First quarter 2009 has long been expected release for Intel’s Nehalem Core i7 Xeon release.

“Apple last updated the Mac Pro over a year ago in January of 2008,” Arnold Kim reports for Mac Rumors.

“Readers waiting for the new Mac Pro, however, received a useful tidbit of news last week from Fuzilla.com. According to their report, Intel is expected to finally start selling Nehalem-based Xeon processors on March 29th, 2009,” Kim reports.

“Unfortunately, Intel’s release date does not guarantee a simultaneous Apple announcement, but should indicate a refresh is drawing near,” Kim reports.

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