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Rumor: Next MacBooks Might Not Use Intel Chipsets

Posted 07/29/08 at 03:09:13 PM  by Paul Lilly

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Intel's Centrino 2 platform hasn't even gotten its feet wet in the PC pool yet, and if a new rumor turns out to be true, Montevina won't be making waves in the new MacBooks expected to arrive within the next two months. If it happens, the change would mark the first time Apple turned its nose at Centrino in its MacBook line since 2006.

According to AppleInsider, not only might the new MacBooks abandon the Montevina chipset, but the new chipset may have nothing to do with Intel at all. Instead, the rumor suggests Apple might be busy designing the new chipset entirely in-house just as it did with its PowerPC-based Macs.

If not in-house and if not Intel, that only leaves a few other third party chipset manufacturers, such as Nvidia, AMD, or VIA. For all its recent problems in the mobile market, Nvidia might be considered a long shot at first glance, but recent reports suggest Nvidia might be willing to ditch its alliance with VIA in order to build a chipset for Intel's Atom processor. Could this be the opportunity Nvidia has been gunning for?

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avatarMy one and only question is

Submitted by ExarKun1138 on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 5:04am

My one and only question is this: Why the hell do we care WHAT Apple does? This is a PC(i.e. WINDOWS) based magazine/online site, not an Apple magazine/site. What's with all the "Apple Talk" here lately? I'm so sick of it! If I want to read about what Apple does, I'll buy MacAddict or go on Apple sites. I certainly don't expect it on a PC site. What gives? And I don't want to read this crap about, "Well, it's good to see what the 'competition' is doing" bs either. I have NO INTEREST in Apple, period! Neither should anyone who gets on here or buys Maximum PC. Hince the NAME, MAXIMUM PC, not Maximum Apple! And to have devoted an entire cover to Apple made me SICK. I almost canceled my subscription! I'm still tempted to!

 

NO MORE APPLE BULLSHIT!!!!

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avatarThat would be a great way

Submitted by Syntax on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 5:00pm



That would be a great way for apple to confuse it's few customers
even more. nice.

 they dont even have CS3  in 64bit yet, this will be fun.

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avatarNEXT GEN AMD

Submitted by StormEffect on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 12:54pm

Can anyone imagine what an updated PUMA MacBook might be like? Next-gen Turion (could explain the delay) isn't out yet, right?

Think about it, no more GMA950, no more X3100. Instead, we get the sexy HD3200 PUMA setup. Or maybe the next wave of sexy integrated AMD. Apple is at the forefront of certain GPGPU applications, right? They can't sit and do nothing with crappy integrated Intel.

Now if only I could get an AMD chipset/GPU with a nice Intel processor. Maybe after Nehalem. 

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