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    Hey All!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by chant, Mar 4, 2008.

  1. chant

    chant Notebook Evangelist

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    It's been a while....I got a MB back in the summer and absolutely LOVE it.... I just saw that Apple introduced Core 2 Duo chips in MB & MBP's now? Didn't they always have these?
     
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    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    They're new C2Ds... Penryn is the name. Used to be Merom.
     
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  3. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Eh? The Macbooks have been on the Core2 architecture since late 2006. The recent update was to Peryn CPUs.
     
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  4. Sam

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    They're still technically Core 2 Duos, but they're codenamed Penryn. 45-nanometer, other improvements.

    And welcome back chant :).
     
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    r0k Notebook Evangelist

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    The newer chips run cooler and faster. There are links here to a very good review over at anandtech. I will come back and edit my post with a link. I bought a Macbook a few days before the new ones came out. I swapped and I'm happier with the new one. 2 gig ram instead of the 1 gig I had. More HDD and faster/cooler running CPU. A win-win-win. The only thing I'm without is the multi-touch. I would have had to up the ante and get a Macbook Pro to get the multi-touch. It's heavier and bigger. I like smaller and lighter.

    Back soon with that link...


    ... here it is
     
    r0k, Mar 4, 2008
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