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Intel releases Santa Rosa notebook chipset

by Mat Lu (May 10th, 2007)

Our sister blog Engadget has the goods on Intel's newest notebook chipset which was released yesterday and is called "Santa Rosa." This chipset is the followup to earlier notebook chipsets which are presently powering the MacBook and MacBook Pro. This presumably means new and faster Mac portables ...

Apple to release a 23-inch Core 2 Duo iMac September 12th?

by David Chartier (Sep 1st, 2006)

While trying to figure out why my TUAW Tips mailbox just choked and cried uncle, I finally found the source of the clog: too many tips to count started pouring in that the announced September 12th special event (not to be confused with the 25th) could be the announcement of a 23-inch iMac Core 2 ...

Hacker installs Core 2 Duo chip in Mac mini, hangs on for the ride

by David Chartier (Jun 13th, 2006)

Macenstein has blogged a Mac mini CPU swap, as a poster in a Taiwanese forum has switched out the Core Duo chip for a Core 2 Duo chip, a next-generation CPU from Intel. The brain upgrade has resulted not only in the Mac mini stomping a PowerMac G5 dual 2.5 GHz in an iTunes MP3-AAC conversion test ...

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