“Intel purportedly plans to introduced its next-generation processors during a Jan. 5 keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show,” Sellers reports. “According to an invitation sent to the press, Intel PC Client Group general manager Mooly Eden will show off the new processors, which will include the “world’s fastest processor.” The new processors are expected to replace the Nehalem line of chips currently used in Apple’s Core i5 and i7-equipped iMacs and MacBook Pros. Six and eight-core chips will also follow later in 2011.”
Sellers reports, “Sandy Bridge chips should offer an impressive performance boost.”
Full article here.
My Mac Mini just got snappy for a moment.
Sounds fast!
Impressive in certain applications more than others.
This would be good timing to buy a new Mac Book Pro for myself.
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Dumbest name ever
Better than Sandy Pussy
Means the MacMini will be faster than the I7 iMac?!
Just add the 27 inch Apple Monitor- Boom! Upgradable Mac Mini “Pro”,
Snap!
I wish they’d update the minis so I can buy one to replace the 3 aging quad-core g5’s I have.
I hope these make it into new Mac Pros as well as Macbooks
What’s so revolutionary about Sandy Bridge? Intel integrated graphics? no thanks!
EVERY new chip is advertised to offer amazing performance gains. Unfortunately, Intel’s not offered much for speed gains in the last few years — instead it’s offered multi-core chips that, sadly, few software companies fully support. So why get an expensive Sandy Bridge when current Xeon or i7 processors aren’t even used to their current capabilities?
I’m really holding out for this, and then I’ll get a shiny new macbook pro
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Sandy Bridge?
There name is mud….
First up should be the MacBook Pros they’ve went the longest without a refresh…..bye bye hard drive.
Those sandy bridge processors have Integrated Graphics!!!
Screw this!!! Integrated graphics Suck!
Integrated graphics Suck!
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Integrated graphics Suck!
Integrated graphics Suck!
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Integrated graphics Suck!
Integrated graphics Suck!
Yes, I agree that IG sucks, but in SB it will be two times better than in Arrandale,
so it will suck two times less.
It will have OpenGL 3, OpenCL and DirectX 10.1
@ MacFinder: no need to get a new CPU to get new GPU capabilities.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2010/11/29/ati-launches-6500m-6300m/1
Why pay the Intel premium for a new CPU when this year’s CPU isn’t the bottleneck of the system? Sandy Bridge is just a ploy by Intel to cut off competition from GPU manufacturers. I’m not yet sold, because Intel hasn’t outperformed ATI/AMD or NVIDIA yet.
I’ve had Sandy pussy, Gwen pussy, Janet pussy, …..
When will Apple start offering AMD CPUs?
Never
The future is ARM in mobile devices.