MacBook and Merom Upgradability

Howdy. I've been thinking about purchasing a MacBook for a few weeks now. The only thing keeping me back so far has been the possibility of an upgrade to Core 2 Duo [Merom]. I have become impatient, admitedly, and want to pick one up now.

Just as a safety net, would it be possible to drop in the new merom processors in the future and get full 64-bit compatibility? I know the sockets are the same/similar?

Thanks in advance.

 

i don't know if OS X will benifit from 64 bits, but i know Windows Vista will.

 

you actually don't need that much power on a notebook when you're on the road at home, you can use a powerful desktopper

 

But you see, the idea here, is that I'm a high school senior looking for a powerful, portable laptop with at least some future proofing. would it be possible to stick in a core 2 duo processor in the same spot where a core duo once laid? would the BIOS support it? (this is mostly for future vista compatibility)

 

Upgrading the processor on the Macbook is impossible since the cpu seems to be soldered onto the motherboard...
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/MacBook/Logic-Board-Page-16-Logic-Board

So any upgrade will need the motherboard to be replaced as well.

 

As miner said it is impossibe. On another note, don't buy into all the hype. Both Leopard and Vista will fully support 32-bit processors.

 

as well as fully supporting the 64-bit.

Just thought i would add that in

 

the question is: will those 64 bit extensions THAT necessary? It's like the aeroglass-feature on vista. You'll need a good vidcard to be able to use it, but do you REALLY need those fancy looking windows and animations? Besides, it will definitely need more power to handle them. I bought my AMD 64 two years ago, and my pc hardly uses the extra 64 bit extensions.

if core duo is good enough for your needs, go buy it. Remember that it's still a very fast processor. Many people forget that. Even I forgot that before I bought my MB. I was hypnotized by an evantually merom upgrade. I even think that an upgrade from core duo to santa rosa makes more sense then from core 2 duo to santa rosa. When core 2 duo will be releasd to apple notebooks, people will regret that soon afterwards, santa rosa may be released...

 

I know Leopard will fully benefit from 64bits. Duh.
Back on the question, while the socket is compatible, Apple's notebooks have the CPUs soldered in, so if you really crave a 64bit CPU, you'd better wait.

 

Not if I break out the soldering iron

 

It will not have any effect on os x