Comments on: Waiting for Core 2 Duo (Merom) MacBook Pro

By: Per Roennow

Per Roennow — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:58:07 +0000

While we are on the subject I saw this interesting bit of news yesterday. Website Hexon stated that the core duo, Yonah chip, supports 64 bit software:

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=4604&search=yonah%2064%20bit

Best regards
Per
(Denmark)

By: MacLover

MacLover — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:35:29 +0000

wadayathink where did you get this information? is it legit at all or are u just guessing? I am getting a Macbook Pro soon and i don’t want to order a core duo if they release a core 2 in the next few weeks

By: wadayathink

wadayathink — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:49:41 +0000

Apple is selling the stock of current MBP’s. When they get it down to a reasonable level, they’ll release the Core 2’s.

By: nerunder

nerunder — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:51:19 +0000

well,first of all forgive my english ’cause it’s not perfect but..
i think too that apple will wait for SantaRosa and ..now that Ati has joined with AMD leavin Intel…..for the x3000 GPU…
it makes more sense..i think…
speaking about X3000 gpu…which are its perfomances..
better than x1600-x1900 ?…..

By: SriKeshava

SriKeshava — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 23:13:26 +0000

has there been any attempts in upgrading a core duo imac with a core 2 duo processor?

The only time I think I will go core 2 duo is when Mac OS X 10.5 comes out .... since it will be 64bit. Then I would need a processor which is also 64bit.

By: Boomer

Boomer — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:09:21 +0000

I think Apple is waiting for the new Intel Santa Rosa Plattform comming out early next year, which will support 800MHz Frontside Bus for the Core2 Duo. This makes more sense then just now going for an increase of a few % in performance.

Getting to the heat issue again, I now just had the chance to test the new leonove T60 NB with a Core Duo processor. Ran that and my Macbook Pro (which had the MB replaced allready) in Win XP and with he rightmark CPU test and CPU Clock utility. And the core temparature in the T60 is about 10-15 degree cooler than in my MB pro. And I dont think this is because the T60 only has the 1.8 GHz CPU and the MB Pro a 2GHz. Also the plastic case stays cool to the touch.

But nonetheless I would not change my MB Pro for the T60. OSX and style win out over a bit of heat. :D

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:08:24 +0000

I don’t think it makes a difference, really. The Core 2 Duo is pin compatible, and doesn’t produce much more heat than the Core Duo. They’ve had a year to work out the kinks… I don’t see it as a radical new “version” at all. It’s not like the G3 to G4 transition – more like the more minor incremental G4 upgrades. Furthermore, I don’t think the MacBook Pro has been having as many problems as the MacBook (with with you’re having all the trouble.) The MacBook Pros seem to be problem free at this point.

By: kurisu

kurisu — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:55:17 +0000

Quite frankly, only NOW are the MB and MBP becoming reliable. With a new processor and perhaps a new GPU (which may or may not mean a redesigned logic board), do you really think it is a good idea to buy a new “version” (as opposed to “revision”) of the MBP ??