit misleading....at least use a question mark..
We just have a leaked intel roadmap, I don't read any rumor about a MBP speedbump...
We just have a leaked intel roadmap, I don't read any rumor about a MBP speedbump...
22 months ago
Those aren't the reasons for why the 13 inch hasn't got iX.
What reasons do you think there are?
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