The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Unreleased Core i7 MacBook Pro 6,1 Benchmarked? Supplies Constrained

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by pkja1, Feb 6, 2010.

  1. pkja1

    pkja1 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    146
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    [​IMG]


    A Geekbench result posted to their site on February 4th has generated a lot of excitement in our forums. The report seems to reveal the results for an unreleased Arrandale MacBook Pro running at 2.66GHz. Intel officially unveiled the new latest mobile chips at CES 2010 and Apple has been widely expected to use them in their next MacBook Pro revisions.

    The MacBook Pro gives a "6,1" model designation and a non-shipping build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 (Build 10C3067). The 6,1 designation has been spotted before in recent builds of Mac OS X 10.6.2. The later build number is also consistent with the kind of interim builds Apple provides with brand new hardware.

    [​IMG]

    The processor is listed as an Intel Core i7 M 620 running at 2.66GHz. The final benchmark score of 5260 compares favorably to identically clocked (2.66GHz) shipping MacBook Pros (3700-4000). The Core i7 M 620 is a high end dual core processor with Turbo Boost and Hyperthreading.

    Apple's MacBook Pros are due for updates and Intel's new mobile processors are the most likely candidates. While we haven't heard any solid evidence, there have been rumblings from international resellers that Apple's MacBook Pros supplies have been constrained. Supplies can be constrained for any number of reasons, but the timing does fit with a MacBook Pro refresh.

    Source: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/02/06...book-pro-61-benchmarked-supplies-constrained/
     
  2. fins4o8

    fins4o8 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    21
    Messages:
    265
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30