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Initial Benchmarks Appear for Unreleased Core i7-Powered MacBook Pro

There’s a new wave of MacBook notebooks en route. And it may arrive sooner rather than later. Per Canadian web site, Geekbench, a recent set of test appears to have show an unreleased Arrandale MacBook Pro notebook running at 2.66 GHz according to MacRumors. The processor shown is listed as an Intel Core i7 M […]

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Initial Intel Arrandale Processor Benchmarks Released, Chips En Route to MacBook Pro Near You

With Macworld Expo and CES only days away, Intel’s Arrandale dual-core processor line is also set to debut this month with some of the processors finding their way into Apple’s MacBook Pro notebooks. Responding to this, the cool cats at PC Magazine have posted benchmark tests pitting Intel’s new 2.53GHz Intel Core i5-540M from ASUS […]

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Rumor: Intel to Release Three New Arrandale Processors for Notebooks on January 3rd, 2010

It came from Rumorville, but it’s a good rumor, so hang on in there. Fudzilla is reporting that Intel is planning on launching three Arrandale-based processors on January 3rd, 2010. These Arrandale processors are based on the advanced Nehalem architecture first introduced into desktop Macs earlier this year, and should represent a significant performance improvement […]

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Intel Readying Ultra-Low-Voltage Processors for Ultraportable Notebooks

Processor giant Intel reaffirmed on Friday that the company is readying a new series of new ultra-low-voltage chips, due in the second quarter, for inexpensive ultraportable notebooks. According to Macworld UK, the company will ship the ULV chips as part of its Montevina Plus mobile laptop platform, an updated version of the existing Montevina platform, […]