Now that the iPad media frenzy has subdued and Apple got all the attention they could have wanted for its launch we should see MacBook and MacBook Pro updates soon. Maybe this week.
For sure we’ll see updated CPUs but that won’t be the biggest change. There are some interesting possibilities when we look at the platform.
It will be interesting to see if Apple dumps Nvidia’s problematic 9400m chipset/IGP and 9600m GT GPUs in favor of the almost equally powerful Intel Core i3/i5/i7 IGP and AMD’s newest 5650/5670 GPUs.
- MacBook 13″ – i3 with Intel integrated video
- MacBook Pro 13″ – i3 with Intel integrated video
- MacBook Pro 15″ – i5 with Intel integrated video and AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5650 512 MB
- MacBook Pro 17″ – i7 with Intel integrated video and AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5670 1024 MB
Those are just guesses, but it would make for some interesting naming parallels between Intel and Apple.
