Slash LaneCiting its usual sources within the notebook sector, sometimes right, sometimes wrong Taiwanese rumor site DigiTimes says Intel's latest Core i7/i5/i3 series notebook chips are currently facing tight supply thanks to a hefty order from Acer, which "optimistic about the upcoming demand" for its related portables.
The brief report, which doesn't specifically name Apple, claims that Intel is giving priority to major clients, which should include the Mac maker, leaving second-tier and smaller notebook makers in the waiting line.
For its part, AppleInsider recently outline alternative factors that may be contributing to Apple's aging notebook offerings in its recent report on dual graphics improvements expected to turn up in new MacBook Pros sometime this year.
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Briefly: Intel short on supply of MacBook Pro-bounce processors
Shouldn't that be MacBook Pro-bound processors? I have a hard time imagining Macbook Pros bouncing...
Shouldn't that be MacBook Pro-bound processors? I have a hard time imagining Macbook Pros bouncing...
You know what? They are always in such a hurry to be the first one to let internet know that i often end up finding 3 mistakes in their post.
And mistakes in headlines are just PATHETIC!
Also this line doesnt sound right: "...thanks to a hefty order from Acer, which "optimistic about the upcoming demand" for its related portables.".
I wish some Apple-ism will finally rub off on AppleInsider someday and we will have "bug free article releases" instead of developer betas.
I know that the AppleInsider headlines are sometimes written with a bit of sensationalism, but "MacBook Pro-bounce processors"?
Let's see, the "Pro-bounce" processor must be the one that bounces higher and faster than the consumer level "bounce processor".
So, just agreeing with you two first posters.
It is sad - both their trend toward sensationalism, and the lack of proof-reading before publishing.
Maybe they had to get it "into the presses" right away, and the writer had just stepped away for coffee. Or something.
This would explain the lack of an update.
I guess Intel can play hardball, too.
I thought the use of "bounce" was intentional, in the manner of how stock prices are sometimes said to "bounce" higher.