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Quad Core MacBook Pro On the (Macworld) Horizon?
TheAppleBlog —
... APC today is suggesting that the recently released (just yesterday, in fact) low-cost quad-core processor from Intel, the Core 2 Extreme Q9000, might have something to do with Apple’s hold out. That’s right, the theory is that Apple could be prepping its first quad core notebook using the chip, which, as APC points out, does work out well on paper, if you consider the chip’s price point and Apple’s apparent acceptable margins. For the sake of comparison, consider that Acer has already announced a gaming laptop with a $1,799 price point ...
Apple prepping a quad-core 17-inch MacBook Pro?
MacDailyNews —
... the MacBook Pro debuted (MacBook Pro 15-inch debuted on January 10, 2006 while the 17-inch MacBook Pro appeared later that year on April 24, 2006. Flynn continues, "That could be about to change next week, with the possibility that the Jobs-free keynote at Apple’s last Macworld show could be used to launch the company’s most powerful laptop ever... Branded as the Core 2 Extreme Q9000, [Intel's new] chip partners four 2GHz cores with 6MB of Level 2 cache for US$348." Full article here .
Apple to Introduce Quad-Core 17 inch MacBook Pro?
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... As we are nearing the final days to Macworld 2009, Intel has introduced 5 new mobile CPUs including a low-cost quad-core processor that some believe may see its way into a 17 inch MacBook Pro in time for the event. ...
Will Apple Launch a Quad-Core MacBook Pro at Macworld?
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... APC deduces that it's likely Apple stalled on upgrading the 17-inch MacBook Pro to await Intel's quad-core mobile processor, dubbed the ...
