“These Arrandale processors are based on the advanced Nehalem architecture first introduced into desktop Macs earlier this year, and should represent a significant performance improvement over the Core 2 Duo processors that are currently found in Apple’s MacBook Pros,” Kim reports.
MacDailyNews Note: Intel’s “Arrandale” line is marketed as mobile Intel Core i3, i5 and i7.
Source: Wikipedia
Kim reports, “While Fudzilla describes their TDP (thermal design power) of 35W as ‘not so attractive,’ it matches up with the current high-end processors used in the MacBook Pro.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Yeah, but where’s the PowerBook G5? 
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn W” for the heads up.]
I wonder if it’s snappy?
Wait, so a quad-core 17″ unibody MacBook Pro? Sweet Sassy Molassey, when can I place my order?
Snappy and cleaver
Never mind. 35W must certainly be a dual-core as opposed to a quad.
Snappy, cleaver, and rumored to be imminent.
That seems to happen a lot.
i have no idea how snappier it could be. Apple has already obliterated Windows7 with Mac OS X even if it’s running on a slower hardware than a PC running W7!
Julian, it will be so snappy that it will guess what you will type even before you touch a key
@ecrabb supports HT though so a kinda sorta 4 core!
PowerBook G5 FTW…
Bring on Haswell.
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