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Article: New Macs feature Core Duo.(new product MacBook Pre from Apple Computer Inc. in partnership with Intel Corp.)(Brief Article)
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- Australian PC World
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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At the recent Macworld conference, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs introduced a new notebook and an iMac computer that use Intel's latest processor.
Intel's Core Dun processor will be used inside a 15.4in MacBook Pre notebook as well as in 17-inch and 20in iMac computers.
"It's not a secret we've been trying to shoehorn a G5 [processor] into a notebook, and have been unable to do so because of its power consumption," Jobs said.
The G5, or PowerPC 970FX processor, has been used in Power Mac desktops and iMacs, but Apple never released a version of its notebook line-up with the chip. The Core Duo processor provides roughly five times as much performance ...