apcmag.com - 12/30/2008
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Just one week ahead of Macworld, Intel quietly slips a low-cost quad-core processor into its mobile line-up. Is this the powerplant for Apple’s new unibody 17 inch MacBook Pro?
appleinsider.com - 1/5/2009
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appleinsider.com —
Apple as early as Tuesday will introduce a
17-inch MacBook Pro with a fixed internal battery and...
a new version of the Mac mini, both of which will feature chipsets from NVIDIA, AppleInsider has been able to independently confirm.
(more)
Sources: 17-inch MacBook Pro, NVIDIA Mac mini due shortly
macrumors.com - 1/4/2009
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macrumors.com —
9to5Mac reports that Apple will be finally be
releasing a unibody 17" MacBook Pro at Macworld, but...
with an interesting twist. According to the rumor site, the new laptop will have a super slim non-removable battery. The advantage of the new design ...
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17" Unibody MacBook Pro with Non-Removable Extended-Life ...
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Quad Core MacBook Pro On the (Macworld) Horizon? [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
... 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 ...
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 ...
Rumor: Quad-core MacBook Pro at MacWorld
CrunchGear —
I’d say this irresponsible and inflammatory rumor is half-true. With Snow Leopard likely being shown off at MacWorld (by Schiller, alas), Apple will want something to make the OS pop a bit. Since Intel’s new budget quad-core processor is just starting to make its rounds, it’s not totally out of the question that Apple will want to include it in the comparatively old 17-inch MacBook Pro.
The trouble is that the 17-inch already costs $2800. If you add the cost of a big unibody chassis, the improved guts, and a quad-core proc on ...
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Shhhh! You'll Wake the Valley! —
Yahoo! Finance: Tech Ticker 12/29/2008
All is very quiet today in the Valley as public companies everywhere go into hibernation mode for the week between Christmas and New Year's Day. It’s like one big MacBook Pro — shut down, with the pulsing power light the only sign of tepid lif
Apple media server rumored for Macworld Expo —
The Register 12/30/2008
In yo' face, HP The pre-Macworld Expo rumor machine has been in low gear this year - perhaps due to Apple's SVP Phil Schiller taking over keynote duties from His Steveness - but thanks to 9to5Mac, we have a new bit of speculation to report: an ...
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