Brian Garner
The 10C531 build of the 10.6.2 update contained the configuration files in question, according to Spanish-language site Applesana.es. The models referenced are the MacBook Pro 6.1 and the MacBook Pro 6.1b. The current crop of MacBook Pros have a 5.(x) designation, spanning 5.1 through 5.5.
The MacBook Pro line was not updated during the latest Apple refresh, when Apple introduced Intel's Core i5 and i7 processors to the newly redesigned iMac line.
The Intel Core i7 mobile processors, formerly code named Clarksfield, reportedly offer better performance with multi-threaded applications and can increase the processor clock speed up to 75 percent to match workloads.
According to the report, all indications point to two new MacBook Pros with Quad Core Mobile processors and ATI series 4500 GPUs.
The MacBook Pro line was last updated at the beginning of June at the Worldwide Developers Conference where Apple announced 17, 15, and 13 inch versions of the Pro. These models all featured Intel Core 2 Duo processors and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M and 9600M GT GPUs.
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EDIT: My bad, I didn't know what I was talking about. .
Too bad Nvidia and Intel didn't make nice with each other. Now we're back to Intel chipsets.
Too bad Nvidia and Intel didn't make nice with each other. Now we're back to Intel chipsets.
You'll get your nvidia on these boxes as dedicated GPUs. That isn't the problem with the business Nvidia is exiting--the custom controller market where Nvidia replaces the Intel north/south bridge set up with their own.
Folks you'll still see nvidia or ati chipsets in a hybrid format on the Macbook Pro.
Great. New MacBook Pros. The question is: When? January?
Too bad Nvidia and Intel didn't make nice with each other. Now we're back to Intel chipsets.
That only affects computers that use Intels integrated graphics (mac books).