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Evidence points to new MacBook Pros on horizon

After examining the configuration files included in the latest build of OS X, a new report has discovered references to two new MacBook Pro models.

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.



134 Comments

drow_swordsman 15 Years · 77 comments

EDIT: My bad, I didn't know what I was talking about. .

clexman 15 Years · 218 comments

Too bad Nvidia and Intel didn't make nice with each other. Now we're back to Intel chipsets.

mdriftmeyer 20 Years · 7395 comments

Quote:
Originally Posted by clexman

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.

isomorphic 18 Years · 196 comments

Great. New MacBook Pros. The question is: When? January?

the cool gut 23 Years · 1655 comments

Quote:
Originally Posted by clexman

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).