Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/14/next_generation_macbook_pro_spied_in_geekbench_submission/
Next-gen MacBook Pro, iMac make benchmark site debut
Ivy Bridge chips, retina screens, USB 3.0 all a-board
Posted in Laptops, 14th May 2012 15:58 GMT
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Faster MacBook Pros have surfaced on the Geekbench benchmark collation site promising, if genuine, performance 17 per cent up on its predecessor.
The reference, to a 'MacBook9,1', lists a machine with a four-core Intel Core i7-3820QM [1] Ivy Bridge processor operating at 2.7GHz and running Mac OS X 10.8 (Build 12A211). It has 8GB of 1600MHz DDR 3.
A separate filing, covering an 'iMac13,2' [2], shows a machine running Mac OS X 10.8 (Build 12A2040) on a four-core 3.4GHz Core i7-3770 - we reviewed this desktop chip here [3] - equipped with 4GB of 1600MHz DDR 3.
Meanwhile, the new 15in MacBook Pro will sport the much-rumoured thin casing - out go the optical drive and Ethernet ports to make room, it seems - and in comes USB 3.0 and a "retina" display resolution [4], 9to5Mac claims, citing someone who claims to have fondled "prototype components and casings".
Firewire is out, too, it's suggested, replaced by a second Thunderbolt connector and a third USB port. ®
Links
- http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/664125
- http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/657744
- http://www.reghardware.com/2012/05/08/review_intel_ivy_bridge_core_i7_3770k_quad_core_procesor/
- http://9to5mac.com/2012/05/14/apple-readies-revamped-15-inch-macbook-pro-retina-display-ultra-thin-design-and-super-fast-usb-3-3/