core i7 in macbook, macbook pro?

[joe_burban]

When will we see Intel's Core i7 chip in the Apple laptops?

[fryke]

No notebook chips available so far AFAIK. I've heard they're planned for spring 2009 at the earliest. Apple won't get them (much) before anyone else, anyway. With their move to nVidia's chipsets, intel also might not be too happy.

[joe_burban]

Thx. I'm somewhat disappointed by the recent update of macbook pro -- looking/waiting/watching for something more significant.

[ora]

Not sure there was a lot of other stuff they could put in really. SSDs not yet down enough in price, new chips not available yet etc. What were you looking for?

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Originally Posted by joe_burban

When will we see Intel's Core i7 chip in the Apple laptops?

Also, and not to be rude or anything, but only Apple knows the answers to these questions. Anything else that anyone else says is pure speculation or just plain guessing.

Any question phrased, "When will Apple [insert something here]?" or "When will we see [some computer component] in Apple's [insert Apple computer here]?" can only be answered, "Only Apple knows."

Anyone else who claims to know anything definitive about anything Apple is lying. Apple never lets the public know anything ahead of the actual product announcement. While questions like that may make for good conversation and speculation, that's all they make for.

I also wholeheartedly believe that it's this idle conversation and wild speculation that ends up making people "disappointed" in all things Apple. How in the freakin' world is anything about the MacBook Pro disappointing? It's the most bad-ass, fully-featured, smokin' hot, beautiful notebook in the world, without question. Show me a laptop with something decidedly "more significant" than anything about the MacBook Pro and I'll eat my left shoe.

[fryke]

Well, if you're looking for higher res screens in 15" notebooks, then Apple's not the way to go. But that's about it, I'd say. Oh and: The 17" was updated half-arsedly, I'd say. I'm not sure who they're trying to impress with the current 17" offering.

[ora]

I wanted an infinite improbability powered battery myself!

On a more serious note, I have the 2.33 ghz MacBook Pro from I guess close to two years ago and this is the first time anything new has been added that I have actually wanted, though its still not enough of an upgrade to splash out again yet.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Originally Posted by ora

...though its still not enough of an upgrade to splash out again yet.

What, precisely, are you looking for then? What upgrade would have made you say, "Yes! Upgrade now!"?