Surprise Apple Macbook Pro processor refresh on the way, report
Posted on 14. Sep, 2011 by LaptopMan in Laptops, Laptops
The unibody Apple Macbook Pro isn't getting any cosmetic changes in 2011. Image: Apple
Apple is said to be working to update the processor options for their high-end 15-inch and 17-inch Macbook Pro laptop computers. The new processors options will include three new quad-core Intel Core i7 Sandy Bridge mobile processors that Intel just launched a week ago. The new chips will replace the 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz, and 2.3HGz quad-core Intel Core i7 processors that the 15-inch and 17-inch Macbook Pro’s currently have available to them. Here are the new Intel Core i7 chips that Apple is reportedly adding soon:
Each of those processors will offer more performance and will without question be much appreciated by Macbook Pro buyers. However I really don’t think Apple will do a refresh this quickly, the current Macbook Pro’s were introduced only five months ago. Apple Insider reports that the info about this processor refresh comes from a trusted source for insight on Apple’s future products. We’ll have to play this one by ear and wait for Apple to start shipping these new faster 15-inch and 17-inch Macbook Pro laptops.
As for the 13-inch Macbook Pro, the entry-level full-sized Mac laptop, Apple could add the following new dual-core processors to replace the 2.3GHz and 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 and i7 processing chips:
[Via] [Apple Insider]
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