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Old Apr 13, 2010, 01:34 PM   #1
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MacBook Pros with Core i7 & Core i5

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...rocessors.html

Thought this might be of interest to the Mac fans out there.
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Old Apr 13, 2010, 01:34 PM   #2
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Round about time they start to appear
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Old Apr 13, 2010, 01:41 PM   #3
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They use NVIDIA for laptop and AMD for PC.

That's weird.
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Old Apr 13, 2010, 01:47 PM   #4
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They use NVIDIA for laptop and AMD for PC.

That's weird.
I didn't know that Mac had any AMD parts. Oh wait...ATI cards. Gotcha.
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Old Apr 13, 2010, 01:48 PM   #5
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that is weird... why would anyone use nvidia mobile parts with their high failure rates?
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that is weird... why would anyone use nvidia mobile parts with their high failure rates?
don't forget power consumption
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Yeah, especially their older models use it too.. 8-
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Old Apr 14, 2010, 03:37 AM   #8
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that is weird... why would anyone use nvidia mobile parts with their high failure rates?
Apple's improved version of Optimus is why.
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Old Apr 19, 2010, 07:43 PM   #9
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We have these at work. They are pretty nice. Tho Macs are starting to heat up more and more with each Gen.
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