
Rumor: Geekbench hints at a Core i7 MacBook Pro

Filed under: Hardware , Rumors , Macbook Pro A quick couple of tips from readers Ken and Jack, and this thread over at the MacRumors forums, point us towards an interesting results page at the Geekbench site ( Google cached version , in case they get hammered), which aggregates benchmark results from thousands of users all over the globe. This particular page reports the performance of a previously unreleased MacBook Pro model (MacBookPro6,1) which claims an Intel Core i7 M 620 processor running the show. Real? Maybe, although at this point it’s a bit suspicious that it’s not running a dev build of 10.6.3 instead of an internal build of 10.6.2 as reported on the page; also, Geekbench results are frequently spoofed…




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ArturJunqueira (Artur Junqueira) : quero esse : http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-146491184-computador-intel-core-i7-920-p6t-6gb-ram-ati-radeon-5870-_JM.. Updated : 2010-07-31T13:49:28Z | Reply | View Tweet |
| in_kyung (park in kyung) : bngtRT @alviansilver: Core i7 yah? Mantep gak sih? RT @in_kyung: kalo processor bagusan pro RT @alviansilver: Bagusan macbook pro ato air?.. Updated : 2010-07-31T13:47:16Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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alviansilver (Alvian) : Core i7 yah? Mantep gak sih? RT @in_kyung: kalo processor bagusan pro RT @alviansilver: Bagusan macbook pro ato air?.. Updated : 2010-07-31T13:45:24Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Donca (*???????? / ????) : ? Core i7 840QM??? http://bit.ly/cIWlHd #doncabot.. Updated : 2010-07-31T13:44:52Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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Donca1 (#1 Doncaster Network) : ? Core i7 840QM???: ??????4??????????? ???????CPU?Core i7-840QM??????TB?3.2GHz/TDP45W??by ?????... http://bit.ly/cIWlHd #dncinfo #dncaster.. Updated : 2010-07-31T13:44:51Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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