Apple is only a company, and they only sell products. That's all.

Apple doesn't live, doesn't care, it's only a business.

Nick, nice one, keep knocking because the apple luvvies are entertaining.

Apple luvvies, please keep bashing Nick because without your foolish comments this wouldn't be as interesting ;-))

Just more love for Apple from Nick!

Hey Inq....he's really getting embarrassing.

I love a bit of apple trash talk. Even if it is just news from the dark satanic rumour mill. Keep it up guys. My dinner hour wouldn't be the same without you!

Everyone use the new chips as they roll out.
How the hell is this a story??

Computer companies are using new CPU chips as they are released!

Weight & Dimensions:
Preliminary weight starting at: 8.5lbs/3.86kg with WXGA+ panel, DVD-ROM, 9-cell battery.
Width: 15.4"/393mm
Depth: 11.0"/280.5mm
Height: 1.35"/34.5mm(F)

WHAT THE F**K look how heavy this thing is and its nearly 3.5cm thick. and weighs nearly 4kg!!!!!!

3 Hours battery life what a joke

Yes this is true it will go in the Mac Pro Tower and is set for release Q1 2010

Spec is:

2X I9 Processors 12 physical cores 24 with hyperthreading. the i9 offers a 50 speed increase over the i7 processors

Ability to add 128 GB of RAM

10 GBit ethernet ports

Nvidia fermi graphics cards with 512 and 1GB RAM

I am glad that Apple is going to go with the Arrandale processor.

I am glad that competition forced their hand.

I would have liked to see the new Mac Book Pro with this processor officially announced and ready in the first quarter of next.

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@Everyone else: this article is actually a jab at Apple for being second-to-market. Don't be so picky about the word smithing.

'Apple is copying Dell's move to quad-core Core i7 chips.'

Er, I actually feel a bit stupid commenting on this but how can a computer manufacturer COPY another one by simply using what will be the defacto choice chip for high end lappy's?

I'm not even going to bother with a half-arsed analogy

FWIW I've hardly read this site for the last couple of months. I got half way through this story, then I remembered why. :(

The glory days are gone my friend. Move along.

maybe you're right :) been reading inq for last 4 years or so, maybe it's time to look somewhere else

If you want pure facts, your in the wrong place. Move along please.

"According to Fudzilla, Steve Jobs is apparently incandescent with rage and has been on the blower to Intel to order up the three new Arrandale chips for the next range of MacBook Pros."

- on the linked page (fudzilla) is no mention about apple at all.

"A lower voltage model will end up in the super-thin MacBook Air. We can expect the new line-up in June."

- i'm not aware of any source which confirms your theory

Why dell and apple? apple doesn't compete with dell's offering, not at all and that's something you probably know too, or am I wrong Nick?

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