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the only important thing in this story is the ease of upgradability the intel chip presents.

This is outrageous. How is Apple going to increase profits if consumers can simply buy a $250 chip rather than replace their existing computer with a $600 machine? As a stockholder, I want Apple to squeeze every dime possible from the consumer. Apple is a business, not a freaking charity. Apple damn well better increase the price of their machines to cover the loss of future sales.

"I want Apple to squeeze every dime possible from the consumer."

Dell has been trying that. But most consumers keep crapping nickels instead.

Hell, buy a mini and keep upgrading the processor.....Hmmmm my next Mac may be a mini

In other news..... Latest episode of DL.TV - They show the Black MacBook and dissuss it for quite a while. If you haven't seen one in person check it out here (scroll down and you can download it in H.264 instead of watching the Flash version):

http://gearlog.com/blogs/digitallifetv/archive/2006/06/09/13564.aspx

Fast forward to 31:30 and go from there - have fun

That was cool, ©. Thanks! Don't ever trade your mark.

Isn't past your bedtime, Ampar? And speaking of mark, I hope you didn't watch the remake of the Omen.... I heard it wasn't that great...

^^^ No prob Ampar. All my posts are copyrighted and may not be used in full or part without the author's consent.

I should probably mention this: For those that don't want to download the entire show (250+MB), you can go right to the MacBook segment on the Flash version (note side clip segments).........Anyway have fun

@troll: I must say you do have some good points, but I have to disagree.

©: I suppose Major League Baseball has a say too.

Turd: Hebrew words for Nero make rotten movies. Unless they show titties.

Looks like Static Mesh bought a case of spray paint and had a huffing party in mom's basement.

The MacBook Pro's CPU is suface mounted, unable to be swapped out.

Any electronics shop capable of replacing surface mount discreets could replace the Intel processor in about 30 minutes (includes taking MacBook Pro apart and reassembling).

Why Do You Have To Scroll So Far Over To The Right And Then Back To The Left?

Now, if we can only fiqure a way out to upgrade the graphics somehow, then we can have world domination with a mac mini!! bwahahaha

buck FUTTER!

i couldnt believe this site has such terrible layout. the text spreads wide from left to right as if no one knows typography aat all

The current core chips that Apple uses are very transitional. They are really not the core architecture Intel talks about. I have to believe they will be quickly discontinued once the new Core 2 product lines hit high yields and Apple will upgrade its Mac lineup. I read rumors -- I forgot where -- of a new Mac Mini in the works with a slightly greater height to allow for 3.5 inch desktop hard drives (cheaper, faster, more storage) and an easy opening case. I will bet that Apple will put in one of the new Core 2 chips, but from the slower production bins. being able to swap out old chips for new barn burners could make the mini a hot -- or is it a cool -- deal.

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I have successfully blocked those evil green underlines with SafariBlock!

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Ah...the dangers and excitement of early adoption!!

how is this possible??

The core 2 duo chips are LGA775.. the mac mini IS NOT.


wtf newbs

There's a way to foil the side-to-side scrolling, and I can do it with one click because I have the Preferences Bar as a Mozilla extension. But if I reveal it, MacDailyNews will prevent it.

This was done months ago. Merom early samples have been floating around for some time.

The 2Ghz Merom benchmarks pretty much just like a 2.16Ghz Core Duo at typical stuff, but much faster where the SSE4 optimizations kick in.

SSE4 is our long-awaited Altivec substitute on an Intel chip.

"how is this possible??

The core 2 duo chips are LGA775.. the mac mini IS NOT."

The Merom Core 2 Duo is pin-compatible with the Core Duo. In an Intel show, they demonstrated a Core Duo computer running a game benchmark. They powered down the computer, swapped in a Merom Core 2 Duo and ran the benchmark again, showing a 20% gain in spite of the same Mhz.

The "Conroe" desktop version of the Core 2 Duo will probably have a diferent socket than the "Merom" laptop version of Core 2 Duo. The Merom will start out at 2.16Ghz and perhaps 2.33Ghz, while the Conroe will be available at 2.66Ghz and 2.93Ghz.

Question for the group: Is the MacBook CPU surface mounted like the MacBook Pro?

Again, the Core 2 Duos that are coming out on July 23, and the core 2 extreme that is coming out on the same day are going to be LGA775.. the intel mini is the mobile socket 479.. so I am guessing these chips are evaluation only.

Ampar: "©: I suppose Major League Baseball has a say too."

Not quite sure what you meant by that. I was referring to the post by "troll" (that has been removed) that was gibberish - lfdhlghuwoeiuhwog5444yhgggh (sample).

Oh, well.........

©: "All my posts are copyrighted and may not be used in full or part without the author's consent."

Major League Baseball often repeated consent statement:
"Any rebroadcast or other reuse of this television broadcast with out the express, written consent of the baseball club or Major League Baseball is strictly prohibited."

Your statement sounded familiar!

Ampar - I should have known to read between the lines

Speaking of MLB check out this link:

http://www.betanews.com/article/Sling_Media_MLB_Headed_for_Court/1149707181

"Additionally, the league runs the risk of alienating fans at a time when viewers are increasingly turning to other sports, such as hockey and NASCAR, which have seen increasing popularity in recent years."

Or the World Cup?

And this just in, an Intel computer user replaces his processor with the newer faster, pin compatible version....

Mac users stunned and amazed by this awsome feat.

But... But... What... He just like took a new one.... and swapped it? Wow....

It's pretty lame what people will consider to be "News".

^^^ another clueless winblows abuser